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Do you plan to change the controls? It's pretty much impossible to finish as of now, because you combined 2 hard to controls mechanics at the same time: flying controls by rotating and aiming in 3d with 2D graphics. If there was only one of those 2, the game could be playable, but the 2 combined make it impossible: going through the circles are pretty difficult and avoiding the shoots is just going up and down in a corner; you keep missing the planes because you can't judge correctly how far the planes is.

If I am missing a point, tell me, but for me, passing the first part is already a miracle, so the second part is just a dream

Uskprod364 days ago

Thanks for playing! I agree it’s too difficult. I have a few ideas to make it easier, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to change stuff during the game jam judging period.

These are the strategies I’ve figured out so far for aiming:

Keep Emerald close to the enemy you’re shooting at. If you’re exactly in front of the enemy, you’ll hit it by shooting straight ahead.
You have a line of 5 crosshairs showing your shot trajectory in 3D space. Figure out which of those crosshairs is at the same “depth” as the target you’re shooting at, and use that one when aiming your shots. You might have to aim between two of the crosshairs if none line up exactly. You can figure out the depth of the crosshairs by seeing if they move in front of the target or behind it, or by looking at the shadows on the ground.

Also, as Emerald flies around the screen, you need to adjust your aim in the opposite direction to stay on target.

Here’s a gif demonstrating a fairly successful fight:

Uskprod364 days ago

I’ve added an “easier combat” option on the title screen.

ztztzt39364 days ago

I don't think you can change the jam version, but you can do a post jam version.

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