bad ass update! The "you aren't the things you hate" level killed me a couple of times! I love it, keep it up.

yeah its pretty cool I wish I could check it out but I dont have GameMaker. definitely keep it up though I think the "exercises in philosophy" disguised as video games idea is great!

Thanks, dextronaut! I'm looking into creating more "exercises in philosophy" disguised as video games. I'm thinking the next one will be an adventure game exploring concepts of self and how its influence.

love the concept

At dafa0904's and other's suggestion, I tweaked player and construct speed and behavior to scale to levels. This should provide a more challenging game experience, rather than the perhaps perceived 'dull' experience. Considering that I'm entering this in the game contest, this change seems to be appropriate and not too far from the overall intention.

Thanks for the compliments and constructive criticism! I will look into implementing a bit more randomness tonight. I've gone back and forth about increasing difficulty as well as number of constructs per level. I think I might have a solution that might work - increase speed and randomness on each level but only as constructs are eliminated. That way there is at least a consistent (if not increasing) level of difficulty, rather than the plateau that happens once you've eliminated one or two each level.

Great sound and I love the concept. I would've added an alarm event to the mental construct objects just for a bit more of a challange (kinda predictable to a point). keep it up!