I think the overworld-to-bullet hell aspect is very interesting and works well conceptually. However, I had a pretty hard time with the moment to moment gameplay of navigating in the bullet hell environment while accounting for drift and avoiding shooting the keys I was attempting to collect. I realize that type of difficulty was intended, I just think it went a little overboard. Otherwise, it felt pretty solid!

The concept is really cool, you did a great job with the music and sound design to set the atmosphere. Feels like an old school game. With a bit of polish and balancing this could have a lot of potential for a larger scope project. The game description also does a great job of setting the mood. 

Love and hate certain aspects of this. Because of the atmosphere, I had to play through to the end. I spent 40 minutes to do so. Would've just given up in frustration if the mood wasn't so interesting. 

First 10 minutes were fun, I almost won my first run. I thought I had softlocked myself because I blew up all the items and needed one more key. Then I discovered the secret of attacking a colony to farm them for keys. Sadly I died, and spent the next several runs in frustration as I got more and more impatient. When I finally got a winning run, it was a lucky seed and I got it in probably less than 2 minutes.

A lot of the same sentiment as below re: combat

• I'm okay with having a ton of bullets fly at me, but having to do that and also not shoot the items is a huge pain in the ass. I think if we want to maintain breakable collectables, something more tactical/puzzle like would fare better than bullet hell where I have to watch where I'm moving and where I'm shooting at the same time
• On the flip side, if the collectibles are indestructible, you could probably lean more into the bullet hell aspect, and make it harder
• The braking is cool, but feels very unintuitive because it's an instant full stop. Might've balanced better with the acceleration by having a decellaration

Overall really great concept. Love the encounter area/exploration, but absolutely hate the item hostage bullet spam portions.

This game has such interesting vibes! The music was on-point, kinda of a weird/out-of-place kinda thing, really good.

It is a tough game, but I enjoyed the exploration so much. The fact that it is procedurally generated was the cherry on top, I love this kind of stuff.

The bullet hell aspect of the game would work a bit better if your movement had no acceleration, but there were some ways around it (such as going to the very borders of the screen without actually leaving them, which seemed to work as a "safety spot")

One other thing that I found pretty interesting/unique was the actual transition to a different "scene" when exploring or fighting, like in JRPGs where you have a battle scene and a map scene. 

Super unique and interesting overall. Great job!

Interesting little shooter game. I like all the detail in-game and the music. Very tough to get items with a lot of enemies in it. A mini-map could be helpful in the overworld. Might want to tone down the bullet count on some enemies because they really fill the screen and with how floaty movement is, it can be very difficult to maneuver. And I understand the game mechanics are meant to be tough along with the floaty movement. 

I love that eerie feeling of the mech floating around in unexplored space in the beginning. The sounds and the ever decreasing fuel add a lot to that feeling as well. I think the shooting segments would benefit from a bit more responsive controls and stronger feedback for when player/enemies get hit. 

All in all this is a cool game concept and I'd love to see the exploration side expanded upon. It is definitely my favorite bit of the game!   

Very cool concept !

I like the multiple perspectives where you go sidescrolling/more zoomed up when exploring key locations. This really felt like an original sci-fi take on the legend of zelda 2 formula.

The floatey space physics are also a nice touch, and i liked the fact that you counter balanced this by having a button to stabilize and stop your inertia when needed.

Music wise this sound great, and it perfectly complements the atmosphere of space exploration with that slight touch of survival mixed in.

Small issues i had were, that the powerups should not be shootable i.m.o, as the game already has quite some difficulty i feel that having the powerups destroyable when they mostly appear in areas where you fight is a bit much. Finding the keys for the station’s quest is also a bit vague right now, the game would benefit greatly from a minimap or some sort of guidance to help search for them.

Other than these this was a fun time, good job :)

For one, the space aesthetic really gels well with the overall vibe and UI design of it all. I really liked the ambiance you went with for the game. The mission based clues you get when you hit gameover is a nice touch, especially for a project of this scale made in 2 weeks or less.

Now, I know you said that this game was intentionally designed to be difficult, I get that part. But the whole seed space thing can feel a little jank due to the gravity/pressure like movement. The way you had to shoot using the mouse can be a bit of a learning curve. I was able to get through it, though I wasn't able to get to the win condition because the bullet hell dodging can be a bit of an annoying factor to get through and I'm not very good at bullet hell, I must admit.

Overall, I feel like the design really catches the eye and I find the design of the mech cute,the clunky controls may have dampened my experience a bit but not bad enough for me to be frustrated.

Some very unique ideas in this, I appreciate how much work you have put into it. Well done!

Very unique idea, and great sound effects!