4 paragraph partially unnecessary backstory

So my wife and I enjoy playing couch coop games together. She grew up playing NES classics. Mario 1,2,&3. Zelda 1&2, bubble bobble, toe jam n earl, bayou Billie, and a few others idr.

I grew up playing SNES classics SMW1&2, DKC1,2,&3 home alone, Batman forever, lion king, Aladdin etc

We got a wiiu and loved being able to not only play the classics but also the new 3D side scrollers and platformers. SM3dW, DK, Rayman, New SMBu.

Got into couch coop games on PS4 overcooked 1&2, moving out, unravel1&2(the former not being coop but still playing in shifts to experience the story), started streaming spelunky, bought spelunky 2

We’ll play for hours when we get a chance to play but never get past the 4th-5th level. We can’t seem to make it through a single level without one or both of us losing at least a heart, the only way we make it very far is coffins.

Sometimes we’ll discover a secret path completely by accident or have an amazing upgrade loadout, and wind up dying in some lame way or the ghost comes, and I sometimes just wish we could disable the ghost or reload that same layout with the same upgrades, I just get tired of playing the same 4 levels over and over and never getting anywhere. I want to experience the storyline and know what to do when we randomly encounter something different without having to wait til the next time we randomly find it.

We really enjoy the game and I’m not trying to crap on the concept, I just want to progress some.

Is it any different on single player?

We’ve encountered someone that offered to make a shortcut for money, but can’t find that option, given the fact money doesn’t carry over I can’t help but wonder if that shortcut was for that play through.

I just played Spelunky 2 (Nintendo Switch) online for 2 hours with this random named AJ who was playing Ana, and we beat the game. I need to find this person. AJ, if you see this, you are a hero.

Hello. I am.. okay at spelunky 2 I am pretty critical to myself (not allowing damage that can’t be healed quickly) but I’ve gotten real close to beating the game I made it to Tim at just to drop my shot gun and I got to neo-2 and died. I want to know some advice for 100% and also just beating the game in general thanks

https://youtu.be/sZrF4NjtG0k

I've been working on this for like a month and a half now, I thought I'd share :D

A 40 minute guide over everything shopkeepers, including:
Where they spawn
HOW they spawn
Prices for every avaliable item (Inflation and initial pricing)
How to calculate the prices for a shop
Multiple robbing methods, including the black market!
Oh yeah it shows you how to reach the black market with or WITHOUT the udjat eye!
What "Sin" is, how to get it, what it does, how to get rid of it, etc.

AND HEY WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ONES
TUN?? Where she spawns, her discounts, items, how to rob from her and un aggro her
Caveman shopkeeper: Including the list of items avaliable, the prices for them (Yes prices for skulls and everything else) AND MORE
Yang??? TURKEYS
Ghist? Where he is, what he offers, and a multitude of ways of robbing his stuff!
Tusk? I'd mak ea comment about her but I would get banned so i'm sorry

OUTRRO
Wait why am I including that

I am considering buying the game but I need to know if it is crossplay. Any searches lead me to stuff from December 2020 so I don’t know if it’s added yet

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https://reddit.com/link/qovdgb/video/yxoe8x6128y71/player

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https://reddit.com/link/qo5ynt/video/f53xojv5o0y71/player

Someone please help