I liked the bullet hell-esque gameplay and the idea of random buffs/nerfs you can pick up, but they didn't seem to affect gameplay much. Solid gameplay at its core, but can do with some fleshing out.

This is a cool game, I really liked the music and the shooting sound effect feels awesome!  

I would take the time to put in some type of in game tutorial, at least the button prompts in the first room.

I was also confused about the pickups.  When it was spinning I had no idea what to do, it wasn't until a couple minutes in I realized the symbol above them is an E and it was rotating too.  If you want to keep the rotating effect on powerups, make sure it's just the powerup that's rotating and not the E as well so it can clearly be read!  It would also be kinda cool to be able to read what the powerups are before you pick them up, unless your intention is for them to be totally random.  

I also ran into a bug where I picked up a powerup and killed the boss at the same time, so my game locked up.  

Great job!  

I think movement and shooting is quite nice, and overall with some tweaks I can see this becoming a fun game.

As for the enemy pathfinding, perhaps context-aware steering would help - basically, that’s an easier way to have enemies avoid obstacles and keep distance from each other. Although if you want complex level layouts, you’ll need actual pathfinding. When I was fiddling with it, it was not easy.

As for the art, perhaps picking a decent palette on Lospec could work? I think colors go a long way.

Regarding gameplay, I think enemy hitboxes for projectiles could be bigger as that IMO would make the game a bit more fair.

Overall, nice job!

Look up enemy pathfinding techniques. My feedback to you. The premise of the game is good. If you want to further develop it take note of feedback below also. Overall a good submission you've done very well with this.

Ive managed to beat the boss but then I died I think? Is there a way to escape?

Game works well  and could be something with some work! well done

It's a cool game, but is somewhat very easy. There is a good variety of enemies.

I managed to get the game stuck by collecting the exit too soon after beating the boss. I think probably the "Foe Obliterated" text interacted badly with the end screen, so that's something to keep in mind for the future.

Based on your description on this page, something changes when you do multiple runs? If so, then I think you should explain that in the game. 

In general I think you should go bigger with effects since I didn't really notice them. If you haven't watched, in Mark Brown's Day 2 stream he talks about this (at 27 minutes playing Drivey Trucks) 

I'm too good at this game.

I would like some more levels before the boss and make the upgrades feel more like a reward.

Overall I had fun with this short game!

I feel that the game did not incorporate the theme in a particularly interesting way. I don’t mind that though, I believe that it should only be used as inspiration and not necessarily a core part of the game. I just mention it because the power-ups kept mentioning that I scaled, but I didn’t get it. Following is some feedback regarding the gameplay:

• The art of course could be much better but I’m sure you already know that. I would say that it might a good idea to try and find a team mate to handle the visuals next jam, so that you can focus solely on the programming!

• The enemies didn’t feel threatening! They got obliterated by attacks before they even had a chance to get to me! Either they could have quicker movement speed, or maybe projectile attack or some other way to give them an edge. Further, some path-finding would also be good, because this bunch just decided to smack into a wall.

• An easy trick to get by with so-so art assets is to make heavy use of tweens to animate motion and effects (like death, attack, etc). That way, everything feels smoother and is easier on the eye.

• I didn’t find much use for the teleportation mechanic.

Overall, its awesome that you managed to ship a game in time! The music and SFX is quite good! For next time, I would definitely recommend keeping a smaller scope (lesser power ups for example) but focusing on the feel of the game, which generally leaves a better impression on people who play the game.

I'm a huge sucker for dark games and this is really good . I love the aesthetics too . Well done .

Feedback : would love to have a little depth in the game .  Maybe a little more assets . This game would look perfect in 2.5D 

Overall , I love the game and best of luck :)

I love it, haha. The theme is kind of dark, but I enjoy something like that once in a while. Especially the boss fight; that was sick. I also like the different power-ups; I don't know if they are totally random, but it would be nice if there was some sort of method that checks whether or not I got the same power-ups multiple times in a row to give it some more variety. 

Besides that, I really enjoyed it. Interested to see where you take it from here. Good job!

Pretty nice, tiny game fitting for a jam.

With some more dev time it could surely benefit from more gameplay variety. It's also happened to me during jams that I try making something with procedural elements and end up running out of time to implement content even if I have the basics laid out.

I like that it presents a theme and sticks to it for the different aspects of design. It also seems that the systems hold up quite well during normal gameplay not trying to break things, which isn't a given in jams. Good job!

Overall pretty simple I would suggest increasing the framerate if possible also the powerups dont appear to be random after the first two I tested it twice and after the first two or three it seems just to give me the same one after which isn't a big deal its just something that increases the variety of what the player can get would be a nice quality of life change. Also it might be a good idea to make it to that the enemies can't be blasted right before they spawn I could just spam left click and obliterate them before they had a chance to attack. Overall not bad I can't wait to see more!

The art seemed kinda jank at first but it actually ended up pretty stylish. Like a deep fried feeling, I like it! There could be a bit more gameplay and integration of the theme, but then the boss fight at the end was pretty epic. Great job overall.