Absolutely love these shoot em up games. I think you added a lot of fun spice into it! I like how the map changes in a course rather than a long straight corridor. It did add some challenge when your ship could only shoot in one direction. I think power ups for multi direction shooting could be a nice thing to add. Definitely gave some cool rail shootery like vibes. I really enjoyed it! Also found the music really awesome. The transition to the boss was done soooo well. It was very immersive. The retro sounds you had meshed really well with the gameplay. In general, I liked the retro sprites though some seemed different in style and didn't necessarily match each other well. Was a little more noticeable in the explosions. Art assets seemed to be a bit of a mish mash. That being said, they did their work overall in the game. I love the cutscene detail in the opening with the pilot getting into the ship as well. Really cool shoot 'em up that made me feel more immersed into the world than others with all these small details you have put in! Just what a fun ride it is! Just a blast to play.
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Thank you for putting time into commenting, i am humbled! :) I actually think that there are TOO many upgrades in the first stage..but i wanted to give you guys the "whole" experience as of now until i go and rebuild stuff, so i just threw in all of the upgrades here and there in the stage.
Wait you did not pick up the multi directional weapon ? There is one there! :)
You are totally right about the art assets! I borrowed 2 enemy sprites from my other game Aria Disconnect just to fill in more enemies! So you are totally on point there. The visuals needs "make up" ;)
Thanks again man :) ! I am also glad that you enjoyed the music, it was really fun to make, using the "restrictions" and the same-ish tools that they used for the real SNES. I really think i should continue building on this one..there is so much more cool stuff in the pipeline.