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squid_lawyer12 days ago(+1)

Made it to the end. I remember playing the version with levels several demo days ago, glad to see a glorious return

  • The basic shot is really meaty and feels nice
  • the axe and roller subweapons have almost 0 feedback on hit and feel way less satisfying by comparison
  • The enemy patterns got a bit tricky in certain rooms, but I was almost always topped up on health and 1ups so I never really felt like I was in any danger
  • Im not sure what the yellow ball pickups or the fire familiar do
  • I think some bullet pattern variety like in shmups would go a long way, I think the only kinds of shots you have to dodge right now are cardinal or aimed at the player's current position
  • Strafing is pretty slow and with enemies being fast and mobile I didnt find myself using it very much
  • The upgrades were cool, but the only one that changed my strategy going into a room was which subweapon I happened to have
  • I really like the music and the main character's design

Overall I thought it was pretty fun! Keep up the good work.

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Vesuvius-Dev12 days ago(+1)

>Made it to the end. I remember playing the version with levels several demo days ago, glad to see a glorious return

thanks dud!

>Im not sure what the yellow ball pickups or the fire familiar do

yellow pickup are energy for subweapons, it's my fault on subW tutorial room(that room is shitty and needs to be redone). Familiar is explained in some post below (search orange) if you are curious about it

>I think some bullet pattern variety like in shmups would go a long way, I think the only kinds of shots you have to dodge right now are cardinal or aimed at the player's current position

totally agree. my only problem design-wise on implementation is: a bullet pattern is harder to do if there are platforms everywhere blocking incoming bullets. it's something i need to resolve, any feedback is welcome.

>Strafing is pretty slow and with enemies being fast and mobile I didnt find myself using it very much

i have to check how much of a problem this is. Since this speed was tuned for the "old game", that had a very low pace in comparison. i need to ck and compare normal and focus speed on some touhou. Btw, would you like a powerup "increase strafe speed"? or you think this speed would be too low even if you can upgrade your movement a la gradious. 

>the upgrades were cool, but the only one that changed my strategy going into a room was which subweapon I happened to have

indeed, this was a very early vertical slice, and i'll try to add more pows and choices (shop etc) by next demo

>I really like the music 

royalty free stuff goes long way ò__o

>and the main character's design

ty dude, thanks again for your feedback

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squid_lawyer11 days ago(+1)

> would you like a powerup "increase strafe speed"?

In the context where this is competing against sub weapons. 1ups, and other important upgrades, i dont think i would ever take this. also if the strafe speed changes over a run, its hard to get a feel for how to weave in-between dense bullet patterns. I kind of think i would like an upgrade that gives you some kind of reward for "near-misses" while strafing or something else to differentiate it more from default movement, but maybe thats not the direction you are thinking of taking things.

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