What to say? This game is absolutely fantastic! I mean, the art, the sound design, the mechanic, the progression.. Everything is so well done! I can’t believe you did that much in just a week. This is a definitely a game that could be expanded to a full commercial game. Because of the simple controls, it could even be a mobile game. I played with an xbox one controller and it felt amazing, thank you for supporting gamepads!
I think your game perfectly fits the theme. It’s a very great take on the theme, that doesn’t feel like a chore. Quite the opposite actually, you’re pretty excited to come back to get some upgrades. Having the ability to hold b to go back to base is amazing.
Few things I would improve:
- A mini tutorial would be great. Maybe I’m just dumb but I had a hard time figuring out that the beam couldn’t cross platforms.. And the ‘how to play’ was too much text and not interactive.
- Less enemies at first. I felt a bit overwhelmed with the number of enemies at the beginning. As I was trying to figure out the mechanics, I could focus on killing the enemy. Especially at the beginning where your gun is not so powerful.
At the beginning I nearly quit, as I was not feeling like I was going to progress. I’m glad I continued as it was very satisfying to reach the end.
This is the best game I’ve played during this jam. Really well done. I hope you’ll consider turning this into a full game!
PS: Small bug at the end, the cinematic started but the game was still running in the background so I was hearing the “teleport back” sound over and over.