It's been a month or so, and i find myself keep coming back to play more. Fr, if it had some more boons, variability and metaprogression, i would buy it on steam as a full realease for suuuureeee!
(i had an idea for the boons to work more like a skill tree - instead of choose-one-of-the-two: collecting points during your run and spending them on upgrates. i think boons branching out from the circle would fit the game's visual identity as well. Just an idea though. Keep doing you! I love it!)
i just had the worst run ever. I got a "keep 1hp and 5x score mult" as the first boon. I reached a score of 371.775, without getting a SINGLE HP BOON! not even one... hahahaha
We featured this game in our magazine's Arcade section! The review:
Stardust-style shooter with a slick vector aesthetic—its controversial difficulty and soundtrack alone would draw crowds if this were a physical arcade cabinet. Don't let the basic upgrade system fool you: this is a hardcore score-chase shmup.
The generous particle effects and 2-bit color scheme might overwhelm at first, but lock into the flow state? That high score is yours for the taking.
Very fun game! Fast and frantic. Game feels really good and satisfying. Some minor feedback (I know it's a jam game, feel free to ignore).
-When I first started playing (before I got used to the timing) I would often shoot the upgrades by accident before I knew what they were, since I just kept shooting as the level ended.
-Enemies warping in right on top of you can be frustrating, especially the ones that shoot bullets on death.
-Generally when a lot of stuff is warping in visibility is poor. Also, player's bullets stand out more than the enemy ones, and it can be hard to quickly orient yourself after dying when a lot of stuff is on the field.
-I appreciate the minimalism, but it would be nice if more information was on-screen. I often forget how many lives I have and can only see it when hovering over the upgrade. And with any upgrade that affects stats it would be nice to display the current value and how it will change.
-This is really minor, but it's not clear to me how the waves scale up and how that interacts with the # enemies and # enemies required to clear upgrades.
Okay, just found some points are not important in this game.
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I've had some bad experiences:
How much HP do I have left?
How many enemies do I still have to fight?
What level am I on?
Could the enemies appear a little slower? Many times they appear right on my position, and I instantly die. I want more enemies, but less shocking appearances.
Besides that, it's an awesome fast-paced shooting game. Looking forward to updates!
awesome! One thing to improve for me would be the following: As it is crucial to know what is lethal and because it's a game designed only with 2 colors (if black is not counted) I would make only the bullets and enemies, whatever can hurt the player, red. So the explosion debris and other stuff doesn't get confused what the player needs to avoid.
Just wish I could know how much HP I have left. It's so stressful to not know.
It gets really hard to tell what is going on sometimes too, there's so much red. I wish only lethal stuff was red so I could tell more easily what will hurt me.
The game has potential but has drawbacks that might not appeal to a casual player, at least in my case. I don't understand what the objective of the game is besides shooting enemies and avoiding being killed, and getting the highest score. Another point is that I can't distinguish what is an enemy and what is an obstacle. I also have little reaction time when new enemies appear and rush at me or directly appear in my face. But whoever develops this game has great potential.
i think i found a bug. if you choose the "+10 damage, reset score mult" my score mult goes to 0 and i can't make it go up no matter what boon i take. I receive 0 points from killing an enemy.
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Cool! I really enjoyed it!
i think i have the high scoreeee muhahahaha
how many ?
It's been a month or so, and i find myself keep coming back to play more. Fr, if it had some more boons, variability and metaprogression, i would buy it on steam as a full realease for suuuureeee!
(i had an idea for the boons to work more like a skill tree - instead of choose-one-of-the-two: collecting points during your run and spending them on upgrates. i think boons branching out from the circle would fit the game's visual identity as well. Just an idea though. Keep doing you! I love it!)
this game is totally unoriginal
10/10
stellar work here and so smooth!! :0
bullet hell!!!
Amazing game, really juicy. good work. keep working on it
i just had the worst run ever. I got a "keep 1hp and 5x score mult" as the first boon. I reached a score of 371.775, without getting a SINGLE HP BOON! not even one... hahahaha
juicy
That's an amazing game, kinda annoying it asks for WASD when I'm in AZERTY but that's a minor inconvenience.
wow! this is super duper duper clean simple and fun.
31075 !
We featured this game in our magazine's Arcade section! The review:
Stardust-style shooter with a slick vector aesthetic—its controversial difficulty and soundtrack alone would draw crowds if this were a physical arcade cabinet. Don't let the basic upgrade system fool you: this is a hardcore score-chase shmup.
The generous particle effects and 2-bit color scheme might overwhelm at first, but lock into the flow state? That high score is yours for the taking.
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Very fun game! Fast and frantic. Game feels really good and satisfying. Some minor feedback (I know it's a jam game, feel free to ignore).
-When I first started playing (before I got used to the timing) I would often shoot the upgrades by accident before I knew what they were, since I just kept shooting as the level ended.
-Enemies warping in right on top of you can be frustrating, especially the ones that shoot bullets on death.
-Generally when a lot of stuff is warping in visibility is poor. Also, player's bullets stand out more than the enemy ones, and it can be hard to quickly orient yourself after dying when a lot of stuff is on the field.
-I appreciate the minimalism, but it would be nice if more information was on-screen. I often forget how many lives I have and can only see it when hovering over the upgrade. And with any upgrade that affects stats it would be nice to display the current value and how it will change.
-This is really minor, but it's not clear to me how the waves scale up and how that interacts with the # enemies
and # enemies required to clear upgrades.what downloadable version is the better one?
looks like Just Shapes & Beats
absolutely... wait, WHY DIDT I SAW IT EARLYER?
It's very good, the only thing missing is that you can set the shooting to automatic, so you don't have to keep the mouse pressed all day.
That's not a good idea.
I need to stop so that I can evade when a bunch of enemies is coming. :(
862500!!!
Farest ever!!!
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Very immersive and smooth
QWQ
please use different colors, it's very hard to distinguish your player color and enemies. confusing and hard to play.
Also beginning could be easier, to learn and not die after 5 seconds
How to play this game
peak
Really awesome effects and style!
I do wish the crosshair had a contrasting color like a bright green or something, it gets lost in all the effects.
Please make a mobile version
I love it
What did i just witness.
Awesome game. 🔥 Could you explain how you did the border effect?
Edit:
Okay, just found some points are not important in this game.
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I've had some bad experiences:
How much HP do I have left?What level am I on?Besides that, it's an awesome fast-paced shooting game. Looking forward to updates!
L.
Feels super addictive, but I cannot shake of being annoyed that the field of operation is so tight.
Anyway - I had fun!
awesome! One thing to improve for me would be the following: As it is crucial to know what is lethal and because it's a game designed only with 2 colors (if black is not counted) I would make only the bullets and enemies, whatever can hurt the player, red. So the explosion debris and other stuff doesn't get confused what the player needs to avoid.
Really really cool game B)))
I got high score of 511100! Second day playing.
Absolute banger!
Just wish I could know how much HP I have left. It's so stressful to not know.
It gets really hard to tell what is going on sometimes too, there's so much red. I wish only lethal stuff was red so I could tell more easily what will hurt me.
It's shown on the ring
The game has potential but has drawbacks that might not appeal to a casual player, at least in my case. I don't understand what the objective of the game is besides shooting enemies and avoiding being killed, and getting the highest score. Another point is that I can't distinguish what is an enemy and what is an obstacle. I also have little reaction time when new enemies appear and rush at me or directly appear in my face. But whoever develops this game has great potential.
"I don't understand what the objective of the game is besides shooting enemies and avoiding being killed, and getting the highest score."
Maybe because the objective of the game is shooting enemies, avoiding being killed and getting the highest score? Lol
i think i found a bug. if you choose the "+10 damage, reset score mult" my score mult goes to 0 and i can't make it go up no matter what boon i take. I receive 0 points from killing an enemy.
+1
forgot to screenshot when i actually got it lol
x276 mult
lmao wtf this is awesome
THANK YOU
insane!
this is really cool!
The Gamefeel as well as the design are amazing.
Gameplay also feels fun!
linux download? i wanna play this fullscreen
use wine
Loved this game~
I like everything, but specially the presentation of the game of the game, especially how the whole page is designed~ <3