Insanely cool game! Everything is just stellar — music, visuals, and of course the gameplay… just wow. While it wasn’t very enjoyable with keyboard inputs, this plays really well using a controller, and it stimulated my brain just right.
I encountered a weird issue (twice), where pressing A on my controller restarted the game and sent me back to wave 1. This happened once around wave 3, and once again on the final boss. I was almost at full health in the second case, so I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a “game over”. After this, I entirely stopped using A to avoid the issue.
Also, it seems like not all the UI actions are not bound for controllers. I was not able to navigate menus using the controller, except for pressing A to confirm.
Trying to come up with something to criticize about the gameplay, I think it got a bit too easy when I focused on keeping MAXIMUM POWER, and even after dropping the combo it was trivial to recover with the abilities. I’d absolutely love to see more of this, with more challenge and variation. But for a jam, this entry virtually perfect!