The game looks and sounds very consistent and polished, also achieving a good retro feeling. The menu music creates a good mood from the very start. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to test with Mac, but the Windows version worked well under itch-app.
There has been great progress. I tried the very first version a couple of months ago. The concept was pretty new to me and I got a little lost, having troubles with aiming as well as the overall mechanics. My feedback text got very complex and I forgot to send it, but it seems that in the latest version all my complaints are fixed. Tutorial text is clear and short enough to internalize it at one read.
Some suggestions:
- Maybe the arcade feeling could be enhanced by shortening the levels and offering more interim goals. This would especially benefit the demo version of the game.
- Turret turns very slowly, which is sometimes frustrating as the player has to constantly change directions.
- I sometimes lost enemy ships to the background. Perhaps some coloring/contrast between moving and static parts could help. Not a big deal, though.
Great job. I’ll keep my eyes open for the future versions.