thanks for the feedback! Yeah I totally focused the wrong things and didn't have time to add a "game over" screen, so nothing actually happens when you die 😅
Loot is just 100% random when you kill an enemy at the minute, I think there's a roughly 1% chance it drops. I'm going to change that to be just on special powerful enemies, and I'm going to make it give you a choice between something defensive and something offensive! That should make it a little more tied into the game.
Extra juice on the dash is definitely needed, yeah!
There's no stun effect, I think you've found a major bug with the fancy aim assist feature 👀 I'll look into it!
As for the circle it's one of the powerups and just... Doesn't do anything. It was supposed to be a powerup that causes an explosion that damages nearby enemies when your shields go down, but apparently my teammate thought spawning the circle was enough? I've had a look and it really does just plop a mesh with a circle sprite down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sound effects didn't happen because they weren't made in time for the jam! The dash should only happen when you're aiming at it and are within a small distance, so I think you've found another bug lol.
That's all really great feedback, thank you 😁