It turns out, designing levels that can't be softlocked isn't just tough af for my smooth as a chicken breast brain, it is a design constraint I'm unwilling to work with given all the time I spent to add multiple "bridge-able" tile types. So! I landed on a workaround; pay X HP, restart level
![A meme that reads as follows -
PICARD: Data, shields up
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pyst7shh5mr46hsfd5z7idwr/bafkreidoxwamkbumhzdporuqdpswh5q75omcgpqu7h4exvlvm65x6xgfdm)
