A beautiful game with good atmosphere. The sound effects were satisfying and I feel like I should know what plays in the background but can't remember.
SPOILER ALERT FOR THE GAME: When I first saw the concept I thought to myself smugly, "I'll just slow down at the highest point and then speed up at the lowest." Except it loops, so that's not possible. I was banging my head against the wall for 15 minutes, because I focused on changing the orbit instead of exploiting that I can retain speed through the loop without the orbit changing. I felt like I was just sitting in a tin can and there was nothing I could do. But the solution pays off.
I wonder if they'll believe Major Tom when he returns home. Reminds me of Final Countdown movie (a similarly funky situation occurs).
One note (not sure how you could get around this): the constant turning made me pretty dizzy. But so far this is my favorite entry.
Thank you for playing and giving a comprehensive review.
I'm surprised you could beat the boss, there's a bug that happens very often there. I misjudged how much I could do in 4 days, and the actual gameplay - difficulty, maps and the boss - was tossed together in the last two hours. Almost all maps can be played through by standing in the middle and there's no incentive to destroy enemy planes. Next time I'll do better.
At least the explosions in reverse look cool. (Oh yeah, there was a giant explosion at the end of the boss fight as a reward, but at the last minute I accidentally removed it. Oh well.)
Sometimes I came up with a solution, and while executing it, I accidentally closed the loop. I found the difficulty curve to be good, although I haven't gotten far yet. After finishing a 3x4 level, it threw me back to level 2. Was that a bug or was I too bad and took too many steps XD?
I also like the aesthetics. Crazy that you finished this in 24 hours.
