I do quite like the concept of this game, especially with the limited light vision, and having your gun with limited ammo, temporarily light up the rest of the map. I will say, it took me a good 9 or 10 attempts, where I couldn't figure out why I was randomly taking damage, and I thought the game was glitching, before I realized that some of the ground had spikes on it, I think the spikes are a bit too camouflaged. I do also think the turret bullets move a bit too quickly. Given that they can see and shoot the player without the player seeing them, sometimes the deaths felt a bit cheap. Perhaps if the turrets fired more frequently, but with projectiles that move more slowly, it might feel similarly hard, but more fair. While I couldn't beat the game, I think it was pretty cool, especially the lighting mechanics.
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Thanks for playing!
Interesting - when a bunch of my friends and I play tested this, none of us had any issues with the spikes, so I didn't think they would be an issue. That said, someone else also brought this up on the game's page after I posted it, so I might make them more visible anyway.
As for the second bit, I just played it a few more times and I think you're right. In theory, the sounds that the turrets made before they shot were supposed to warn the player and allow them to retreat back into cover or prepare to dodge. But in practice, sometimes the turrets would spawn right around a corner or at the end of a passageway and ambush the player, making them impossible to avoid.
I'll be experimenting with the turret parameters post-jam for sure. Thanks for the feedback!