I have to advise against all of these ideas. If he does this, it will turn the game into just another bland shooter.
Part of the fun is the fast gameplay and the slightly restrictive controls! laugh
I am sure you are right in your own way.
My suggestions are only my tasted related preference (or something like that...)
But I did this things for my old Topdownshooter (not gamestudio) and it worked
very good.
I would find it rather demotivating to die within seconds,
but maybe it is because I am getting too old and the slower
things are starting to appeal me...
Something that I realize very often lately, when I play old SNES Games.
