Wasn't expecting to still have this running 3h later but here we are! I'm about to lose patience with it but I see the promise. Feedback if you're interested:
- Some more juice around the weapon mods would be great (colour difference is negligible, would benefit from particle & collision effects). Also there's a SFX slider but the only effect I hear is from Chain.
- Need visual feedback on the shield, I can only see if it's up or down.
- Sped, Proj Speed, Fire Rate and even Magnet cap out too early.
- Projectiles & ship seem to move in-sync, always x-tracking enemy nearest to ship, looks a bit wrong. Probably want to track nearest enemy to entity instead
- Not clear what triggers new Mod unlocks - maybe openly tying it to certain milestones or achievements would provide good mid-goals
- Depth scaling after first few depths is just bigger dmg/HP. It needs some escalation - simple things like more bullets, faster shots, orange splitters spawn different enemies... or more advanced things like bullet dodging, shielders shielding other enemies, wave formation being distributed instead of all at once...
- Bosses need some work, they're just DPS vs HP checks right now. Maybe a little differentiation in their attack patterns, so you can tune your gun build to reflect the boss you're stuck on.
- Game needs a goal, an end-point. As far as I can tell it just keeps doing Bigger Number until you give up - you're guaranteeing the player will leave feeling disappointed instead of satisfied.
Additional upgrade suggestions:
- Skip or speed-up system for the early depths. After a certain point the game starts testing your patience more than your build - it can be 30m before you know if you're going to progress further this time. Maybe an option to skip past the last undefeated chapter, or to dramatically speed up the game for reduced rewards, or buy depth-skip levels with Resonance...
- Autobuy
- Bullet dodge chance
- High-dps Melee weapon
- Multiple levels of the same Gun Mod
That's all. Thanks for the game, hope you're enjoying the process!