Glad I went back to finish this game! I quit in frustration a few years ago, but finally decided to pick it back up again. It's definitely a game that can get frustrating easily, but honestly, once you know what to do, things are pretty simple. I definitely don't think I'll be going back to get that 25 run achievement, but maybe I'll try and find the collectables I missed some time!
I really love the idea of this game - you have 1 minute to progress as far as you can before you die. However, certain things are saved - interactions with other characters, items gained, etc. Having needed to use over 100 runs myself, I definitely wasted a TON just running around and hitting 1 minute before getting where I needed to. And I got kind of stuck at the end trying to figure out how to get to the end spot with the watering can… but I figured it out hah. Boss wasn't too bad honestly, I only died a few times during it.
There were a few things I needed to look up throughout the game, but overall I managed to do most of it myself - which says something, as I can be preeeetty stupid sometimes lol. They're not too easy but it's not a game that'll have you pulling hairs trying to figure everything out. Maybe grit your teeth a little at times though lol
Given that the whole point of the game is to figure out what to do…yeah, it is. ☺
By the way, did you figure out how to get the watering can to the sword by yourself? That was the one point I had to look up a guide since I didn’t know the game had foreground objects (the pipe looked like just another solid tile to me).
I somehow managed to figure that one out, after like, 20 deaths probably hah. I had to look up how to fight the boss the first round though.