I jumped into the game when i saw Tron and Gibson but i hate to say that i really found the game overwhelming. I just couldn't get into it. After a few tries i figured out some of the things in the game but i still die suddenly without even knowing why. Game really seems to be interesting, i like the power ups. Like the radar. I first thought that there are random encounters but when radar power reveals enemies on the tile i realized it's not. I don't understand how exactly tracing works. CPU bar is progressing over time no matter what you do but i think if you hit an enemy tile, it speeds up and CPU spawns enemies when the bar reaches a certain point? The CPU bar occasionaly resets, i think it happens when you change a floor.
I had a hard time navigating the maps in this game even after i got the compass. Minimap doesn't show player's location so you have to guess where you are by looking at minimap and the compass and we need to find all soul shards to beat the game. I kept running in circles looking for those shards and the level gating is done by the system i dislike the most. You have to keep going up and down to access an area of a floor. To make matters worst, the soul shards are spawned on random tile on each floor. I think HUD shows how many shards are left in a floor after you use a powerup but i'm not sure.
The combat is straightforward but interesting. The more you wait for the time bar to fill to press the attack button, the more damage you deal but enemy can hit you while you wait too. I didn't understand what peer means and those two number values represent when enemy hits you. You can't walk backwards. When i reach a section of layer 4 i start to rapidly lose HP and then i got into an enemy encounter which i died as soon as enemy hits me. I don't know what that was about but that was point i quit playing. I honestly gave at least 4-5 tries.
This was my genuine experience about the game but i appreciate the level of detail and cool design of the game. I think Cyberpunk theme is hard to pull off in crawler games as much as it sounds cool. Your game definitely adds a nice variety to games in the jam and i thank you for submitting it!