That was really fun! I like that it had a little story to it, it really helped felt like an adventure as I battled the enemies haha! The sprites had a fun feel to them as well (my favorite was the last friend with and without the helmet haha). One suggestion I have that could be useful for gameplay would be to make it so you stay facing in the direction of the last thing you pressed to help with aiming as auto facing down made it a little hard to shoot sometimes. Also, it could be cool to rotate the bullets depending on the direction you are shooting for some visual goodness. Overall, great job! And I had a fun time playing :)