This is really good for a first game! I was not expecting the vibe of the game at all from the intro screen, really enjoyed it haha. The rat power up section was also really funny. I did find the game hard! I think it would benefit a lot from some indicators for when an enemy is preparing an attack, because I often found myself getting caught out by an instant attack I couldn't react to. But I still really enjoyed weaving through all the bullets and taking the enemies out one by one :)
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Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to keep the real vibe a surprise, that's why I didn't include screenshots or much of anything, so I'm glad you appreciated it! I am also very proud of the 3 rat sections (I hope you found the 3rd, since that's my favorite one), they managed to make the person who was playtesting my game fully break out laughing even though he already fully knew what to expect.
The game is meant to be on the harder side (even if I did add a bit more healing and weaker enemies than originally intended), but I would agree that instant attacks can be more obnoxious than anything else. I guess in the moment I didn't think to make them flash a colour when they are about to attack, which would've been really helpful.
I'm glad you enjoyed, I am endeared to this project and I hope people like it enough for it to warrant polishing it out fully:)