Hope this feedback is not too late 😅
Main Take-Away: Pretty nice experience overall, but a little repetitive and hard to figure out what is going on for a little bit.
I found it pretty engaging, I like the quick ease-in-out camera movement into place (feels like you have a lot of control).
Were you confused by anything when you started playing?
- Mind you that I did not read the instructions (the nature of shortening attention spans I suppose) but struggled with the controls for ~20 seconds at first. I didn’t know what I had to type. I was trying to type words around me, only to realize that I just needed to use the arrow keys to move.
- Some onscreen instructions (arrows that blink for a few moments, then a mini instruction set at the bottom) could be a useful touch.
Does the game lack variety?
- Yes, a little. It was honestly pretty fun ripping through boards for the first 2-3 rounds, but then got a little repetitive.
- Consider making smaller feedback loops, i.e. a checkpoint you hit after 5 boards, and a clear indication how close you are to it. I would suggest maybe a horizontal bar to visually demonstrate the progression, rather than numbers.
- Maybe even switching up the music every 10 levels or something.
Are the visuals too plain?
- No not at all. I has a throwback addicting-games vibe to it (not a bad thing as I grew up on that) and was easy enough to understand the visual metaphor of a spreadsheet (unique tbh, I have not seen something like that).
I hope this was helpful, and hope your gaming journeys have been going strong since. 💪