Wow, this is a really fun shooter! Reminds me of those classic arcade games!

Nice little shooting game. Good work making so much content this fast. Normal mode is too hard for me. I beat the easy mode.

@wesley-vong @keith-wang Thanks for playing our game, we had asteroids in mind when making this game and hope the difficulty is not to hard to beat.

That was cool! I enjoyed beating it. Had to switch to easy though, that first boss was hard!

Great game, had fun!

Maybe I'm too old but I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. I was stuck in the bottom third of the screen with little to no control of the player and no obvious goal.

@scraggle Sorry the tutorial was a little unclear. The idea was that the bullets loop around the screen so you have to shoot below you to kill the boss above in order to move on to the rest of the game. Thanks for the feedback.

the beginning with the big red thing in the middle was very confusing, thought the game was broken, or is it?
enjoyed the game tho :)

@seskon Thank you for the feedback I think I will move the Bullets loop instruction to the center of the screen to make it a bit more obvious what the intended effect is. Glad you enjoyed the game.

Loved the game!

THE GOOD:
- Can never go wrong with a classic arcade
- Combat is smooth
- Burst is an amazing touch
- Enemy animations are well done
- Easy mode (I needed this for the first time)
- Controls are in game! :smile:
- Enemy warning signs
- Enemy get tougher the more they are damaged!

THE BAD:
- I wanted more levels!
- Some smaller annoying side enemies would've been amazing

SIDE NOTES:
- "Stuck in a Loop" not quite there, but bullets loop so I'll give it that :wink:
- Bullet loop was a little unclear, but the "Don't shoot yourself" gave me that hint

@james-joubert glad you enjoyed the game. More levels is of course a time constraint along with needing more boss ideas. We omitted side enemies (actually had some programmed) because we thought the game was already difficult enough especially since the player makes it more difficult for themselves. We are going to push a fix tomorrow to the tutorial that will add a more clear instruction that the bullets loop. Thanks so much for the detailed feedback.

super cool idea! really fun and challenging and sick music too! my one complaint is that the intro level was a bit confusing. i managed to go offscreen and go up to the guy and shoot him without really learning the mechanic with the screen wrapping properly. but overall really good job!!

@patetfisk thanks for the feedback I was unaware that you could get to where the guy was in the intro level (and I tried). Glad to hear that it was a fun game and you enjoyed the music.

This is a 5 allrounder! Great entry

I'm happy for the 'easy' mode though

1 remark: I don't like being unable to move my mouse while moving the ship.


Great work and thank you for the game :-)

Great game! Art and music were fantastic. Would like to see more 'juice' added, it is hard to keep track of a health bar while looking at the player ship when there is no feedback given when you are hit. Additionally, the screen-wrap/loop mechanic does not seem necessary, at lest in the first 2 levels. I would have preferred to see a single polished level making use of the loop mechanic than additional content that seems almost identical. Well done!

Glad you had the level select so I could see more of it even if I am terrible at bullet hells and couldn't beat it. Love the artwork.

Pretty hard on the second boss, could not do it without the easy mode :)

Cool little bullet hell type game, artwork is great. Definitely needs more levels that force the player to use the loop mechanic!

Cool entry, man! I don't think your theme really fits in the stuck in a loop, but i understood your interpretation! Keep improving!

Great game! Took me a while to figure out how to play, but that's part of the fun. Fun to play, definitely a nice level of challenge. Cool graphics. Well done :)

Great job, guys! I got stuck on the brain boss, cause he was very though, but first two bosses were quite entertaining. Obviously more boss mechanics would have made it even better.

nothing to complain, but i have a suggestion: some particles when the bullets colide would be great to communicate when you or the boss are taking damage.

The twist on existing bullet hells is subtle, but makes a huge difference! The controls are snappy, the feedback is good, and I had a fun time playing. Great work!

Great job! Seemed really solidly built and the whole art style was charming. I liked the handwritten text quite a lot as well. As one note, giving some feedback for when the player gets hit (obviously nothing too dramatic if as you'll get hit a lot) or maybe just an indication that the player is low on health might help. Overall, it was fun!

Really enjoyed the concept of your game, and with some graphical improvements this game could really have a future :)

Great concept, having to loop the bullets back at yourself to do damage, and in that way it becomes a bullet hell of your own bullets. Good idea to add the easy mode! My favourite thing is the background music, I love it! Nice work overall.

I really enjoyed this game, kind of gives me a binding of isaac-asteroid hybrid feel, the audio is amazing, the only thing that I can really see as letting this game down is the graphics between the levels, sometimes they are cropped weirdly, and overall they're generally a bit un-neat. I think with some more enemies, maybe some upgrades for the weapons, and the ship, this could be really really cool!

It's a fun little game, I really enjoyed the soundtrack and how the lasersounds blended into that.

The mechanics are simple, maybe too straight forward with the theme. It quickly became a little bit to hard to read for me.

Man this is fun, it gave me the binding of issac flashbacks, this mechanic could be used in a complete game for a bullet hell, I really enjoyed it.

I found easier the first level rather than the first, so you could swap both bosses or make the amalgamation boss harder, but other than that it was a fun experience

I quite liked the sound effects and the movement felt smooth. I also like the easy mode for guys that cant beat it at normal difficulty. Even the art during gameplay was very neat.

I kinda wish the looping concept was used a lil more though, since it just came down to dodging alot, and not creatively using the mechanic to kill the boss.

Also, boost was a really nice addition. Overall, nice game!

Nice game, really fun to play!

I really liked that Game!
Also the interpretation of loops :)

I really LIKED that the Laser Beam Sound synched with the Music.

I thought the First Boss was the mos difficult tbh.
It also confused my Brain that my bullets can loop around the Level...but I think That is more a fault of my brain and not your game :D

Great concept, bit the challege spiked really quick. I thought the asteroid would protect me from the first enemy's attack but it seemed no to? There was a lack of defensive mechanics so most times it seemed like I was trading hits with the enemies and racing to drain their lifebar.
Still, it really is a great concept and I'd like to see it expanded.
The music was the catchiest I've experience this jam so far.

Nice game. Quick to finish, but the end boss is difficult enough to make it fun. Never used the dash ability, and would have liked that to have a bigger impact. Thanks for a short fun game though :)

Its fun to play, not to hard not to easy. Good job

Cool game.

I cheated the first boss by parking just on top of his head and shooting him while he was unable to shoot back. Some additional feedback for hits on your ship would be nice.

Great atmosphere.

The idea is cool, sadly some bosses don't exploit the core mechanic (stationary targets basically take all the bullets from the player). But it's ok considering it's a game jam, designing such bosses takes some time.

Fun game this. I couldn't tell if my bullets were having any affect, could do with hit graphics or sounds. The screen was zoomed in or something, couldn't see the health bar at the bottom. It plays well, good job.

loved the challenge. in chrome the default itch window was masking part of the interface but fullscreen it worked great

@super-hadoken i have not seen that happen before with the fullscreen there is a boss health bar at the top that I assume you couldn’t see which may have made if confusing. Sorry that happened.
@magus77 i couldn’t figure out how to get the viewport to play nice with the game so it has to be played in fullscreen.

Nice entry! Managed to beat the game and enjoyed it quite a bit! I really liked the music and the detail of the sprite work. The only critique I would have is that the final boss was a bit easy to cheese even though the concept was super interesting. Overall good work!

The attack pattern on the last boss was infuriating with the lasers and the bullets simultaneously, but I suck at bullethell so go figure. Otherwise great game ggs.

Congratulation to your Entry! The bosses look awesome. Here is my Code Review, as I promised. I hope the code review can help you in future game jams.
https://youtu.be/-ZuSEZGxYsA

Nice shooter ! A bit too challenging for me though ;)
It seems that my screen res (4K) makes the game looks zoomed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯