Loved it! Liked the old Windows aesthetic and the connection to Hotline Miami with upgrades!

This is really sick, very hotline miami with a few extra layers - I think if you beefed up the juice and added some gamefeel/feedback stuff like screenshake, this could be big. And the old Windows-style UI is really great.

Those boxes are indeed pretty cool, I actually thought they were very strong since you could lock the enemy AI with them ;) I think reset could be put on a hold to reset type of deal, there were times where I would instinctively try to reload with 'R' and restart the level, and some indicator for where the exit is would be nice but I suppose you want the player to explore around the map. I like that there's various builds you can try, I had the pacifism and dash which worked well with my box tech. Nice job on the game!

Nice aesthetics, and a solid gameplay loop.  Good work!

very nice my friend, hotline miami roguelike type beat

This was very fun to play! It seemed like I had one bug where the pacifist perk wouldn't grant the extra money. But I just swapped out for other perks and that worked great. I appreciated how the enemies could get caught in each other's crossfire - really incentivized me to play differently and stay nimble!

i really like the idea and aesthetic! its a bit too hard for me but thats probably because im a casual haha

Wait, Action Balatro?  That sounds so awesome!  Is that what this project started off as?

Nice level and game design.  The AI works well.  The game really makes you think hard about whether to stealth or risk shooting a precious bullet.  Limiting the power ups, again, requires you to think carefully.  Lots of interesting decisions through out.  Really great job.  Amazing feel to it.

Recommendations:

- "R" shouldn't be used for retry, as it's so commonly bound to reload weapon in shooters! 

- Enemy attacked while I was still reading the instructions.  Maybe pause the game until player clicks on the instructions to proceed.  Also, clicking ok fires off one of the precious few bullets!

Really like being able to get the enemies to kill each other.

Damn this was really fun! now I want to replay hotline miami haha!
Think it was a bit too hard though, a bit too few bullets and a bit too hard to predict the trajectory when firing, but overall very good! good job :D

Fun game! A few of the abilities seemed useless but I had fun trying them out. Box OP? everything seemed to work well and I enjoyed the sound and music. The player character was a bit hard to see, maybe a new color on him or the background? Nice work!

Very well put together, fun, and I really like the fact that in such a small game you still have the option to choose very different playstyles.

really liked the way the powerups jiggle when you mouse over them. this is a neat little game, nice job.

Big fan of this, the old Windows style matches surprisingly well with the PSX graphics. Crazy amount of content for a game jam game! Let me know if this ever turns into a full release :D

Love the style! It is insane what you have pulled off. Nice one.

I won! This is pretty fun, my only gripe is that sometimes when swapping items the aiming would become offset.

I don't know how you managed to create a rogue-like in this time but well done! One of the most enjoyable games I've come across so far :)