The only level I really got muddled on was 16, 4/5 stars for this game as the only thing I didn't like was how the screen was blocked whilst I was planning what to do. In many of the levels there is more than one way to do things, you just have to be creative
Playing the game from start to finish took me about 50hrs... apparently, here's some proof it's actually do-able: https://i.ibb.co/YWBrb1x/Screenshot-from-2020-10-07-23-32-48.png
Interesting, that's the first time I've heard of that scenario. I can't think of what conditions could cause that other than some very specific combinations like an endurance potion running out just as you take a punch from a golem or something.
Sorry to hear that. My only advice if you haven't done so already is to try different routes. If you're blocked on one, then you may be able to conquer other stages to pick up some upgrades. Different routes has different strategies as well, so playing with multiple builds/stats might do the trick. Hope that helps!
The 1st ending I found was digging myself to china (roadrunner/coyote reference) and no I don't think I'll be safer there (although the game developer is being a little bit racist to point that out in the game, I still lol'd)
The game seems to have bugs that prevent me from getting the stars, I followed a walk-through video on YouTube to confirm it's definitely bugged ergo the hard badge is in fact an impossible badge
I eventually got both badges after starting the game from scratch multiple times... there seems to be an intermittent bug that doesn't let one shoot, I've had it occur on mission 4 and later on 8
Score means nothing, just complete the levels... even if you have to do it slowly and even walk away from your PC for a bit: https://i.ibb.co/QFfDHMZ/Screenshot-from-2020-10-05-18-48-28.png
Level 20 doesn't work for me as per the walk through, in the finish I didn't drop the 2nd ball and just waited for the vampire bat to eventually get there...
 "Dibbles: For The Greater Good"){kind=icon}
 "Epic Battle Fantasy 4"){kind=icon}
 "Loot Loop Loot"){kind=icon}
 "Brawlin' Sailor"){kind=icon}
 "Revenge of Dog"){kind=icon}
 "Pretentious Game"){kind=icon}
 "Icarus Needs"){kind=icon}
 "BioGems"){kind=icon}
 "5 Step Steve"){kind=icon}
 "Smoking Kills"){kind=icon}
 "Impasse"){kind=icon}
 "Vampire Physics"){kind=icon}
 "Vampire Physics Walkthrough"){kind=icon}
Interesting, that's the first time I've heard of that scenario. I can't think of what conditions could cause that other than some very specific combinations like an endurance potion running out just as you take a punch from a golem or something.