Oo, thank you for the ideas! These sound pretty neat, I might steal a few of them...
I do want to add more depth. As of right now, I do have a few interactions... Wind reflects bullets , water cleans up oil spills and earth is effective against those shield guys... And some enemies do have wind resist, and red ones can explode if you hit them with fire (which deals explosion damage to you)
But I do think right now, it is overtuned to make it easy for the player, where they can get away with a lot of things...
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yeah for a game jam this is very strong fundation and a rabbithole of expansions. the ability spinning around the player reminds me of a game called Asterogues, where you can catch enemy projectiles in your own orbit, and throw it back.
imagine if you can generate different element spells in your orbit, and combine them! the combinations becomes endless!