This is a solid suggestion, I've been quite surprised by just how different my second playthru was from my first. Which might make for an interesting lens thru which to critique the game, because that's always an inherent problem for anyone making games, you can't blind-play your own creation.

Yeah, I know for myself (and have seen other folks comment in their playthrus) that the first mask upgrade feels largely meaningless in a really unfortunate way. Same for the silk capacity upgrades, getting 1 extra tick of silk doesn't feel that impactful when it takes 9 to heal and 4 to cast.

You might enjoy 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure, which has a surprisingly detailed map. The translation is a bit rough but the gameplay is solid, in my opinion.

*default sprite for Surf, i meant

Lapras' suggestive art raises questions about why they're the default sprite used in Gen 2. If you were to sit on that, uh, "lumpy" shell...

Stretching the premise a bit and stealing an idea from beardville, I could see parents wanting subtitles to automatically sub out certain words for, say, "fudge"

I could actually see a pretty strong market for a TV with a whole suite of "no thank you" features. Audio filters against high ringing sounds, a color balancer that can prevent sudden flashes, something that would prevent low droning noises...