Ok this game fuckin rules. My favorite of the jam so far. Definite High Dragun from Enter the Gungeon vibes. The song is a fuckin bop- as a songwriter its really cool to see you incorporate all these 8-bit sounds in such a cool way that makes sense musically. Taking notes.
As for the gameplay- I beat it on Easy, got 194260. Perfect difficulty for me, I love bullet hell games. The storing power mechanic is cool- but in practice it kind of feels like it comes down to luck, whether you can afford to stay still for so long you can just one-shot the Cooking King? Not saying you should change it, just giving my thoughts. I think you should add (more?) invincibility when hit, since I took damage immediately again after taking damage.
Hard is insane, I lowkey do want to give it my best shot but the one life is so so punishing. I do really like the attack patterns of hard, but I kind of wish they were also in easy? Idk. For me, I feel like the difficulties could be combined, cause I like the variety of hard, but the health of easy. Or maybe you could just bump the health to 2. Not sure what is best for the game.
In short, really enjoyed your game, would love to see more bosses
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You totally called it! The dev is a huge Enter the Gungeon fan, haha!
And about that music—yeah, it's a total bop! Full disclosure, we actually found it as a free track on Pixabay (it's credited in the submission) and the vibe just fit so perfectly we had to roll with it (⊙o⊙)!
This is actually my first time making a bullet hell, so the pattern design definitely still has a ways to go. But maybe luck is part of the game? Every time you charge up, you're gambling on whether the Cookie King will give you the chance. :)
Your thoughts on the difficulty are spot on, too. The original plan was even more punishing: one life and one single shot to kill the boss. After playtesting I was like, "yeah, that's way too brutal," so that became the hard mode. But I'm seriously thinking about nerfing some of the hard mode attack patterns and mixing them into easy mode to give it more variety, just like you suggested.
Thanks so much for your suggestions!