Perhaps the solution is to figure out how to update without restarting. It is a hard problem, but a forced restart is the same as a crash from a user perspective.
I do love the "shorts can be no more than 1 inch above the knees", but "cheerleaders get to wear the equivalent of bathing suits to class because it is a 'uniform'."
Controls felt a little janky to me, but I loved the game. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a shorter Metroidvania experience, especially if the art style is appealing to you.
I've been using Void Linux for my home server for a few years now. It uses runit instead of OpenRC, and I haven't had any problems with it. I would recommend the glibc version over the musl version.
Got 1 VM using KVM (Home Assistant), about a dozen docker containers, and a couple of services running on their own.
I am glad other people had fun with the multiplayer, but I agree with you. Playing Wonder with my young kids was just painful, especially compared to Kirby, Yoshi, and some others.
Slackware was my first real distro (many moons ago), glad to see people still enjoy it.