A TRUE DANMAKU ON THIS JAM? LET'S GO
when i found out about it i knew i had to play it, as even if i'm a beginner to these types of games i really do have a passion for them deep inside me
i didn't play this game for more than a couple of minutes 'cause i really felt like this game had some major flaws that kept it from becoming a great experience
the hitboxes are way too big lol
the game isn't too hard, the bullet patterns are what you usually get with danmaku type games buy every sprite is so big and every hitbox is so big that it makes the game really hard to read and play and it takes away from that feeling you get when you pass through a seemingly impossible wall of bullets that you get from a game like touhou or mushihimesama
i really like the point of collection mechanic, it makes you wanna play more aggressively and fixes the problem most shmups have where every player never goes near the enemies(i made my whole game thinking of that idea lol), but the fact you can't easily navigate through the barrage of bullets like you can in any other game makes aggressive play unnecessarily punishing and not fun lol
LIKE, I LOOK AT THE GAME AND THINK "WOW, I REALLY WANNA JUST TRY MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THESE NICE BULLET PATTERNS" BUT I NEVER CAN 'CAUSE EVERY PATTERN BASICALLY MAKES AN INPENETRABLE WALL ANYTIME TWO PROJECTILES ARE SLIGHTLY NEAR EACH OTHER LOL
the graphics of this game are really nice though, just one complaint i have is that the player IS JUST A FUCKING SQUARE LOL, you could have at least made it a simple shape like the enemies and make the projectiles more readable as i feel like a lot of them are hard to see
plus hitting the enemies feels super weak, idk if it's the lack of sound effects or what but there certainly should be more JUICE to it
you really do have some great creative ideas cooking
if development keeps up i'd love to see how it turns out, but i am currently not too interested in seeing through all of this game the way that it is
ps: itch bugged and posted my review 3 times somehow lol, so sorry if you got extra notifications 'cause of it