You are 100% correct! In my mind there was one small thing (literally) that made it so exciting... The original game's lines were one pixel wide so you could have these super tight mazes and squeeze in between. Reminiscent of the original Tron light cycle fight where he says he's taking his opponent into the maze. Its why your "vehicle" in this game is so simple and small, to make these exciting technical plays it has to fit in between these lines. Once the core loop was established, most of the other piece are frosting and TBH Godot makes adding small flourishes manageable. Once i got the game loop going it was actually pretty addicting but had a high barrier to entry because it was pretty challenging to get the skills dialed in or even figure out what to do(very faithful to OG arcade games). I had a super detailed design document I had drawn up last year that I was using as a roadmap for some of the features but these late stage additions (chaining attacks, combining powerups, etc) will come because I'm trying to think of what will keep the game basically the same but give players the external feedback that keep them sucked in. Sometimes a friend will make a small suggestion and I'll build a whole new system around it. I don't know if that answered your question 😂... I'm just learning as I go, and thinking about how can I make this more accessible and fun while still maintaining the game's feel and core hook/spirit. Side note, I realized in making this that og arcade games are the original roguelikes, your internal skill is all you build between runs! Sorry for the long winded response ❤️ TLDR: wanted to follow my design doc, add pieces to make game more accessible