Hey @volks here are videos to show what my questions were about at the WIP Meetup today:
Again, I just wanna stress that I complain about things I care about. There's no point wasting time and energy on something if I don't care.
Which means, I REALLY like Pixel Survivors and want it to be even better.

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again, i know about the immunity, but that's a bandaid for the problem and may not work in all cases. plus, unless the immunity makes you immune to regular enemies as well, then it's a problem if i run into the horde trying to get away from the boss.
fixing their spawns solves the problem entirely.

I understand without saving or full levels, but there are better ways imo to scale the difficulty and craziness without feeling unfair.
Faster enemies, tougher enemies, enemies that are both faster and tougher.
But remember, with limited upgrades, the game would naturally get harder on its own without force.

Thanks so much for the feedback — really appreciate you taking the time to dive deep. This kind of input is gold for me right now 🙏

so lets begin;
Since there's no save system or state management yet, building full levels doesn't make much sense right now. After about 30+ minutes, the scaling gets wild — which is kind of the point.

So... yeah, at some point, I have to kill you 😅
I throw in small chaos elements as a soft reset while I figure out longer-term progression. It also helps with mobile performance — even with all the optimization, it still pushes limits.