I haven't heard of a whole Survivors-like genre before, I assume this is referring to Vampire Survivors? But, that game is 2D, which means if enemies spawn behind you, you can still see them.

For my first few runs of this, I saw a gem in front of me, so I shot it, then I immediately got brought to an upgrade screen, then I died immediately after picking my upgrade. It took me multiple runs to realize that enemies had already spawned behind me & killed me. In fact, the enemies seem to exclusively spawn behind the player?

The visuals really aren't clear either, I had a hard time telling if my shots were hitting the enemies. Some extra visuals & sfx would go a long way!

The Art

The bright blue floor is a bit straining to look at while moving and although I like the colors for the enemies, their transparent look makes them hard to see. I love the visual style a lot and I think the biggest improvement would be to change the floor color. It makes the enemies and half the magic circle on the gun difficult to see.

The Music

I enjoy the music

Other Feedback

The gameplay is a little confusing. It feels like the enemies are either spawning right on top of me or they are moving too fast for me to get distance away from them. I'm not sure if I've killed them or not. A more readable confirmation sound effect or visual effect could be added. 
The power-up options show pop up as I'm still shooting so I end up clicking one without having a chance to read it.

The movement feels good while the aiming and shooting are very satisfying. I don't have a lot of experience with survivors-like games but I'm confident that this would get me hooked.

The literal first thing I do upon booting up the game is get stuck in a wall. Off to a good start!

Mean jabs aside, I do really like the futuristic/low-res aesthetic, and I'd be interested to see real levels in this framework. The battle arena itself is a little hard to judge since it seems to just be there for testing purposes; maybe you could put in some background details like buildings or stars/planets in the distance, but that's about all I can suggest. The shooting controls are smooth and the gameplay loop seems neat, though again it could've used real levels. I think the music is good to have here, but the loop felt rather short and should probably have been extended more.

Really, my biggest issue is probably some UI/UX stuff. The HP counter should probably be more obvious, there were times where the upgrade menu lingered on-screen even after selecting an upgrade (it was still visible even when the game unpaused), and there seems to be no way to pause/exit the game yourself. Aside from that, I'm actually pretty interested to see where this goes.

Interesting concept, I like it. I'm not into fps in general, but here are my thoughts.

I felt a bit lost at first. The art style is cool, but some elements are blending together. I found confusing the fact that for basic enemies you have to shoot at their body, while for  any others you have to shoot at their gem. Also aiming is a bit difficult.

Anyway, after some death I began to enjoy the game. The gunplay feels good and the game itself is pretty fun. 

Because enemies are all around I would like to have some sort of radar in the UI, to give an idea of what's behind me.

In my opinion the upgrade screen shouldn't open and close by itself so fast. It's a bit annoiyng when I try to aim and suddently all stops without warning. Same goes when the game resume, I died once because the enemy was too close and I wasn't ready. You can either make the player open the upgrade screen by himself, or make a soft transition maybe with a countdown of some sort.

I'm not sure if the game can be called a "survivor-like". It's looks more similar to game like Returnal or other fps-rpg to me. But as I said, fps are not my genre, so I can't really say.

Overall you made a nice demo, was fun to play ^-^

Right now, the game's start is still pretty jarring. I'm a strong believer that a game should explain itself when playing it, either through an in-game tutorial or by giving the player time to figure out the controls for themselves at their own pace; like an easy, short first level to get to know the controls. Because now I just got thrown into the game and died immediately not yet knowing what to do, lol.

The art & music feel fitting for the futuristic sci-fi vibe this has and complement each other fine. I didn't find the music distracting at all, if anything I think these kind of games need a good soundtrack to hype up the player. I really like the amount of upgrades this game provides and coupled with the randomization gives it good replay value.

I did encounter what looks like a bug: when I got the upgrade screen the first time, I picked the Star Buddy, and then got another upgrade screen (or it reset, probably, as it also listed the Star Buddy power-up again). But the mouse disappeared and I heard the game music start up again, and without being able to do anything, I suddenly died and the game over screen appeared. Basically looks like the game resumed but I remained stuck in the upgrade screen. This didn't happen again when I replayed the game, but it's worth mentioning.

The shooting is fun. As Steventus said, more gameplay-changing powerups would be good. In a lot of survivor games, they increase the player's arsenal with a lot of weapons/ability powerups. That goes a long way towards making each build/run unique. 

I think the art assets are fine but the color theme lacks contrast. I haven't played devil daggers but it has red accents on black enemies which contrasts a lot. Here the floor is blue. The hittable parts of the enemy is blue. The transparent red body makes it even harder to see. I would suggest rethinking the color scheme here.

Trance music is a great choice for a survivors like game as they tend to be "zone-out" games. With some more SFX it would improve a lot.

Overall, it's a fun entry. As a programmer, I totally understand the pain that is art. Picking a  good color palette can help a lot in that regard. 

Swell game, very fun, interesting take to bring-in the player agency back into the autoshooter genre (the survivor-genre, in your words). Thoughts:

- As the game progresses, the sheer number of enemies certainly bring in that feeling somewhat, when you get escalating upgrades that lets you either run away faster or deal with the increasing hordes better.

- I love the aesthetic you're going for. The art and music really blends well to create this insanely, intense feel - similar to ULTRAKILL kind of vibes. Great choice to go for the breakcore kind of music. Only concern was the fact that's its really hard to tell where you're aiming (lack of a cursor) and where enemies are. Otherwise, love it.

- I think you're missing some potential here, as you're going for a survivors-like horde shooter. Since you're adding back player agency and adding a twist to the autoshooter genre, the kind of gameplay you're going for might differ abit. I think the skeleton is there,  consider streamlining the upgrades you get so that rather than just "stats increase" upgrades, you just get more "weapons" alongside your main gun - this lets people understand the upgrades they are going for much easier - similar to Vampire Survivors.

- Piggy backing on the above comment, I can't quite say for sure how you should consider augmenting the gameplay - you can either give the horde some form of range attack, or change up the arena at intervals. The fact that you can attack and destroy spawners is  great mechanic on its own and is an interesting path to take. Maybe different spawners spawn different enemies with different behaviours. It's hard to say. It depends on what kind of feeling you want to evoke.

- Controls feel alright, arena can feel confusing as I can find myself backing up then all of a sudden, didn't really realise I hit the border. Perhaps give the ground some texture, so it's easier to tell if the player is moving, or has stopped.

-The gunplay feels good, it has this erratic spray-and-pray feeling to it which is great for this kind of hit-and-run style of shooter.

- Game is honestly fun though. I find myself replaying a few times to really get a feel of the game and upgrades - good start to the variety of upgrades you have.

Very solid prototype and I enjoy the work you've put into this. I'll be keeping a close eye on the progress!

If you wished to capture the same feeling as Vampire Survivors I think you captured the rush correctly. Tho I am not sure if its intended but whenever a bullet hits an enemy the game lags. Also there is the fact that the visuals are really hard to follow. Making it difficult to see where I am shooting. The game also starts lagging like crazy after a point where the enemies increase too much.

Hello! Just wanted to say that my game is more of a prototype than a full on demo  more of super early demo now. I am aiming for a 20MTD / Devil Dagger hybrid FPS kind of game. It is still a bit underbaked but hoping to improve graphics, sound, etc every update + fix bugs.

Regardless I would love to get some feedback and suggestions on what I have so far! :)

KNOWN BUGS:

• Collecting an explosive upgrade will cause game to crash.
• Shotgun fire is loud. Lower volume on machine for now. (Going to make a dedicated shotgun sound vs using a sound per blade)
• Walking around the HUD close to walls may trap you! I will fix this as the HUD is getting a redesign to fit more characters I am added!
• Cherub shotgun crashs the game.