Do you mash the attack button? It's inspired by arcade games like Galaga, which, I guess, were a bit of a coin swallower back in the day. Early in the game development the game was a bit easier but as we played we realized it was way too easy so we upped the difficulty (and may have swung too hard). Once you level up a few times the difficulty seems to go back down until the harder enemies come out. Thanks for the feedback, I'm not trying to discount what you're saying just giving my stream of consciousness, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy!
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I tried again, got 10.100, I see what you said about leveling up. Indeed, the harder enemies did demolish me in the first playthroughs. I once found a healing upgrade and it seemed to be a lot helpful, indeed smoothing the difficulty. The rounds without any health upgrade were really difficult tho. I know it's a pain to balance these games ; ) I enjoyed playing, well done!