Hi mayonnace! I really like your game, it just oozes with style! Only finished 6 levels, then I hit the ESC key thinking it would pause the game. Should have payed more attention to the readme. :(
Here's what I liked:
- simple but stylish graphics with nice effects like the distortion on the playfield or the electric shocks
- sound effects sound great and fit the visual style perfectly
- angled HUD perspective looks cool
- interesting special bricks like explosives and electric shock
- possibility to create own levels is great (haven't tried it myself yet, though)
What could be improved:
- control over the ball or the angle it gets deflected feels very random at times. I would like to have more ways to influence the direction the ball is going via movement of the paddle. It took me very long to finish level 6 because I couldn't manage to get the ball into the corners and didn't have any other means to clear the bricks, which brings me to the next point...
- lack of powerups. The gameplay would be more interesting if you could collect and use powerups (as seen in other brick breaking games), e.g. multi-ball, shooting paddle, growing/shrinking paddle etc.
- repetitive sound fx. As much as I like the sound fx, they could use some variations, especially the one when hitting a brick as you hear it all the time. I usually add slight pitch variations to sound fx that are repeated often so they don't sound exactly the same every time they're played.
- lack of music. I imagine some electronic beats (e.g. like this:
) would contribute to the atmosphere and tension. Let me know if you would like to use this or any of the other electro tracks on my channel, I would happily provide it for free. :)
Other than that, it's a very impressive and enjoyable debut game and I'm looking foward to seeing more games developed by you!