Hey there, CoalFire!
Thanks a ton for taking so much time to review this! It was super well done and I got a big kick out of it.
I think the criticisms you offered are pretty fair and we'll definitely keep them in mind for the next go round, whatever that may be. We'll have boil them down to a "CoalFire's Dos and Don't List" and post 'em on a wall.
Anyway, really do appreciate your efforts poking at the game and I'll definitely be looking at your other reviews!! :-)
Kurt
Glad you found it useful! I try to be fair and honest in my criticisms so it's always nice to hear when they are appreciated. If there's anything specific you might want player feedback on, I've got nearly 600 videos so I'd be happy to point you to an example if you want my opinions. That and I've got a discord server with a section specifically for devs to talk to players directly for feedback and testing.
Yes, very useful thank you!
It was crazy cool and super helpful to watch you play and talk about everything out loud in the moment. We've had very little play testing up to this point and this is exactly the type of tough love I needed to hear to tighten up the technical design. We've posted it at this state to show off at an indy games event night tonight in Portland and also get some more feedback since we've been lacking that so far. I've had plans to add some camera movement with the right stick and some end of level achievement UI. I will definitely look into some wonky colliders by the shockers, the inconsistent power on swapping bug and the wall jumping oversight.
