Very addictive gameplay with style harkening back to the days of yore when all I had was a Windows 3.1 486 CPU and 8 MB of RAM.
Love:
- Automatic fire can be done by holding mouse button.
- Music is cheerful and catchy.
- Artwork is animated in a simple but memorable way with easily distinguishable assets.
Pleased to see:
- The grid system and dynamic shadow effect applied in the ship building menu is fantastic. It is easily my personal favorite location in the game, tinkering around with different configurations to maximize profit like a Ferengi.
- Depth selection screen has a dynamic background depending on chosen setting.
- There are extremely clear, screen specific textual instructions throughout the game, which makes it easy to understand. Far too many developers would have left this necessary feature out.
- Autosave feature if using "exit" button on main screen is a very nice touch, especially to show off with friends, or pick it back up later.
Considerations and future additions:
- Difficult to hear in-game music over turret fire.
- If game is developed further, would enjoy seeing a future title reward system for meeting certain milestones, along with colored pop-ups and enhanced ship parts for purchase.
Conclusion:
Fun game! Reminds me of Starbound if it were simpler and underwater. Would love to see this game developed further with additional features. It would probably do very well on mobile too. Great job!