Oh damn this was badass. Incredible artwork, especially the mechanic designs are effing gorgeous. Characters looks amazing too and have loads of personality. Really felt I stepped into a living world. Kairo is awesome.
Gameplay is quite cool, zooming around in a mech suit felt great. The AI seems pretty good too, really felt I was dueling with some of the enemies, but trying to hit them with a slower weapon felt pretty rough. Don’t know if they have baked in randomness or if the movement is just so complex I can’t see a pattern. And very beefy customization. Don’t have a 4 button mouse atm so it was great I could balance it out with armor and beefier m1 and m2 weapons. The customization menu works and looks great, but I would have loved if the equipped item’s button was different color or something. Also the music is dope, though it stopped looping sometimes in the customization menu.
And I can’t believe I got a whole visual novel with my top down action shooter. Really enjoyed it, great writing and art.
If you end up updating: I would have loved a bit more juice when you hit an enemy, small pushback for example. And an explosive weapon would be a dream.
All in all stellar job. Ambitious project and great execution. Could totally see this as a commercial product with some more levels and a bit of polish.