This so far has been my favorite ive played this year :D I liked every aspect of it.  I def did try to play to the beat too.  I think the system of readily available hp but you have to grow and defend it is really novel and interesting. Also the enemies different behaviors forcing you to adapt was nice.  That said, DEF was by and far the best upgrade, I just tanked through most stuff with minimal points in attack.  I also discovered on my first loop after the boss that you can cheese the xp (pun intended) by filling the entire map with rats and letting the grow as much as possible.  Was gaining 4-5 levels every floor and usually still had 200 food so i coulda done even more.   I think some warnings might be nice for low hp/low food too cause i was getting into the rhythm and not wanting to slow down lol

I really enjoyed this game, and especially liked it's aesthetics.

I think the mechanics of this game are super important to understand, and I just had to guess at them for a while. the controls are right on the screen which is nice, but an in-game tutorial about moving, optimizing, extra exp for the most rats, upgrades, when damage happens, do you get extra damage etc.

I'm not exactly feeling the fast-paced-ness with the current turn based system. especially when sometimes I like my current position, and don't want to move, and just sit waiting.

I like the choice of music, and i think if you were forced to move along with the beat of the music, it would be much more frantic/exciting.

I'm not sure if the sound effects match the music and the rest of the game.