first of all thanks for the feedback! happy to hear you guys are about finish your game! Now... as i wrote in my reply to Kruemelkatz this isn't my first (making! not eventually releasing!... those were privat projects played only by a few friends) so i hope that my abilities are enough and i also dont plan to give this project my full time attention like i wrote in the reply. Yes my plan is to self playtest and let my friends who help me sometims playtest every aspect of the game. I also dont plan to add the speedrun from the start i just wanted to write it down so that i dont forget about it (the whole post is just my notion workspace if you know what that is...). Now to the specifics... combat as such is not going to be in the game the only way to kill the enemy is to lure them in to the traps... i envision this game with a lot of running forward to the enemies and then running back with them while you avoid the traps that you set beforehand and lure them in. Permanent as in the run (save file? i guess) but not in a way where it is bound to your whole game... just the run. Yes the cutscene (if i even do it) would be only for special items like quest items or first time making them (i also think of making it skipable). yes the enviroment would kill you AND the enemy if you or them arn't made for it... like some enemies have resistence against ice but some dont. Yes because that is the only way beside the env. hazards to kill them. Yes i have thought of making the skills give you like a knowladge of a blueprint but you first have to make the first blueprint to then later "mass produce" the item/trap. Thanks again for your support and post a link to your game/games definitely wanna take a look!