Great to play your game.
First impressions: Great interface, nice to have options with the ability to change volumes and graphical settings. Really nice polish and menu. The game itself has a nice consistent graphical style, controls pretty well (some issues I'll discuss in moment), and the music was really nice. The slow down time was nice when dealing with the incoming red bullets. The theme was nice too - the idea of portals of enemies from different time eras etc.
Constructive (Honest!) feedback: The shooting noise gave me a headache. I think there is an issue with the sound playing for every update cycle the mouse button is held in. It would be better if it was for each bullet fired, as wouldn't be quite so intense. Another bit of feedback is the bullets don't quite go to where your mouse cursor is, they are 1 unit away (using the BG grid as a unit). I also found the movement of the camera when you shoot a bit too harsh - I understand the thinking behind it (to allow you to see more of the direction you are shooting), however the speed of camera shift jumping back and forth if you switch between shooting and not shooting was a little dizzying.
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Hey Dan, thanks for the feedback, especially for the constructive part! I believe that with the errors we can always learn more. Anyway, seeing where we made the right choices is great as well, so thanks for the first impressions as well haha
The shooting sound definetly was a big mistake... it was rushed about 2 hours before the deadline. I not sure if it was the right choice, because in this case it might have been better to have no sound, but then it would have felt a bit dull. Well, I'll fix this problem later, for sure.
About the bullets deviation: I actually wasn't aware of it, thanks for pointing it out; and about the camera, I think I'll add a option to make the camera smoother, maybe like the music and sound sliders.
Again, thanks for the detailed feedback man! We really appreciate it.