Good:

• Fantastic sound design! The explosions and weapon sounds are all very satisfying.
• Some really interesting puzzles with the asteroids and lasers.
• It was really interesting to play a metroidvania that wasn't a platformer. I think that works really well.
• Not only did you implement a save system, but you gave me 4 save slots to use. Very generous.

Bad:

• I assume the missiles are supposed to destroy the cracked rock walls, but for some reason it didn't work for me. I got stuck at that point.
• After dying and respawning, I lost the upgrades I'd found since me last save. That's reasonable, but maybe it should save when you get a new upgrade? It's a little demoralising to find you forgot to visit a save point and lost a bunch of progress.
• As others have mentioned, it's a little hard to aim. Either bigger enemies, aim assist, or an aiming mode where you turn slower and don't move would be good.

Overall, I really liked this game! The combat was satisfying, and there was lots to find. Other people seem to have completed it, so I guess my getting stuck is either a rare bug or me being stupid.

I liked it. I had a few issues that most people already mentionned (like the camera being a bit violent when you change direction). Other than that, I couldn't help but think the game would feel so much nicer if you could aim directly at the enemies with the mouse (but also much easier I imagine) but I that's a completely different direction in terms of design I guess.

On the positive side, I liked the atmosphere, bosses, music etc. The game felt quite polished. Also, for some reason, it's the only game with a top-down view in this jam (that I've seen so far anyway) so that's refreshing !

Good job :)

OH WOW.....just wow

i really like how finished the game it ♥ and it is designed well..i may not know too much about metroidvanias but this one for sure had the whole "want to explore" vibe to it.

the sounds are just so perfect...superb job there!!!! i just loved killing those small ball-like creatures all the time because of how they exploded.

if i were to point out something it would be only the camera movement. its too snappy and caused me some dizziness too at the start.

everything else is finesse otherwise. 👏👏

Pretty cool game! Some of my considerations:

- Boss design is on point. I like that they use the abilities they're about to give you. The second boss crawling on the walls was so satisfying. Certainly one of the greatest aspects of the game.

- The way the ship turns makes it a bit difficult to aim on enemies.

- I agree with the afterburner thing (a faster recharge would be so nice)

It was very fun to play and I had a great experience overall, lots of puzzles here and there.

Oh, and about saving, maybe an idea would be to have a specific place where you dock your ship to save, because you'd have to get out of your way to go there, which is an indicator that you really want to save. That way no buttons would be needed, I think.

      Very fun and challenging, The music and soundtrack are good. for  Metroidvania level designs are good.

+ I can skip some upgrades like a missile and finish the game, which is very good. 

+ cool enemy/boss mechanic and design

+ nice little puzzle with rock and auto door

-  Blue lasers trap is a bit too hard

-  Camera is turning a bit too fast when the ship turning direction,  maybe needs more smooth/damping

 ?  Save point should maybe an autosave/checkpoint instead of pressing E to save.

Very much in the spirit of Super Metroid! Immediately, the high level of polish and smooth controls stuck out to me. The ship movement is tricky to master, but in a good way — it adds to the challenge. 

As far as feedback goes, a few things stuck out:

• The tiny ball things were damage sponges early on. Granted, the point is the unlock more power-ups to move on, but they did initially slow down the pace for me.
• When using a pad, I wasn't able to tab between menu panels. I had to switch to a mouse to click the control panel.
• The puzzle before the damage boost power-up with the red laser and the sandworm thing was cool, but after passing it, I was blocked by a wall that I seemingly could damage but not destroy. I assume I needed the missile power-up still, but it did feel anticlimactic to get through the puzzle, get a new power-up and then... just backtrack — through the blue laser which was one of the more difficult areas no less.

What was especially cool was how the game was both clear in what to do while providing freedom of exploration. Areas progressively got harder, but there was always something new to unlock too.

+1 on speeding up the afterburner recharge. I also had a weird experience with the circling blue lasers. In the room with two of them and the boxes, my first attempt I was able to brute force getting past despite taking damage a few times. But after dying in another room and returning to the checkpoint, every time I hit a laser it would send me back. It was a little Sisyphean tbh, took me like 20 tries to get by.

Overall though cool take on the genre. I especially liked the enemies and bosses, very cool ideas in their design and behavior. The art's also got a nice unified style, vaguely reminds me of mid-90s windows games

Nice, unique take on metroidvania. Good atmosphere and a fun central mechanic. 

Like others, I struggled with the camera and the controls. I wonder if using a button for forward thrust and arrows to direct it might be more intuitive? I also had an issue with saving (I think). I thought I saved my game but after dying I was forced to restart a level. This was kind of demoralizing as it took me several tries to get to that point. 

All in all, this is a really nice submission. Thanks for sharing your work. I look forward to seeing a future build that irons out some of the rough spots. 

I like this a lot, but there are plenty of issues that could be touched up on:
Camera is very snappy, it's a bit disorienting. Aiming is also difficult because of limited motion, and some parts are not well optimized so I had to stop my play early.
Overall a solid project though! I liked the effects and the afterburner :D

This was great. I have a few nitpicks that I will write down further down but overall this was a banger of a game. The whole aesthetic of it was amazing. The sound design solid and the progression path engaging. 

I liked the idea of teasing the boss throughout the whole level and when you finally fight it it was fantastic. The fight itself is well made. The boss has a good amount of unique attacks that are all easy to read. The feeling of dashing through rocks is great.

Now for the nitpicks. 

I got softlocked when I died to the first boss (yes I'm bad ) and had to restart because the boss was gone. Not a big deal but I wanted to mention it. 

The aiming is very difficult because you shoot in the direction you are going and there is a decent amount of delay when turning. I think having aiming independent from moving would have been the play there. 

And finally the afterburner meter recharges way to slow. I had to constantly wait around when dodging the rotating laser beams.

Really good game. Thanks for making it.

You have make a very polish game. The level desin is simple but it’s work very good. Beautiful game. Good idea to make a futurist game, it change from the other game.

Alright here is what my Thoughts on the game, 

I liked the world Design and progression of skill and abilities, I enjoyed the art, sound design and had fun with the core gameplay but i had issues the second i opened the game, it was clear that different screen sizes are not supported : 

Aiming was slightly difficult at first but it got a bit easier, Camera was also a bit disorienting but i got used to it later on and the controls were not clear until i looked at the control tab of the settings.

other wise i very much enjoyed the experience.

What I liked

• I loved the little camera follows the mouse effect in the main menu.
• The parallax effect is very simple, but looks great. I've seen some entries that go overboard with parallax and I think it ends up hurting the game visually.
• The music, sound, and art are very cohesive.
• I loved how bosses felt like bosses and not uber versions of earlier enemies.
• Powerup progression felt natural with how the levels were designed.

Suggestions/Feedback

• The think my biggest criticism is the camera. It's perfect when heading in a single direction, but I feel like the camera jerks too hard when switching directions. With a top-down, space shooter view, I feel like you could smooth out the time it takes to adjust the camera when switching directions and it would be a definite improvement.