A wacky and overall great jam entry!  I hope Brackeys leaves a comment here haha.  Really cool sprite characters and fun controls good job!

Please check out my game if you have time (sample GIF)

uhh, wierd xD all i can say, why is it brackeys with a long neck? xD goof effects though

The music and sound effects are pretty nice! I really like the aesthetic especially the particle effects! I feel inspired to make improvements on my game inspired by yours. I do think the gimmick is underwhelming but it does remind me of my game's gimmick. We both had the idea of upgrades that lied to you! The music really adds to the experience. I really like the fade-in and fade-out effect you used for audio.

The core gameplay loop is alright. It is a bit underwhelming and a few suggestions I could think of to make it more compelling is to list the current high score as you are playing and have a combo system for scoring or something like that. I do think the modifiers being randomised does make it less interesting than it could be. 

Other improvements that I can think of is the addition of quality of life features such as being able to exit to the menu from the pause screen.

I like this game quite a lot though. There's definitely potential here to expand upon. I feel so inspired rn.

Nice game .... Dont know why ..but I played arena 3 and it was stored to highscore of arena 2.. Other than that cool game ..

Check out my game tooo... https://itch.io/jam/cgj/rate/476873

Absolutely phenomenal game; the gameplay loop is satisfying, the graphics are appealing, and competing for the highscore on each arena is very addicting! When I first saw this I thought it was just going to be a one-off joke game, but this was a genuinely great experience.

AMAZING, just this word, and I won't self-promote here don't worry