Cuphead Analysis

Actions - 

Jump

Parry

Shoot

Move

Dash

Crouch

Super move

Revive friends

Rules

You can jump on ledges, but not enemies or each other

You can move left or right

You can parry pink objects

Some enemies respawn on a timer, others stay dead

You can shoot in 8 directions

You start with 3 health, and lose 1 every time you're hit

Players who are revived come back with 1 health

Enemies die when shot (usually), and some take multiple shots

Goals

Get coins

Parry things

Get to the end

Beat the boss

Get a high score

Get boss souls

Survive

Objects

Platforms

Enemies - 

   sunflower

   blueberry

   acorns

   mushrooms

   acorn machine

   flying plants

   spikeballs

Coins

Playspace

The 2D levels

The 3D world

The room of G110, where we are forced to die, die, die again for the amusement of our peers

2 players playing together in the same room

Players

Obsessives - people who won't ever let the game beat them

Players who got further tended to land more sucessful parries and learned to ignore enemies rather than commit sweet sweet genocide.