Game is pretty good, music and art is nice but could be improved a bit, minor things like non shooting npc doesn't have walking animations, story is fun, and i really like the part which told you how to pickup stuff, gameplay is fun and only 2 things it's lacks are minimap and better balance, overall solid entry

Hey Marlo, good job with the game! I will admit tho, I don't know how to stop the black holes. I gathered the three pieces and went to the workbench, but I couldn't find any way to stop the black hole. I tried a total of three times without any results. Restarting was kinda slow, but I kept myself entertained by shooting in beat with the music (oddly satisfying). Perhaps if the character was to make some sort of remark as to what to do? The corridors were pretty long and empty, you could perhaps add some decor (which would help people with remembering where they are and navigating) or maybe some interesting environmental challenges like perhaps traps or some classic doors and buttons. The enemies were also a bit plain, there were some with guns, but they never seemed to shoot? Perhaps I killed them too quickly to even give them the chance, but the enemies never felt like a threat. 

I really liked the character art, and whilst the animation was simple, it was effective. I was pleasantly surprised by the black holes; I hadn't realised they were growing, and then when I saw they'd consumed an entire room, had a bit of a panic moment, good stuff. The opening dialogue was also nice, the little sounds added some interest. All in all, the game was good, but perhaps needing a bit of polish. A bit more variation in the world to keep it fresh, and maybe some extra hurdles to promote the goal of the game from a fetch quest to something a bit more challenging. Nice work!

Great job on your first game! As with nearly any game, we can all benefit from some polishing right? I don't think there was any game-breaking issues, but some proper animations could be nice (top down sprites are usually viewed from an angle like the old Zelda games or completely top down) and skipping a line of dialogue in the beginning could end with spelling the whole sentence out immediately first before going to the next line. I hope you can see that these are small things. Your game is really solid and is completely playable, I guess it's just that any game could be polished over and over again to make something even more appealing. Still, amazing work, especially for your first gamejam!

Fun game! The story elements at the beginning were a nice touch. The controls felt pretty good, but I do have two complaints that I think both would be good changes. The camera is a little tight on the player, so you often don’t see enemies until it’s almost too late, pulling away a little big would be nice, and secondly sometimes I couldn’t tell how I was getting damaaged. I think the enemies with guns were shooting at me maybe, but they didn’t have bullets like the player does, so it was hard to tell.

Even with those complaints I had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing!

Please check my game out if you haven’t yet. https://ntwiles.itch.io/black-hole-flyer

Good start, couple things I could improve:
- There were no up/down animation so just using the same animation as when going left and right felt bit weird.
- The areas were bit too big in my opinion. Smaller corridors with branching room areas could've worked bit better.
- Maybe add some clip size /reload thing to mitigate the constant shooting?
- Music was okay, but as it looped so frequently, it became bit dull.
- The rooms felt pretty same one after another, even slight variations in tile sets give whole new personality to the gamescene.

But as a first gamejam and after about a month of experience, It's a good start to go with.

it's not something photo realistic graphics but it just get to me so much 😁, loved it, awesome game man.

Good Game ,quite innovative and audio is good too :0  

Plus the happy face is quite good ,once he picks items .Made me smile too :)

Thanks. Generally quite nice game, but I am dying very often even after "kind of upgrades".

Hi there!
First of all: Congratulations for your first game jam ever!
Here's some room for improvements:

1. Don't insta-die when you hit an enemy.
Plan some death animation and a graceful "retry" screen, an instantaneous interruption is kinda rude!
2. Play with font, color and spacing to improve readability on dialogs.
Also, put a border over your buttons, to tell the player that they are buttons!
3. If you plan to start your game with a long dialog, put some clarification screenshots/images under that. A black screen is not pleasant and can be a little annoying.

Top points:

1. Arts are very good! They reminds me some sort of Blackthornprod style with a personal twist.
up!
2. The overall mood is ok and the story behind is clear and focused. You got a nice take on the theme!

Thanks for your work and go on with gamedev, destroy your limits and improve yourself! :D

Was Boxhead your inspiration? It would be a lovely reference! 
Nice game, liked the drawings and the funny  look!