the spritework and cutscenes are very well done! overall artstyle and premise have a charming quality to it. I've a few suggestions for improvements, this game would benefit from fluid movement because currently it seems the main character can only perform 1 action at a time. It would definitely much better if I was able to shoot and run at the same time, and also make the shield activate quicker (because right now it's way too slow and cause me to miss the blocking window). Other than that, this game has really strong foundation for a really fun retro style run n gun games like metal slug.