As a touhou player I am all for bullet hells!  So seeing one here in the jam just make me happy. The game is unique in the sense that you need to reflect certain bullets to the enemy to deal damage, which is something that was seldom seen. The controls were clean, the bullet hells were tight but fair, this is a job well done!

My only little nitpick was that the element system was rather under-utilised. The only thing it did currently was the shield thing currently, but I think it has much potentials than what we have right now. Maybe double damage, healing, bullet effects, all sort of stuff. But given that this is a jam I'd say you've already done a very good job. Well done!

A very cool concept and well executed.

The walking sfx did become a bit annoying after hearing it constantly xD

I did notice a nice way you made the reflect easy to perform is that the reflected bullets seem to travel towards the mouse. Nicely done.

do miss the shadow theme a bit(besides it being present visually), but you mention this in your GGD.

The game is rather difficult at times, but i think that is part of it's charm. Maybe if got better at it i could have defeated the second boss.

Definitely a nice game, with some polish I could easily see this being released on steam.

it is a really good game. managed to complete all levels available. the bosses are a little bit of a difficulty spike. especially the water undine.  This is a minor issue but using a colorblindness simulator you may have a problem with the colors used. the free simulator I used does the two most common forms of color blindness. (my mouse is normally a similar shade of red as the character it is the same color for both) you might need to darken the air slightly. here is a suggested range for Air if you decide to add a color blindness option. R range:0-176 B range:215-220 G range:220-231. this is out of 255.  (the lower the number on the range the more of a perceivable difference). for fire and earth just adjust the brightness of the colors and it will work. both of these are minor issues and can be worked around. below are the alchemical hints with both color blindness shown as they are in game.

 overall, it is really good. the use of deflection does keep the player on their toes and the use of black and white is definitely a good take on the theme. the game is very responsive, very little to no noticeable input lag.

I enjoyed this game. Both you and the enemy attacks move slowly, which lead me to think about my positioning. The  deflect mechanic was fun, I first I assumed it was also a melee attack but learned very quickly that this is not the case after trying to hit an enemy. While playing, I did not fully understand the mechanic introduced on level 8. I knew that some bullet types might destroy some shields, but wasn't sure which. And I didn't feel the need to figure out which, because I could just throw whatever was in front of me and hope for the best. I also finished the game without being sure which shade of blue represents water or air, which could have added to my confusion regarding which projectiles destroy which shields. Making them totally different colors (maybe changing air to green and earth to brown) could have helped. Good job!

Fun game, although I would’ve liked more of a focus on alchemy. The movement felt fluid and it was satisfying to dodge attacks and get yourself into the right position to deflect multiple bullets in quick succession. Enemy variety is great, and the bosses are fun to encounter. I think the player’s deflection hitbox should be slightly larger, a little more polish in some of the boss fights (notably - the first boss probably shouldn’t spawn bullets right on top of the player), and maybe adding a way for the player to heal up would be nice, but it’s a really good start how it is :).

Very neat concept, though fighting the boss feels somewhat tedious. I lost almost half of my HP due to swords spawning on top of my face (instead of only spawning them inside the arena add another constraint where it's some not too significant range around the player, so that you can't ever be sniped, that feels unfair), and there also waves of only white swords, i.e. waiting out (maybe a little minRange variable so that it always spawns at least one colored projectile).

Otherwise, super dope stuff!

The concept is very cool, i like it a lot! Movement feels too floaty for how much precision is required though