that can happen um before we move more onto the level design because that's obviously a big part of the conversation I do want to talk a little bit more about the gyroscope or wheel mode where turrican can transform three times per life into an indest indestructible rolling wheel to navigate narrow passages and destroy weak enemies on contact um so this is a weird resource in that it's three per life um so this one actually you do need to think about using but also I think it's um while it's fun in that it's uh…
thing and that feels very much um 80s european game design but but again it doesn't it while these things are all annoying and and outdated and whatever they don't stop you finishing the game or yeah they don't have to it's the damage isn't it that is continuously accruing when you're in contact with something that will cause you damage you know there's no knockback here there's no iframes like a bat if you if you have a bat flying towards you that bat will damage you all the while it's making contact with your…
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... enemies that will just chip damage you in so many ways it's particularly mean and again um sort of archaic game design there are certain jumps that you make where you will take a little bit of damage because there's a spike on the ceiling that if you make the jump you can't avoid the spike kind of thing and that feels very much um 80s european game design but but again it doesn't it while these things are all annoying and and outdated and whatever they don't stop you finishing the game or yeah they don't have to it's the damage isn't it that is continuously accruing when you're in contact with something that will cause you damage you know there's no knockback here there's no iframes like a bat if you if you have a bat flying towards you that bat will damage you all the while it's making contact with your hitbox and yeah that feels at times really unfair it does and um this game has the classic trope of the era which is uh drips that kill you from the ceiling but at least they've had the decency in this game to make them a color so it doesn't just look like you're being damaged by water like so many games did back in the day although given that you're wearing a electronic robo suit maybe that would have been fine i still think those damn drips they should have been green though right like acid yeah like in batman or in batman do you have ...