I can't get out of the first hole. Any advice or [further] instruction on controls and how to do that at all would be very helpful, because it seems like I just can't jump high enough.! Without knowing just...how to play at all, I probably won't be able to rate this...sorry!

[Edit:] To be clear for anyone reading this without the context of the game page proper, there are controls on the game page--but I still have no right idea how to clear the very first hurdle. I've gotten what seems to be an inordinately high jump twice, but I don't know how to do it again.

-kkairos

Good aesthetics! I found the controls to be rather clunky. I feel they would be better if you had infinite ammo since that is your only method of attack and enemies are super tanky (got stuck on the big star near the beginning all the time because I kept running out of bullets) and also if you could just shoot while moving.

After finding 9 of the dragon balls I have no idea where to go. Heres a quick list of my pet peeves.

1. You cant move while shooting

2. you can only shoot in a 30degree cone to the right or a 45 degree cone to the left. Thee is no upwards shooting and the restrictions themselves are inconsistent.

3. gravity in general is inconsistent. You should probably set whatever variable you use for the vertical velocity to zero whenever the player is on the ground so they don't rocket downwards after stepping off a ledge. Also you shoot downwards after a jump as well, which can make platforming annoying.

4.  you can only double jump while falling

5. I had to keyboard smash in order to find all the controls

Despite all that though I found the game weirdly enjoyable. Good Job!

I'm pretty confused and how the heck am i gonna cannon to death that fireball spitting big fish?

The movement is pretty clunky and there is a hole in the lower left of the map where you will fall off into infinity and beyond.

It's a good artstyle though