Hey, just played for about 15 – 20 mins and managed to get through about half of the levels on the first planet, got some pros and cons if you’re interested.
For context, I normally tend to stick to shooters and first-person stuff, but I do really enjoy puzzle and platforming games when they’re done well.
Pros
- UI felt really good, its clear immediately that a lot of effort was put into making stuff like transitions felt smooth and intuitive. Honestly it feels like with a few more refinements it would be ready for proper publishing.
- Puzzle progression felt very natural and smooth. The integration of new mechanics felt good and by the time they were commonplace in levels I felt I knew how they worked and would interact with outer objects.
- Overall, I dug the visuals, each different ‘building’ stood out visually and feedback from stuff like bouncing/death/getting boosted felt very smooth and fitting.
Cons
- Some puzzles felt a bit to punishing on where you needed to place different object, and in some levels a lot of my time was spent fidgeting with different placements so the player could reach them instead of trying out different combinations of buildings.
- I liked the moving lasers aspect, added a nice extra element to consider. But it did feel annoying sometimes having to wait for a laser to rotate to the right spot where I could try my run again. Maybe potentially only having them move during a run and not while testing different layouts, just a thought.
- Really small nitpick but the premise felt a little hard to grasp. It’s not really the important to the gameplay but it felt like a bit of text or something to explain what the ‘plot’ at the start may have helped. Again, only really a nitpick but wanted to mention it.
Overall, I thought I was great, game feel and animation are a real pride point, but other stuff like the level progression and mechanics make this a pretty fun puzzle game. Feels like with some more refinement this could easily be a really fun casual game to play while chilling out.
Hope this helps :)