Pretty fun, Rockets + Damage buff + Shot Speed are OP. I really like Geiger-esque enemies.

Felt like the game would be too easy with regenerating HP and a slowduwn, but I was VERY wrong - later levels are pretty tough. Though main enemies were much tougher than the bosses. Again, rockets are OP, so I kinda breezed through, dying only on last levels a couple of times.

Levels felt like they repeat, no idea whether they do and only the HP of the enemies was changing (I don't think TTK for bosses changed). 

But I really like your upgrade system, though it feels like some combinations or upgrades are complete trash (like the multishot). Overall feels like a good proof of concept, really cohesive, but needs more content.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2140459678

I absolutely suck at bullet hell, so thank you for making this game easy. The Overclock is very nice to learn bosses.

Had a bug at one point, mouse clicks would not shoot anymore. You can see me restarting the stage a few times, when that happens. Eventually I had to restart the game to make shooting work again.

Took me a bit to understand you can swap the weapons.  Stages 3+ should be proc-gen’d, but it felt like they were always the same. The seed gets locked in?

Visuals are awesome!

Tons of good, tons of bad.

Simple, but very polished. overall great job for a first submission.

i don't wanna sit down a write a megapost on why your shump is bad from a design standpoint, because shmups are super niche, and in my opinion you shouldn't cater to that crowd in general

my question is, who is this game for? if this game is for shmup fans, this game is very VERY bad for multiple reasons.

if this game is a casual experience, or even just a test project to hone your skills, it's very good

if you are not catering to shmups fans, lose the ship as your player design and think something else (for ex, I've chosen knight). Some people did anime girls, cute animals... anything you want is better than a spaceship. Sadly spaceship are boring for the costumer if it's not a shmup fan. I dunno the lore of your game, but since this is a "warmind" an andorid/robot/robomaid waifu of anykind can be a thousand times better for your general appeal.

the main cannon that you aim with your mouse has a reason to exist only if piercing. i will talk more about the gun aiming, it's the only bad design i'll explain:

1 - mouse aiming let's you stand still in a safe spot and shoot down everthing. this can lead to very boring gameplay. This is vary bad, you need to keep the player moving around

2 - if you wanna dev a shmup with a gun that you aim, you should design challenges that use that mechanic. I need to have a reason to have a gun i can manually aim and dosen't just shoot forward. I'm talking about wave design, and enemies/bullets

3 - with this setup a controller is very hard to do well(again who is your player? does he play with a keyboard?). if you wanna go for a twinstick experience, player's aim will be very poor, so your man shoot should be a lot bigger to be useful in combat.

4 - a classic design flaw is to not "give a reason to not push a button". shotgun has a very long cd, so you click it when you need it, its hitbox is very strict, you can go pointblank and oneshot a boss, or go long range for a crowd control. it's a good design. (of course almost all old shmups had a fire button that you held down or rapidfire like raiden. that stuff it's just nostalgia)

random thoughts:

- i like the power setup a lot.

- shotgun is ver very powerful, and fun to use.

- folder and subfolder of your game should have a version, so we can recognize them (dd you used in the main folder is also fine)

- change the color for weapons/subsystems when they are in range of a socket. in general check path of exile/diablo/other arpg to have an idea on how to do your juice

- i like the art (care about ai accusations)

- ui for your slow can/should be a circle around your ship, see crimzon clover for a visual input

Good Job and GL!

I really like the targetable & forward facing weapon setup,  but it be nice if the turret weapon was on autofire--especially for autocannon turret since when I tried that out I basically held down LMB the entire time (also the weapon customization system is great).  Really great art--this looks like release quality work.  The enemy design for the even levels is quite clever, in particular the enemies that rotate & enemies whose bullets return before shooting out again!  

I think the difficulty is at a good place for a shmup--they always tend to be challenging.  Plus the regenerating health (btw cool damage & recovery effects on the ship) and slow-mo help a lot.  I'm looking forward to the rest of the game & I hope you keep up the progress!

ok i took the plunge and it seems to be safe.

interesting idea being able to shoot in whatever direction i want, this isn't the standard in shmups

the drawings are high quality, but it's a shame about the lack of sound. you should consider using at the very least some royalty free placeholders for your next demo

also, the bullet hell situation gets WAY too hard. bring it down several notches