I really liked the charm of the game and the hub world was really cool. The dash mechanic feels great and most of the other controls felt smooth too. Aiming down to shoot was only working for me when I jumped however. I'm not sure if this was intended or a bug as the instructions in level 1-1 didn't seem to mention having to jump. I also had the game crash twice on me, once when I tried to enter world 1-1 and the other time within a few seconds of returning to the hub. Aside from that, I had a lot of fun and the combination of visuals and music is really good.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to play the game and provide the feedback. I am really glad you were able to have some fun playing the game, that is the best feedback I could have hoped to hear.
Really sorry about the crashes you experienced. I appreciate if you could tell me if you tried the game on Windows 10 or Windows 11, so I can further explore the issue.
Regarding the feedback on the controls, I am glad that you felt the controls were smooth, that is super important for a platformer like Automatonics.
Regarding the aiming down ability, it is in fact intended to work only when you jump, the instructions should indeed be more clear. Anyway, for future development it seems like it could be useful to review the aiming down ability, and maybe allow it when the player is on ground. Thanks for pointing that out.