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This was a surprisingly deep shmup! I loved all the different guns and their animations. The enemies were super cool and I loved the 'splitting bullet' bullet pattern from the larger guys. I wish there were more enemies variations, and I wish there was a biiit more polish, but for a solo dev this was great!!

One thing I disliked was the camera stutter/shake on the character, I'm not sure if this was intentional or not. I also wish the character's hitbox was a bit smaller. I also think the info dump at the beginning was a bit too much, but I figured out how to play as I went.

Great work!!

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Two Hearts Endure234 days ago

Thanks for trying it out! I can't wait to design more enemies, waves, and projectile types. Enemy design is such a crunchy, exciting, but also finicky subject. I'm glad you liked the few enemies and wave designs I had!

I'm sorry you had stutter issues, nothing like that was designed. There's a small bit of acceleration when the player starts to move to smooth it out a bit, but otherwise it's pretty straight forward using MoveAndSlide(). Would you mind sharing the following with me:

OS and version
input method (if possible, the brand and model)
Alternate Input methods also connected to the computer but not used (I've seen in the past that having a HOTAS or Driving Wheel overrides KBM input)
Monitor Resolution and refresh rate

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Unconscious234 days ago

It's more of a jitter than a stutter I suck at describing things lol. But I was playing on Windows 10, using the itch.io app. I'm on 1920x1080 144Hz monitor. Here's a vid showing what I'm talking about, it happens without movement. It's not a big deal (and it might be intentional to give the feeling of movement) but it just bugs out my eyes seeing it.

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Two Hearts Endure234 days ago(+1)

Oh, that's super interesting. I'll have to try it out with a monitor with a higher refresh rate. It's definitely not intended. Thank you for finding this and letting me know!

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