Very fun game! Loved the little secret areas and the way you hinted at them. It feels like it is a bit easy for a twin stick shooter, there is more than enough health laying around and the enemies die relatively fast. I did like that the enemy bullets could be shot down.

The music and sound effects are really nice, they fit the game and their respective areas really well. The visuals are also great, the only thing I have an issue with for visibility is the camera that is centered a bit to the right of the character. It does change depending on where you are aiming which is nice, but just not enough for my feel. 

Overall, it's a nice game and can be expanded on really well!

Pretty interesting, the main gameplay of shooting and running worked really well

Some things I'd really like to see improved is the way the story is incorporated into the game, I didn't understand what was happening until I read the description you posted here, also I think the bosses are a bit too easy? when theyre in a corner you can just fire at them until they die hahah also the shake effects were a bit too heavy I think, i got a bit dizzy near the end...

Besides that I did enjoy the game, it's a simple fun twin stick shooter

Fun little short game! I like how the artstyle and music changes in each area. There's some minor graphics that can be improved but it's pretty polished in general. Congrats for the team. Hope to see an improved version

I liked the game it's fun and controls are really easy 

A couple of things about the game 
- The following to the theme seemed a bit unclear 
 - I found it quite easy as a person can hold the left mouse button and would have no worries throughout the game if they have decent dodging skills 
- Damn the red part seemed like the next part of game would be facing self harm 
-I liked the concept of huge monsters supposedly indicating the different levels of mental anguish faced by the protagonist it would have been better if there would be even more different sizes of monsters indicating the parts that hurt the protagonist the most
-I liked the fact bullets collided it was an unexpected mechanic
-In the second stage was the warping effect which caused lengthening of objects around the corners of the screen quite bugged me idk why
-The thing bugged me most was that cerebellum  isn't the thing that actually manages emotions it's technically the limbic system or atleast better would be cerebrum turmoil since limbic system is actually between the cerebral hemispheres

Fun game! Super simple and fun little dual stick survival shooter.

A couple of feedback items....
- I wish the bullets had a further reach, it felt odd that the projectile "died" out a few meters away from the player.
- The enemy projectile got a little lost in the art. I noticed I was getting hit more often that I thought. It would be nice if it has some particle trail or maybe a more obvious color... think like star wars laser blasters.... player is yellow, enemy could be red or orange... something obvious and different. Also some screen feedback for when the player is hit... like an red edge flash or something.
- I did not see where the theme came into this one. The game is fun, but I didn't see the "stronger together" aspect.

Good work overall. Solid submission!

I played the WebGL version on a Mac and found this to be a fun shooter. I tried choosing gamepad controls but my DualShock 4 controller didn’t seem to be working. So I ended up playing with a keyboard and found that the controls worked well, but I imagine the gamepad controls are even better.

The limited range of the weapon was a little frustrating since you can often see enemies across the screen and line up a shot only to have it fall short.

For the boss battles, you might consider reducing the knockback distance so that the boss stays on screen with the player.

Also, I enjoyed checking out your stream and appreciate you playing through our games and providing feedback. Thanks!

This had really good game feel, from the music and sound effects to the particle effects to the screen warp. I appreciated that the bosses did not have some giant attack that was hard to dodge. Good message but I did not feel like it came across that well in the game. I think you should lean more into it and really make the levels feel unique in a way where you are conquering your emotions. Maybe instead of buffs, each level gives you debuffs and then some buff at the end. For example, maybe anxiety makes you slower but if you get past the level you get faster than you initially were.

I'm not gonna lie, as soon as I start the game I can already tell it is going to be amazing and well.. I'm absolutely right. This is one of those game that is too good where it comes to the point that you trying to find its flaws. That is just how amazes I am right now. Nice work! :D

Really good level design with a beautiful message behind it

A fun beginning. I especially liked the fish-eye effect for part 2!

The art reminded me strangely of old gameboy games, but with more pixels haha.

I would see more mechanics linked to the upgrades, like some enemies you cannot kill if you don't have the range.

Three points, to say I made a useful comment:

- I really like the possibility of going back to Menu or quitting the game properly, so imo it would really be cool to add those buttons somewhere :)

- It would be better to have something saying you player was hit, like a sound, a knock-back, having the sprite twinkling... something.

- At the end screen, saying to be continued, you can still move on the back, or at least shoot. And sometimes you can trigger the end screen animation again, which leads to have both texts on top of each other. I don't know if you knew about that :)

Well done :)

Superb level-design and a good job on introducing the player to the game. It could have used a little bit more polishing (like the gun rotating around the player and not inside it? :D) , but i think its a really good submission! 

Honestly, I loved everything about this and would love to see more! I had so much fun playing this! The gameplay is smooth. The pixel art is great and the music... The music is my favourite part! Over all you just did such a good job with this so well done! Can't wait to see where this goes! 

It would be cool if you could check out my game too and give it a rating. https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/925013

cool game! I like the gameplay a lot and the metaphoric take on the theme is unique in itself! The controls feel really good & the enemies spawn rate & speed is perfect! Not too hard, but not too easy either!

I'm not a huge fan of the art style. The effects are great! (particle effects when shooting, fish eye effect, etc.) but I don't think the art style or color palette fits with this idea that you're "inside your mind" battling heavy emotions (sadness, anxiety, etc.). For example, obviously, blue is sadness...but it still seemed too bright and cartoony in my opinion. But other than that, this was a great submission!

I'd appreciate it if you could play/rate my game as well! :)

Really good game, I really liked the music, atmosphere, the art, everything! The only thing that bothered me is that the gun would go upside down when I pointed it left, which is kinda weird, but apart from that, really good!

Fun game! I liked your take on the theme, very creative, and the visual effects within the different areas were neat.

I like the message / story and the metaphor comes across well. It reminds me of Inside Out kind of situation (but with shooting lol).

I like the music too! And I thought the screen effect on the Anxiety screen was very cool, really immersed me in the feeling you were trying to convey.

Thanks for sharing!!

The music is pretty awesome, the animations and particle effects are very nicely done. I just felt a little sad for those ghosts.