the art here is super neat. i remember seeing some of it in the discord during the jam but seeing it all here it really is impressive how much quality art you put together.

i found the number of choices at the beginning a bit overwhelming, so after somewhat thoughtfully assembling my own gear i just gave the ladies basically random choices. once i got to the actual gameplay i was a bit scared of running out of ammo so i figured i should mostly try to run past everyone... this strategy worked great but also meant the gameplay ended pretty fast lol. after going through a bit a second time i think my strategy seems decent though. chewing through all the guys does use a lot of ammo and takes a lot more effort than running past them (and my bad build seems to result in at least one of my helpers dying).

i agree with some other commentors that having companions accompany you on the missions is quite fun. i definitely liked seeing them gun down the enemies. i feel like the companion AI already has a decent amount of "personality" at least in the things i noticed (might have just been due to the weapons i assigned them?) and could definitely be taken even farther.

Love the world and the characters! Big fan of the "mech" aesthetic, and I think you did a great job capturing it.

Really impressed with the amount of customization you put in. Bet you had some trouble with the balancing, haha! It's clear you wanted to do a lot with this project. The amount of things you did get done in a month is impressive!

If you keep going with this, maybe more passes on the balancing and enemy variety. They felt a little bullet sponge-y at times.

The art is phenomenal. Love seeing cum on a robot hand.

Beautiful artwork and character designs. The amount of artwork on display in here is no small feat either.

The combat was fun, if a little straightforward. I feel like the enemies could've used less health, or more feedback when taking damage and some more variety in enemy behavior would have been nice. On the other hand I really enjoyed the companion AI, they felt really dynamic and added a lot of extra flair to the combat - although I sometimes lost them in the chaos. Have such active companions definitely made me a lot more excited to mess around with their loadouts.

All in all, very impressive work given the time allotted. Kairo is cute :3

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.

Holy shit, like.. 10/10

Whoa - the art in this is gorgeous. I remember you mentioning in the discord you wanted to play to your strengths with it this jam, and that absolutely comes across . Each new piece, both safe for work and NSFW, that came up through interactions and menus was a delight. The world/setting is also super evocative - not something I expected to come out of this game jam at all, but it definitely left me with (good) questions as to what's going on here in the first place.

The loadout system was unfortunately pretty overwhelming - it was hard to tell what stats mattered and the lack of any matching armour sets to guide selections further compounded things. Ending up in the first mission with no guns or armour on whatsoever (since I'd only equipped them to my teammates) was a wee bit awkward! Different feeling guns and more diverse AI like you've mentioned in other comments would definitely improve things, too.

I can definitely see why so many people were excited for your entry!

Very ambitious undertaking. (sorely could have used an automatic outfitter or default loadout given I went into the combat mission with two characters not having equipment, oops) I like the idea and what's been made of it so far, and the art is fantastic. (Fluffy's music is also pretty good)
Definitely room for expansion!

To quote my comment on your last project:

I'm in awe of the graphics here. The backgrounds are intricate and detailed, and the character art is super expressive. I would 100% read this as a graphic novel if you'd ever felt like putting one out.

This continues to be true. Your illustrations are absolutely gorgeous.

I like the gameplay too! Even if there's just the one level with no boss battle right now, this is a very solid foundation to build on, lots of stats to manage.

fantastic character designs!!

your art is amazing as always!