This is a fantastic game idea with a great gimmick, I think continuing work on it is worth it. The graphics even look relatively polished. If I had anything to criticize, though:

• The gameplay is pretty slow, so over time it can get boring. Perhaps make enemies smarter/faster over time?
• I’m pretty patient, so I watched the whole video. If you want to catch the majority’s attention, though, it needs more eye candy. Some more visuals in the background than just slowly floating rectangles would be nice.

Those are my two cents, good luck with your project.

The game seems really fun. If you were to add some sort of way to have the path or wtvr split, then maybe the map could be larger. I think what could be fun is playing around with the idea of local multiplayer, as I see this possibly being a party game.

Hi ShadowPeterX,

Based on your post, I assume this is one of your first projects, since you mention you want to be a game dev. Based on that I have some feedback for you:

• Never call one of your creations trash. You are significantly undervaluing your work. If you see any of the games I made when I was 16, you would call your game a complete masterpiece.

• The way you describe the game, it sounds like it has quite the chunky scope, especially for a new dev. If you are not having fun, it will destroy your motivation. Not just on this game, but maybe in game dev in general. If you are indeed burnt out on this project, I would suggest to “wrap things up”, make some final changes and polish, and publish the game for what it is. You are 16, making a game like this will be AMAZING experience for your future. Start a new project, with a smaller scope, and work yourself up slowly. As you get more experience, you will learn how to organise a project, so that most of its parts are automated. This will allow you to make games with bigger scale, without it feeling any more complicated than smaller ones.

• Assuming you want to be a game dev because you like it, especially at this age, you shouldn’t be thinking “Will people like this? Otherwise I’m not even gonna try”. There have been numerous times when I was making a game, and thought it would flop, only to see users enjoy it, and times where I’ve worked on something that I thought would be a success and did nothing. Make something that you like, and slowly you will build the game design experience to make things more and more fun.

• Don’t be too hard on yourself, you are young and at the perfect age to earn experience. The more games you make, the more experience you will earn. This includes game that you decide not to publish at the end.

• I strictly advice against deleting a project. It doesn’t matter how small it is, or how much you don’t like it. In 10 years from now you will be looking at this project and be like “This is how it all started”.

• You do not “want to be a game developer”, you are a game developer, since you develop games :)

This is my advice as a game dev working in the industry full time. I’ve met people that haven’t touched code until they were 18 and went to college, and they’ve made great game devs. You are on the right path, and doing great.