Hey, good stuff! Ngl, I totally forgot about using A/D to move right after the mechanic was introduced, but happened to remember it after I left at the second boss and so I had to go back and play again hahaha. But yeah - with the whole deal, the game plays really well! My only 2 critiques are:
The angle at which you are allowed to jump feels restricted
This, + disappearing platforms can lead to being stuck behind a platform and take extra damage finding a way out
To be honest, my only real gripe is the first. I feel like the game could be a bit more permitting in letting you jump at slighter angles because while I was playing, I spent more focus on figuring out whether I would be allowed to jump to a certain place than I did on the mechanics of the bosses (although, this issue generally only interferes with my play in the first boss fight's arena).

But besides that, I love what you did. The bosses are designed well, I love their attack patterns. It feels fun to sidestep homing missiles, and it feels fun to plan around the angle at which projectiles will approach me. I also appreciate the indicators you made for when a jump will lead to lava damage + when a jump is impossible.

Loved the music - it worked well, and sounded really nice!! I do wish there was just a tiny bit more - the music cutting off entirely at boss defeat and the lack of a sound effect for collecting the big green thing made me feel a bit odd.

Totally awesome art direction - very simple, but very clear, and the details stand out and do an excellent job at guiding the player! Very strong.

All in all, great stuff! Thank you for creating this game, as this is truly unique and entertaining. It feels very much like a game I could play over and over, and I hope you keep it up :]

Wow super cool and creative for using basic art shapes 5/5

Hey!

Gameplay: The idea of the game is fun and engaging! In the first play session, it's a little bit unfair since the mechanics are not that obvious. However, they are super easy to understand, and by the second session, you are already prepared to rock it! Once you get used to the mechanics, how the platforms and projectiles behave, the game has the perfect amount of challenge. Personally, I LOVE games that forces you to constantly move and never stay in the same position (Obssesed Doom player here) played this game a lot.

Art: It is extremely minimalist, but it suits the retro pinball-like concept very well and gives a certain vibe to the game. It would be nice to add a blinking color effect in the red platforms to make easier to predict when the platforms will switch color.

Music: The music is good; I would just give some advice to the composer. When you have boss fights that are designed to endure a considerable amount of time, I would avoid using short loops. Long battles plus short loops equal lots and lots of repetition and can hurt badly the perception of the soundtrack from the listeners perspective. This becomes worse when you consider bosses as sth challenging that invites constant repetition. Being that said, in the realm of videogame music a lengthy and challenging boss fight is your best chance to show off your composition skills in long formats. 

I enjoyed playing this game a lot!

Wishing you good luck and success!

I liked the difficulty of the game. I enjoyed the challenge. The controls were great and so were the sound effects. I really liked playing this game. Great Job.

If you are interested, could you please play my game. I would really appreciate it.

The difficulty of the second boss is a bit high. I don't know how many times I need to hit to clear the level. If there is a boss whose health is displayed, it will be convenient.

I like this design, it's a very promising game

This game was pretty cool, the controls felt pretty good and the sound effects were crisp. I also like the indicator for where your shooting, and if you're going to shoot towards a red surface, adds a good amount of fairness. Only complaint is that I felt that I could shoot my character at some angles when I felt like I should have been able to. Great Submission!

Fun concept! A bit glitchy (which is fine for jam a game) and took some time to get used to controls, but it didn't stop me from completion.

I already gave you some feedback about camera and platforms disappearing after you jump off of them, and to elaborate - it felt like I couldn't see enough of the arena with how the camera was zoomed in. In addition, the camera movement while jumping around felt a bit disorienting. Maybe try a static camera with full arena view during boss fights, like in War in Heaven?

As for platforms - because they just turned gray(?) after jumping off, I couldn't immediately read it as "you can't jump back on it anymore". I would suggest to turn them maybe to 10% transparency after jumping off, gradually going back to maybe 60% transparency, before immediately becoming opaque. This way I think it'd easier to read the states of "you just jumped off of it and can't jump back", "you still can't jump back but it's getting closer", and "you can jump back now" without confusing one for the other.

There were a couple more issues/nitpicks, but they all stem from the two I've described. And could also be plain skill issue on my part. I'd just add that Nattland Interactive's comment about color language is spot on, as are Bad Piggy's comments about overall gameplay experience. Last but not least, I want to point out that the artstyle really turned out just fine and not bland at all. The Blade Rush powerup in particular adds personality, and boss attacks are fairly varied and feel distinct from one another. Well implemented minimalist/geometrical styles tend to leave a lot to the player's imagination, so I think if you focus on a solid gameplay foundation and add smaller things to give it life, the resulting experience will be quite worthwhile, whether it's with or without googly eyes for the boss ^^

Hope the feedback will be of use. Congrats on finishing the jam!

Awesome game, very thematic and graphically minimalistic. The soundtrack felt very fitting as well as it seemed to be choppy or glitchy which worked well here. Took a bit to get accustomed to the mechanics, but I had fun :)

Awesome concept! Excellent soundtrack. Needs improvements with controls and mechanics but all of the makings are there for a great game.

Cool little entry lol

Unfortunately I only managed to get till the second boss, but I think the design of this is still good

The arenas were pretty well layed out and kinda forced you to move around a lot with platforms you already jumped becoming inaccessible for a bit, or the boss making platforms inaccessible. I really had to think and strategise quite a bit when it came to which platform I should actually jump to.

Especially in the second fight where it was possible to accidentally exchange my current powerup if I wasn't careful.

However, I feel like the controls could've been better. An example would be using W and S when you're on vertical platforms. Mostly because it got confusing in the heat of battle to find out which key corresponded to which direction

And while the overall visual design is nice and simple, I feel like the boss's healthbar could've looked a little more readable. I really needed to squint some times to read it.

I'm also not really a fan of the homing missiles. With how limited your mobility is, they feel a little unfair at times. Same for the second boss's laser beam which ensures that you'll take damage no matter what if all the other platforms around you are inaccessible.

Still though, for what this game is, it's really cool.

The concept for this game is really good! We think there's a lot of potential regarding the mechanics for the movements. We can easily see the concept as something that can grow into a really popular game with some more time and polish! It's a fun and exciting core mechanic!

Something we'd like to recommend with visual language, especially when using simple geometry, is to let colors have specific meanings.

In this game red means death for walls, but it means "You can hurt me" for the boss. Likewise purple can mean immortal if on the boss, or about to be lethal on the platforms. The small guys' bullets are white which is also the color of the platforms you can stand on.

Consider assigning colors meaning and sticking to them - red for stuff that hurts you, orange for stuff you can hurt etc. It can help a lot with reading the screen quickly as a player.

The music was really catchy and fit the game's speedy vibes well! Props to the audio designer!

Well done everyone!

Nice gameplay concept

Really nice gameplay, the 2 bosses is really interesting to fight. The control took a bit to get used to but its interesting.

Tho in the room btween the first and second  boss, there is a bug where the player will spawn on the death zone if you fell here, which is a forced restart. 

But still, nice game!

Really fun! and the music are well made

Really fun concept. Also love the clean artstyle!

Very fun yet at the same time very hard to control. The sound design was great. 

Great music!!