I can definitely see this game being addicting with a few tweaks! love the SFX btw for the gold orb collection, & the music really fits.
a couple suggestions for improvement:
- imo if the world size could have been smaller or the character speed a bit faster (even with limitations like stamina system) it would feel less frustrating - especially since i spent most of the time exploring the map slowly to look for things. would also be useful to have a way to dodge the AI - once they spot you they speed up and it’s basically game over lol
- a tutorial is a must, even just a short block of text in the itch.io page because I was very lost for a while - i was looking for the small temples that spawn aliens for a while on the 2nd level b/c i had no clue that the first time i played the level i accidentally summoned them by shooting the main structure.
Awesome work!