Need to add some gamification and goals for a player to reach.
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I like how the game looks, simple but quite consistent. I like the avatar selection at the start (there is a minor glitch - you can change the avatar by arrow keys even if you're at the "how to play" screen right now), animation, UI, controls. I don't really like the music in the game. You also could divide the game loop to the levels with appropriate goal to complete.
I like the gameplay and the seasonal theme with pumpkins. 3D! Also the zooming effect and UI stuff look neat. SFX, music stuff is quite OK, but it seems the music isn't looped, it stops playing after a while. I noticed that the progress bar at the bottom works a bit weird. The pines are too glossy to me. I'd divide the infinite waves to the levels (few waves within it, or with some progression) to make a player to feel the goals, maybe with some rewards.
Looks like a quite solid game. Good feeling on UI. I like animations, energetic music. I don't really like gray backgrounds/loading screen between the levels. As you have a theme with a little boat racing across the waves, I'd make a background to sky gradient, with different time of day. Also I'd set the ability to move a mouse cursor and to drop the ball all around the screen, not only at the thin line on the top.
I like retro-style and atmosphere of the dungeons in the game. 1-bit game visuals has its vibe and looks consistent. Nevertheless, I'd add some colorful spots, maybe as VFX. The SFX and music stuff is OK, but it's not looped, it stops at the end and never repeats. A "bag of coins" that taking a slot and ability to discard it seems as controversial mechanics to me. My suggestion is to add a mouse support in menu and game (for a keyboard, I expected ESC key to exit sub-menus like control/credits, as well as for the CANCEL key in the game).
There is a patch which fixes several issues found in v1.0.0. of the game. If you can't pass through a level or got an error, apply the patch and try again. Get it here: https://github.com/undrev/threenitty