>>716229424 (OP)
Based off the seeming lack of urgency in this post I'm going to assume you are probably in crossroads post-false knight. Go left towards greenpath, anon.
am I misremembering or does Elder Bug only give you the tips on where to go once?
It would have been better if he just kept going on about the place you're supposed to go, instead of switching to generic lines.
>>716229696
Left to greenpath, right to crystal peak, in both those areas you will find power-ups to increase your mobility. I would recommend exploring every area that doesn't require a long dash or double jump to get to first. Your life will be easier later on.
>>716231495
Ok good. Explore everywhere you can get to with those upgrades 1st. Remember that the game is non-linear, so if a boss is pushing your shit in leave them be and explore somewhere else until you're more powerful.
>>716230542
He mentions vaguely that Crystal Peak might be a good place to go, but that's it. I also wish there was slightly more direction as to where to go next.
>>716231495
once you get the wall jump, you should be able to pick some random direction like city of tears or deepnest and then spend like 15 hours without hitting a hard dead end
>>716231892
Place your map markers on those places to remember you can't go there yet and to remind you why you can't go there.
For example if a room looks like you need double jump, slap a red marker on it and remember that red = double jump
>>716232079
To be fair pogoing on mushrooms is pretty intuitive if you played at least a single mario game once in your life.
However pogoing on spikes is so unintuitive for any normal gamers I only realized it when reaching deepnest.