Cool space themed entry !

I really like the title screen the player robot and the void alien robot creature things designs, nice and detailed pixel art.

The emphasis on exploration is also really well made, with just a bit of a downside that you can easlily get lost in the level cause it seems huge, i like the fact that you went for no hand holding but here a few landmarks or helps with navigation would have been nice.

On a similar aspect, i like that you can just try found powerups to see what they do, but the first 3 weapons don't seem to get any sprite change so i wasn't even sure i had them in the first place (appart from one which looked different but couldn't get cause it was behind a door i didn't have the ability to open yet) one last issue would be character movement speed, i get the sprint button but it is ultra fast making precise platforming a bit hard, and the regular movement speed is really ultra slow.

Now that being said the game is good besides all that, and i've had fun rolling around this space structure trying to progress, i also really enjoyed the details like the sparks your bullets make impacting any surface, and the music really captured that feeling of space i.m.o.

For a first collab as you mention on the game's page, you guys did a great job together.

Well done :)

Excellent submission with great graphics, neat effects, fun upgrades, and with a very fresh (but still very Metroid) feel. I love the player character, it looks great, plays great, and I am a sucker for tank treaded robots for the main character. Great game, I'd love to see more development on this.

There are some really nice elements in here. The robot looks super slick and I can see the independent movement of the parts, that's really cool. The particle effects are also super satisfying and just fun to watch. I was also super drawn in by the simplicity of the title card, very nice work.

Unfortunately, I struggled a lot with the movement. I saw in the comments below that you wanted to give the sense of a diminished character who becomes stronger, but I ended up just overcoming this by holding down shift the whole time I played. It's definitely commendable to reinforce thematic elements with gameplay, but I think in this case it didn't feel great and I had to overcome it by making the game less enjoyable by dashing at breakneck speed everywhere...). 

Secondly, the map was fairly difficult to navigate. I know that if I get into the next room and drop down to the left I'll encounter a boss, but that was about as far as I was able to get in terms of building a mental map. There weren't many places where I could go, "Aha! This is THAT part of the map, I'll remember how to get here in the future."

Also as has been mentioned, the parallax was pretty rough on the eyes. 

Overall I think that you did a good job of realizing what you wanted to with the robot, and the amount of work you put into it showed, I look forward to seeing what you come up with next time if you participate in MVM XVI!