My presentation

So I had to give a presentation about my progress and my plans so far. And for my effort, I'll get feedback in return. I'll not go into too much detail about the presentation itself, but making the presentation is actually the thing in this process that taught me the most as by the time I went and gave the presentation, i already knew what the feedback would be. Namely, it isn't that fun to play. Interesting, sure. Funny at times, yeah, But not fun to play. And that largely comes down to the fact that I haven't expanded on my very basic movement from the very beginning of this project which makes the gameplay feel quite sluggish, despite the main appeal of the game (the puzzly side), being quite good. So this process actually taught me a lot and I'll be sure to do things like this even if I don't need to present it as I believe it gives me a more holistic and realistic view of how my project is.

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