Thanks so much for your feedback! The $8,000 is actually in reference to the average chemotherapy monthly cost, not the tuition. I wish my tuition irl was that cheap!
I really liked this game! It's fresh, has a cohesive visual style, good sound and audio design, and a unique gameplay mechanic.
The main menu is a really nice touch (although probably not great for accessibility), I like hitting the ball to get to the different selections.
Turning this concept into a full game could be really rewarding, probably just needs some clever level/puzzle design and some new features to throw into the levels.
I walked around for a few minutes but couldn't find anything to interact with or fight, or any exits. Overall, I think the visual style is cool and it could be promising if you kept working on this in the future!
I like the idea, and I can definitely see what you are getting at here.
If you decide to keep going with this, this is definitely the type of game that would excel with a banger soundtrack and really satisfying attack sounds for each weapon.
I had some issues with the controls on the web version, but overall I love the style. Its super unique and pleasant to look at, it would be awesome to see a full game made with the watercolor charcoal pencil type look.
I only had time to get through one ending, but the amount of effort that went into the art is impressive. I also really like the music and I think it fits the tone super well. Very cool concept and execution, good job!
Awesome work, very cool to see it has been built on a custom engine.
I would have liked to have seen the controls on screen somewhere. Since it's Z to select and there is a bomb you can drop with X which I wasnt aware of.
I just gave it a shot, I'm not very good at bullet hell though lol. I'll have to take a look at how you wrap SDL_Mixer as I'm using it in my engine as well but I have some issues when building for web.
Let's be real with ourselves, there are plenty of everyday tools that speed up tasks, like image background removers, that utilize AI. Excluding every single AI-powered piece of tooling because of a personal bias doesn't feel gratifying, even if you insist that the motivation is to drive individual development and growth. You would be doing people more favors by allowing them to stretch their abilities with the assistance of tools that they would normally be able to use freely.
That said, it's not my jam, so obviously these are the rules that must be followed.
The no AI rule started out pretty understandable, but now it feels like a personal bias that had to be extended towards EVERYTHING that uses any kind of ML just to rationalize the decision in the first place
