Epic game! I was happy to come across a pixel game maker entry. Polish was immaculate, art is incredible and gameplay is top tier. The bosses were awesome, contra-esque, right up my alley. Only addition I would make to the gameplay is upgrades, obviously time constraints made that tough, but for a future version of this game. All around awesome project, just missing theme/story stuff. I'm not sure if I accidently skipped any story in the beginning. I personally don't mind jumping right into the game, but for jam purposes I would have pushed the main character's story a bit more.
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Awesome, thanks for playing! I wanted to have upgrades that could have been purchased in the R & D Shop, but I ran out of time. There is a short story at the beginning, but it's more about the events before the main character appears on the scene. I meant to include conversations between the main character and the NPCs, which would have added more to the story. I will definitely add this to a future version after the game jam.