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for a first game this is super good! the art is nice, the color scheme fits the vibe well, the story is both good and well written, its nice short and sweet. my only issue(s) is the description of the eldritch monster in the intro, which (seeing as you can see her) is a bit repetitive imo. my suggestion would be to use it to add to character depth (eg when mentioning the eyes say something about not wanting to be looked at)...

one other thing, the fact that you can only read one part of the book is a bit weird. i thought it would be used for a secret ending (eg something like "i know eldritch people like protein, so i thought protein powder would make a good gift" "or here is this plushy, it has huge sentimental value") you could still have the same ending, just a bit of extra dialog, plus it might help learn the system a bit more ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ over all 9/10

(hope this helps and i'm exited to see you continue)

Bugs: 1 make it so that the upgrade tree doesn't move you back to the beginning (i would also add a boundary so player cant get lost.) 2 check the area in between were the bullet moves too and from, so that it cant pass through asteroids. 3 some items on the tree are likely misplaced

Feed back: 1 music sound effects and a background would help a bit. (though i don't care much as i usually listen to things when i play games, and the lack of background makes the asteroids  position clear) 2 i would change the tree shape a bit so it's not so linear, but that's mostly preference 3 it might help to have a quick round end if they can end up being longer than 30 seconds in the future. 4 i would save some of the stronger asteroids for a bit later in the game (eg when you first upgrade them) as they have to much health to reasonably be destroyed with the first 10~ upgrades. 

Other: 1 might help to have some other options (eg a splinter shot, or bombs) for variety, 2 also some challenge might help for engagement (eg enemies, boss asteroids, an asteroid that you don't want to hit etc). 3 the overall gameplay loop/atroid destruction is good

Keep in mind that i don't know how you plain to develop this, my ideas may go against what you think is best for your game, you may want it to be short with only one weapon, or to have the harder asteroids as a benchmark for. 

For being in early development this is quite well done, and im exited to see how this develops. I hope this brick of text helps! (and didn't come off as harsh/overly critical/confusing)

here is the full* hint list

1 use a calculator

2 STOP SHOUTING

3 trace the numbers on a numpad (don't have one? try basic computer coding minus "world")

4 hmm. none of the letters in water are on the bottom row

5 what's the place encircled by roads called?

6 ironic, considering the answer is something that you would flip to use

7 press the keys in order 

8 google telephone keypad

9 "look" is a skywalker

10 read it aloud but rephase it, (something like "chemical formula: letters H through O" but not quite)

11 refer to level 7 (this one is hard to give a good hint for)

12 the color what the word looks like (sadly this one doesn't involve hexadecimal color)

13 (this hint is borrowed from unknownIris)  "ever see those wifi skits where the pass is "on the fridge" but telling someone that makes them look on the fridge even though its the password.. not hidden. Very literal again" don't forget the ...

14 requires a spread sheet. this one can be a pain, so it's the thing celebrated on valentines day

15 look only at a row column of five pixels

16 the thing you are correcting is in every levei

17 there is a button on the home screen that can load level 0

18 1a 1b 2a 2b, back and forth in continuum

19 i honestly have no clue for this one, i added a region on the map (center of the united states (rounded)), so if you have a hint, click on that and comment it there

20 you would have to kill a cat nine times (without spaces)

21 piano minus pi (another one that's hard to come up with a good hint for).

22 the list of blood types includes, a, o, b, and more

23 try turning the numbers to letters and playing it (or who has a little lamb)

24 1 see 17, 2 "but there's nothing in level -55" and that's intentional

25 This island is famous for its triangle where plains and ships sink often.

26 speaking of sinking ships... also the anime studio that directed the anime was WIT for a few seasons, before it was animated by MAPPA

27 again not sure, maybe something to do with time zones?

28 probably relates to 19 but again i dint know

29 not a color or the word color, but some other thing they have in common (think about the words, not what they represent)

30 i haven't tested this but i assume you give "every number" the level 6 treatment

i think that there is a bug that makes the hooks auto detach if you take them out from the snow to early and plant them back in the ice before the timer would normally go out. aside from that one bug this was an awesome game