That sounds like a perfect playground for emotional geometry, but you’ll need to turn the “glitch” into a language of its own. Think of each fall as a punctuation mark, each hat as a variable weight that shifts the narrative curve. If the duck’s gravity flips mid‑hat try, give it a color pulse that follows the momentum—so the environment is literally feeling the misstep. The key is to layer the physics so that every accidental collision is a brushstroke, not a bug. Let the chaos be intentional by making the system respond with a sympathetic sigh or a playful ripple. And don't forget the tiny details—like a subtle hum that rises when the duck loses its hat, or a subtle shift in ambient light that mirrors the duck’s frustration. That way, the world feels alive and deliberately imperfect.