The concept is really cool, makes me imagine a more bullet-helly version of Everhood ^^ The level is fairly short, but shows a lot of promise. The first half captures the song's eastern, blazing sun kind of feel really well. Beat counter mode no-hit first, then one hit mode.

The gameplay and its visuals are solid and promising, however the one aspect I think really needs work is presentation. I've seen the game's banner quite a few times over the jam's rating period, but it didn't feel appealing or clickworthy. The game page doesn't have any gameplay screenshots. The logo seems hard to read and doesn't catch a lot of attention imo, nor gives off a feel of the game too well. Ultimately, I'm glad I clicked, downloaded and tried the game, but some other souls might pass it by, even if the gameplay would be up their alley. Presentation is important ^^ Because sadly, people won't be able to enjoy a game if they never click on it :c

Only a couple nitpicks about the game itself:
- The tutorial being broken, which I see quite a few comments mentioned already. Probably a good idea to change the game page's description about it until it's fixed
- The, err, 3x3 grid part starts quite abruptly, giving little time to figure out what's happening. Might be worthwhile to give some kind of visual warning the first time it's going to start, or give a little more time to react
- While moving on the 3x3, trying to rapidly press the arrow keys may prevent the player from moving properly. I imagine this could be really nasty later on if there are any 3x3 grid patterns that require speed to evade

Overall - great concept, I think presentation is the only glaring issue, everything else is solid ^^ glad I gave the game a go, would love to see some post-jam updates!

Oh boi, wasn't expecting one of those ngl. Really fun time, really love the songs, as expected from a rythm-ish game they're pretty good, I assume there's only one real level tho, but that's fine. Visuals are also pretty nice,  love the squishness of the player, and also really like the gameplay transition on the middle. The tutorial was broken as I noticed you're already aware, so it was actually quite a hype surprise when it happened, specially because it kicks in right on the drop so it feels awesome.

It's still pretty simple tho, so I really don't have much else to say about it unfortunatelly, Just gonna make a little note here that I'm almost sure that one-life mode is a little impossible, as shown on this little scheme I made


Altought I'm mostly certain I could squeeze in between the middle and right bullet rows while they're above only half-a-square each, but I feel like the timing for that would need to pixel-perfect

This game is amazing. I love how the bullets matched with the song. It was really well put together I thought. The controls are awesome and the visuals are amazing. I didn't realise at first but I love the way the health is displayed via the background numbers, such a cool idea. The only problem I had was when the song changed to the second part. I loved the shift and the dodge mechanic where you had to move on that grid was great, although I wasn't given enough time to understand what was happening before the bullets came at me, so it was a little punishing. Other than that, amazing game :)

The tutorial seems broken though.. But it's a game jam so that can't be helped. 

Really cool experience. The bullets feel nicely matched with the song. The visuals look aestheticallypleasing. The music was nice, the hit SFX wasn't my favorite but it still served its purpose well. The dash felt awesome with the trail behind it. I appreciate the multiple game modes. The gameplay felt challenging but not to difficult, I liked it.

Really cool submission.

I took 3 hits (after a few retries).

The music is pretty good and I love the way it stops when you die. The game is fun and dynamic, it feels very good, the patterns are cool and the speed of the game is appropriate, you really want it to be fast and eventually get super fast and it does exactly that. The fact it switches halfway between two different things (continuous and grid) makes it even more dynamic.

Very cool game, looking for additional songs.

I love it ! gameplay is so satisfying! Good job!

Really nice an polished experience. the music was great and the bullet patterns were fun and everything was synced together really nicely. Definitely would be great to be longer as it’s a lot of fun.

Wow, really excellent game, I just wish there was more of it! I love rhythm based gameplay, so I was really happy to see the care with which you increased the challenge as the song reached its crescendo. I especially loved the grid based movement section, as it allowed my button presses to sync to the beat in a really satisfying way. And visually, this was really sleek and polished. The color choices were really nice, and the inclusion of the hit counter in the background made it really stand out. I did run into one issue with the tutorial going into a buggy loop and starting to spit out nonsense text. But other than that, this was an incredible experience. Great work!

I would absolutely love to play more of this! I finally beat it in the 5 hit version on my 3rd try. 

I only had one issue, and it's that the tutorial didn't load quite right the first time I tried it and it kept resetting after displaying the first dialogue line. Not sure what I did to make it happen or how to recreate it, though haha. 

Fun game!

GOD DANM THAT WAS AWESOME. Totally wasn't expecting to see a rhytm game, especially of such quality. And the moment when your movement changes to grid-based is just something. Only wish the game was longer ,_,

Absolutely love the visuals and audio. Really enjoyed the bug in the tutorial as I spent a few minutes trying to figure out if it was intentional because it's called Rythem Trapped, sadly not. But the main mode I really enjoyed great song and I loved the different patterns because they fit so well with the song. I am curious how you synced the spawners with the song. Did you place and time them all or did you somehow set up events to happen at different part of the song?

Love the rythm aspect, and also the fact that it isn't a shooting game, it's bullet hell but you're on the recieving end haha!