Thanks for the kinds words. I deliberately made it tough since I knew that we'd only have this one level demo for quite awhile so thought I'd make it difficult to get through quickly. For the hopefully future full game I plan to decrease the difficulty for this first level in the ways you suggested. I also had the powerups like the 3 way and the nuclear plasma later on time out after awhile just to give the player a taste of them. In the full game you'll probably be able to stockpile them and use them whenever you want. Thanks again for playing and rating and I enjoyed your game too!