Hi Mya, thanks so much for your kind words. I had a blast making the sfx and music for this game. There were a few inspirations including classic arcade shooters of course like Gradius 3, with “Polarity” being initially inspired by the game ‘Fast RMX’. There are actually 3 bosses (one at the end of each level) and the mechanics, although fundamentally simple, aren’t fully realised/pushed until levels 2 and 3. But even so, glad you had fun with the first level despite the difficulty!
As a side note - for anyone seeing this, if you happen to be struggling with browser performance - would recommend the download ver. (especially due to the precise gameplay and relatively high difficulty).
Happy Jamming🫡