I died at the 2-minute mark 40+ times tuning the difficulty curve

Built Parcel Rush over a weekend on a bare Node server + tunnel.

Went down a rabbit hole I didn't expect: difficulty tuning. I kept

dying at almost exactly the 2-minute mark, over and over. Turned out

that's where ranged enemies unlock and damage scaling starts stacking,

so it wasn't hard — it was unfair at one specific point.

Moved the shooter unlock back, smoothed the damage ramp. Same enemies,

same density, but runs feel earned now instead of cheap.

My personal best: 4:39. A clean run should land around 10-14 min.

Has anyone else been through a similar "wall" moment tuning a game

curve? What did you find worked?

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