There was 100% a rewarding feeling whenever I killed an enemy, but at times the gameplay felt a little slow, and I had no clue what was going on. You went overboard on the visuals for sure, but in a sort of good way. Sometimes it was a little too much but other times it also made the game feel awesome.
One small thing is that the best strategy I found was just spam clicking everywhere, and then just getting enemies by chance. It works wayyy too well and I feel like it sucks all the fun out of the game since you just kind of stop thinking, although chaining enemies like how you suggested in the beginning (tutorial thing?) could be a bit frustrating so just spamming everywhere was also a bit of a solution to that.
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If the gameplay felt a bit slow, that's normal. What’s not normal, however, is that I forgot to explain the basic mechanics in the tutorial 😐: more power (electrons and protons) and more combo (damage dealt is limited by damage received) result in more speed, which can also be increased through bouncing or spam-clicking. I probably should have made this clearer—especially since the idea that being heavier makes you faster is, I admit, quite counterintuitive🤔.
The game balance is also, of course, far from perfect. But in fact, the spam-clicking strategy was intentional. However, I only fully realized it while working on levels 2 and 3, which explains the large number of projectiles, enemies capable of dodging, and many other ways to punish spam-clicking in these areas. That said, in level 1 and part of level 2, brute forcing works far too well, and I couldn't find a way to limit it without making the early game too punishing🤦…
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad to hear that the feeling of power is at least present😹. This will definitely be useful if I ever find the motivation to revisit the game—or for future projects! 👍