The amount of mashing to kill a Pterabyte should be reduced

I have to mash so much, I dedicate my mouse hand just to hitting space for like 5 whole seconds... It should really be adjusted so you don't have to do it for so long and fast.

Yeah, the mashing required is very excessive. I also think it's not very intuitive you need to mash jump in the first place - when I initially encountered that enemy I tried mashing direction keys to escape, because that's the general precedent for escaping grabs in most games (including Sonic 2 where the Chemical Plant spider grabs require mashing directions to escape).

mashing directional buttons would be way better, especially as I have a flimsy space bar and should only really be using it for jumps...

created branch 304-the-amount-of-mashing-to-kill-a-pterabyte-should-be-reduced

mentioned in merge request !1162 (closed)

Maybe it could be made so mashing directional keys can release you but mashing jump releases you faster?

@PencilVoid that's needlessly complicated for a single badnik encounter, and would still motivate spacebar mashing...

added Suggestion label

mentioned in merge request !1380 (merged)

closed with merge request !1380 (merged)

mentioned in commit 2615528f