I'm speechless at how good this is.
Played through twice, with the yellow 4-way shot and with purple spread. It took me some time to get into the groove on the first boss the shield, but then I figured it out and beat the first boss, and then the second stage and the sword boss. It felt great.
I like the 4-way shot best, and it kind of feels like the game was mainly designed around it (forgive me if I'm mistaken). It allows for a greater degree of maneuverability, you can fly freely around the screen and you're always able to hit the enemy, almost like in twin-stick shooters. And enemy fly patterns seem to accommodate for that degree of flexibility.
The fish weapon seems like fun, but it would definitely require some getting used to, the first boss seems really hard with it.
I don't even know how to approach the hard mode, my precision in not hitting the purple enemies is really bad :)
The game is amazing, I absolutely adore it. Thank you for making it!
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Thank you so much 🙏the game was indeed designed with Yellow in mind primarily, though I did try to consider how the other shot types would do in specific situations. Overall - Yellow is pretty flexible but requires more precise positioning, Purple can hit anywhere from any spot but the homing shots are slow (and the smaller crystal enemies will often tank them to keep a bigger enemy safe), Fish has unparalleled crowd control but puts you very close to the danger zone (especially when fighting bosses). The intention was for each kit to have its strengths and weaknesses and to require a different approach