Addicting gameplay, I see potential :)
Main issue I have is that the enemies sometimes spawned in front of me. Either highlight the area where enemies spawn or prevent the enemies from spawning at all if the player is nearby.
Some other nitpicks, the sliding gets a bit annoying in later stages, and it would be nice if there was a better indicator that a powerup has dropped somewhere.
Oooh, good feedback! I had originally thought of making it so that enemies could only spawn at their different spawn locations when the player wasn't in range, and adding a proper cooldown for enemy spawns too. Maybe I could switch to proper waves rather than levels?
And yeah, I agree on the items! I was thinking I could add an arrow that tracks on the camera's viewport in the direction of currently spawned items! I've got some great takeaways from this project.
The 2 ideas I gave (highlighting spawnpoint area, or spawning in a radius around the player but not in front of him) are a “tweak” to the current game idea, keeping the gameplay the same. Switching to waves instead of levels changes the core gameplay loop. It’s not a bad idea, but keep in mind that the gameplay might change a bit.
Also, I’d say that the “growing into a different level” works well for the jam, but for an actual polished post-jam game, it would be cool if growing/shrinking the player did more, so that it’s a more “active” part of gameplay rather than just a “stage transition”. Maybe once you reach a level, you can grow to that size whenever you want (and scale down as much as you want); to make it a more active part of the game, maybe you can have specific powerups only on specific levels, or maybe an “invincible” enemy that has a tiny hitbox for which you need to size-down, etc.
As for the items, here’s some more ideas (either standalone or in combination with each-other):
I see, yeah you're right on the gameplay loop changing a bit if I do that 🤔.
The item ideas are really great, and I think you're right on calling them out, they'd be great additions to the game!
Shrinking AND growing, huh? Hmm, if I add a story element with simple missions to fulfill, maybe I could add an element of collecting key items that can only be found at different scales and give the player the ability to change scale themselves, as well as incentive!! (Metroidvania-esque progression design)
You've given me the best feedback so far! Thank you very much for helping out a lot, you're the best!
