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Wow, didn't expect a fully functional roguelike in this jam, good job! Procgen worked well with a few minor hicccups, enemy spawns felt fair and well laid out. I do have a lot of stuff to whine about too though:

- Most of the powerups (especially laser pointer) are pretty useless. I didn't feel like shot speed, and reduced spread helped me much since hitting enemies was easy enough anyway. Range was pretty high on default, so the range up only really helped hitting enemies off-screen, which is kinda tricky

- Could be a problem with screen resolutions, but my character and laser pointer didn't align with where I was actually aiming/shooting

- Could ALSO be a problem with screen resolution, but the game felt far too zoomed-in. 

- Damage powerup is bugged and gives WAYYYY too much. A single one is enough to 1-shot everything

- Collecting powerups takes very long for no reason

- Enemy health is kinda overtuned, where it makes clearing rooms take a very long time. Doesn't add to difficulty very much either.

Regardless, good job making this, respect!


edit: Forgot the most important part. Pleeease let me hold left mousebutton to shoot. Don't make me mash that button to get any benefit at all from increased firerate

thanks for the great feedback man! Really appreciated. I had so much fun working on this I think I'm going to continue to expand it (don't worry, I have a LOONG laundry list of upgrade ideas, many of them much more interesting than what's in the jam version:) )
Wondering if you'd be willing to playtest and critique again in a month or two? This was very helpful.

I plan on playing/rating your game either later tonight or early tomorrow, can't wait to try it out!

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No problem at all! Maybe if you have time you might want to check out my very first game I posted on Itch. It plays somewhat similar (despite not being a roguelike) and might give you some inspiration (and like everyone I like sharing my work). Just add me on discord and pm me if you need a playtester. Really enjoyed playing your game despite the long list i dumped haha.


Edit: The game I meant is Will o Wisp. I completely forgot about the other two.