Fun little game! I always love 2D lighting like this. Not sure how it fit with the theme/limitations though.
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The checkpoints are the doors so if the player dies you respawn at the door instead of having to restart the entire level. We’ve kept the level design to be as simple as possible so that the player doesn’t become frustrated with clearing the level.
So at some point in the design we have made the game too easy where the checkpoints were unnecessary.
But thanks for the feedback and playing the game. Glad you enjoyed it.