Hey Aaahron, great game! This is a nice "spin" on the Katamari-style gameplay 🤓
I really love your hand drawn sprites and how immersive the main menu is. I also like how each run is short and sweet, it encouraged me try again at least a dozen times!
I encountered a few bugs :
- After a run, the "Return to menu" button starts a new game instead
- Sometimes my score would be 0 no matter how big I got
- I think I never managed to actually post my score to the leaderboard 🤔
This is a nitpick, but at first the cool opening sequence made me swear I would play as the rocket. So when seeing the asteroid, I initially thought "Ok, this is what I'm fighting against!" and was surprised to realize I was the asteroid. I lost a few seconds because of that, and a few more before realizing I had to collect most things, not avoid them. The context only became clear after reading your game page.
But the game is well paced and it's fast and very tempting to retry. I had a great time!
EDIT : Also, sometimes the screen felt a bit cluttered when you become big enough and some bombs become harder to avoid. It's part of the risk/reward balance, but I think zooming out slightly the bigger you get could improve the experience even further.