I absolutely agree, this feels forced and limiting in what ideas can work, especially when these are thrown in the mix late into the jam, when you've potentially already spent days working on something that fundamentally cannot work with those.
Giving bonus points for those makes sense, but needing a crucial importance is a lot to ask imo.
Nice game ! It's pretty fun, even though balance isn't quite there yet, but you seem to be quite aware of that haha.
I did manage to lag the game enough to get myself killed in the end, perhaps a limit to upgrades could be useful to prevent that !
Ah, also, I feel there's not enough feedback from getting hit, I'd often look at my hp and be surprised I got hit !
Really fun game, with a simple but effective loop.
I did run into an issue after having maxed out speed + attack where the powerup popup would show with nothing in it and instantly close out (I did not have any upgrade for the beam !)
Still, I definitely, enjoyed myself, well done !
PS: Just noticed you also made the art yourselves, which looks amazing !!
