A pretty fun short demo with a very strong art style
+ The FMV-style graphics, with live-action recordings and photos as the sprites lend the game a really distinctive feel, it's not a style you see often and it works quite well here. The muted colors and short render distance fog really effectively convey an oppressive atmosphere.
+ New gameplay elements are introduced at a good pace, with the core loop even changing midway through, and new abelites and enemy types being introduced at a frequent rate.
+ The game presents dual stories pretty well, with the visual novel-style bits between the levels conveying the post-apocalyptic story the gameplay occurs in, while the short video segments are a bit more meta, showing the story of an indie dev trying to get the game you're playing published. It was a good choice to present both in different styles, this leaves both stories easily distinguishable where two narratives could have otherwise been confusing. While neither story has gotten very far yet, they grabbed me enough that I'm interested to see where they go next.
~ On mouse and keyboard it took a moment to get used to the controls, using the W and D keys to turn the camera instead of strafing. While mouselook is standard for first person shooters usually, the fairly simple nature of the FPS segments and the generous enemy hitboxes meant I could get used to it pretty quickly, so this probably isn't really an issue.
- While the sprites and animations look good, enemy death animations can be quite long, and I think they keep moving as they die. Due to this, and the occasional similarity of the death and hurt animations, it can often be hard to tell when you have killed an enemy, especially the ones that take numerous shots.
- In a similar vein, the kick animation was quite slow, leaving it hard to judge the timing on when it dealt damage.
Overall a really interesting and unique demo! It was quite short so it didn't overstay it's welcome, and the story and gameplay had me interested to see what you do with it next. Good work!