Cool game, but pretty rough around the edges! I liked the character models a lot, especially for the player and the AI familiar. The environments were a bit repetitive and easy to get lost in due to everything looking similar, and the music was nice but stopped playing eventually.
The controls were usable but could definitely use more sound effects, especially for hitting enemies and perhaps even a footstep sound - those boots have got to make some noise! The main character felt much too fast and agile for the size of his armor (guess that’s the power of the sun for you?), though I did like the air dash ability. The gun felt extremely weak compared to the melee attack and I think I only managed to kill something once or twice with the charged shots, so I ended up sticking to melee for everything as it did the job much faster. The familiar is cute, though I’m not sure if she’s meant to serve any purpose in the game? At times she randomly seemed to fly off into the distance or get stuck looking at a dead enemy.
The main mechanic was interesting but didn’t really feel like it had much impact on gameplay, since the only ability you really needed was melee (and you could easily clear the whole map of enemies before having to give it up). Fun fact: On my first playthrough, I didn’t realize you were supposed to take your abilities back, and ended up stuck in the boss room without any means to harm it! I also discovered the boss could push you out of the map, leading to an infinite fall into the void. The lava pits also don't seem to actually hurt you, leading to another softlock if you fall down there without any helpful enemies to finish you off.
The final boss itself looked very cool, though the fight itself was a bit simplistic due to only the minions seemingly being a threat to you (and I think the boss’s body blocked most of their shots), so ultimately I just ran next to its head and spammed melee. Eventually the boss seemed to go down, but the health bar was still on screen and I was still trapped in the room, so I guess that’s the end of the game for now?
Like I said, definitely needs some polish, but there’s definitely potential there!