I LOVE the idea of a rhythm based shooter, actually reminds me of another game with the same idea (forgot the name), unfortunately i wasn’t able to experience this glorious entry to the fullest as i was running it at 20 fps-25 fps T~T it was a really fun play, if you were to add another weapon i’d suggest the burst AR as it’d really go hard with a game like this, to me the only viable weapon was the shotgun as everything else felt like throwing pebbles at a tree, other than that I love the gameplay (even tho i was 20 fps) and of course banger soundtrack ^V^
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Both BPM and Metal: Hellsinger come to mind as two good rhythm based shooters, with the latter being inspiration for this one alongside Hi-Fi Rush. I'm sorry to hear it wasn't running too well for you - some optimizations might have fallen flat at the last hurdle due to having to pivot from a web build to windows rather suddenly near the end of the jam.
As Mya said - the SMG is probably gonna become a burst weapon, as I think it'd fit the vibe like you said a lot better. The pistol might also get tweaked and rebalanced a bit, so that each weapon can fill it's own specific niche in the sandbox a bit better.
I'm glad you had fun! The soundtrack is fire, and both composers absolutely knocked it out of the park.