I’m really frustrated. I don’t think I understood anything in this game. You control a plane that sort of jitters under the cursor. You shoot balls that are roughly the size of your plane. You’re being chased by similar-looking balls, but they don’t explode on contact—instead, they just constantly bump into you, dealing damage. And sometimes these balls suddenly scatter all over the screen.
From what I could tell, my attempts to shoot at these chasing balls did nothing, and they seemed invulnerable. Every now and then, you run into something that looks like an actual enemy, but as soon as you try to wrestle with the odd controls and shoot at it, the whole train of balls trailing behind you crashes into it, and it’s gone.
Then, from time to time, a huge “OUT OF BOUNDS!” message covers most of the screen. But you can’t see any actual boundary or any arrow pointing you toward the play area. All you can do is spiral around, hoping to stumble back into it, while wondering why such a boundary even exists in this game.
This has been the most confusing experience I’ve had in this game jam so far. I still can’t tell: is something broken in the mechanics? Were crucial instructions missing? Or am I just dumb and missing something obvious?