Getting All Health Upgrades

[BQuanchi]

I noticed in the demo that the max health was 6, I made it to the last boss and only have 5. Wasn't sure if there's something to it like buying all the items/spray cans, or get collectibles in levels, etc. Not sure what it exactly triggers when it's available in Brulo's shop, I thought it was just progress, but seems like missing one?

[BrochachoTB]

The max health you can get in the final game is 5, +1 if you buy the temporary heart power up that goes away on death. During development they reduced the amount of default health by half, along with increasing the number of checkpoints; both for better balance and pacing. So theoretically you can still have a maximum of 6 health if you buy the temporary heart, only issue is that doing a combo chain with the power up will mark any Cracked runs as void.

[BQuanchi]

Originally posted by Brochacho:

The max health you can get in the final game is 5, +1 if you buy the temporary heart power up that goes away on death. During development they reduced the amount of default health by half, along with increasing the number of checkpoints; both for better balance and pacing. So theoretically you can still have a maximum of 6 health if you buy the temporary heart, only issue is that doing a combo chain with the power up will mark any Cracked runs as void.

Thanks, this really help. One thing I wish the would change is only have the temporary heart go away on level exit or completion (instead of death), Maybe stacking additional temp hearts? Kind of a way to give an option to make things somewhat easier. But it is pretty satisfying overcoming the challenge of this game