Extremely fun addicting gameplay, i think i played this for about an hour. I still didn’t manage to beat the last level yet, i think having 4 buttons to push to opening the final door is maybe a bit too much, after you already activated the reinforcement, but else it’s quite good. About the right amount of challenge. The best part is, that you are basically force to engage with the dash mechanic alot, which is alot of fun.
The soundtrack is also amazing, works very well, feels very much like Star Wars, and I think you did a great job capturing that feeling of beeing in a space battle with laser guns. Especially great is the part where you have basically the “grab and run” of the artifact, which really just encapsulates that feeling of beeing chased by a horde of storm troopers and making a clutch escape.
The isometric perspective looks pretty, it’s just a bit unusual that you have to press 2 buttons to run straight and one for diagonal, which makes the controls feel a bit wired. The perspective is a bit problematic at the lower corners, because it hides the elements that are under it. I got quite annoyed a few times, because i didn’t see an enemy that was there and then lost a heart becaues of it. Additionally, a bit better player hit feedback would be nice, i often don’t even realize that i got hit, i really would like some sound feedback there. (Especially when there are alot of chaotic battles etc)
I found it also a bit odd, that i could not shoot over tables, or chairs, which is correct based on the scaling, but intuitively doesn’t make sense. A cool idea would be, to be able to be able to destroy chairs when they are in the way. Another cool idea might be, the ability to dash over tables (aka Enter the Gungeon) which would then give more ways for traversal (and probably really cool plays as well), so it doesn’t feel like these elements are just in your way.
Thematically i dunno what this has to do with Mars, especially since it feels like we’re in some spaceship interior and fighting there. Maybe some generalized space battle name would be more fitting.
But all in all i had a great time playing this one, the gamplay is dope!