I was not expecting the disposable robot to have such groovement. Part of that is the impressive level design. The procedural levels play well with the movement mechanics. You're never softlocked because you can exit to your ship easily.

Starting with one health was a little harsh for me but I respect the design choice. It was genuinely funny to close a door on myself and just explode instantly. I took up all of my tries stepping into a room while telling myself not to hit the button that rains laser on your bucket-head, just to do the same thing moments later.

This game also looks and sounds fantastic. 

I wasn't able to finish it though, it is buggy. That's ok. My game is a mess too and also had many 12+ hour days put into it. As stated on the game page, this is a prototype.

So, sticking to design feedback. I feel this game will be too punishing for most players without some kind of permanent progression within levels. I don't think this failure mechanic should be removed entirely, but there are too many ways to die in the first level that the player needs to adapt to. Doors, laser traps, different enemy types, and different configurations of the three have all had painstaking effort put into them, but it is hard to experiment with them knowing that any upgrades awarded for your efforts will likely go down the drain. I found myself avoiding gears just because I didn't like the feeling of being full.

What if there were fewer lives, but failing a mission simply rescrambled the map instead of generating on each drop? Just, anything different from a complete reset I would prefer.

Great graphics, sound effects, visual effects and music. Really neat premise with the bucket head mechanic. I can tell you put a lot of work into it. I read all the other comments and replies, and I applaud the amount of effort that went into it.

Sadly, technical issues really reduced my enjoyment of the game. You mentioned you couldn't finish controller support, but it actually worked almost completely. I only had to use spacebar to select things in the menu and Q/E to scroll tabs. Solving those two things would've made it a better experience, because frankly playing games with WASD these days hurts my wrists.

Resolution was another big issue for me. The text was SO SMALL I had to get close to the screen and use my reading glasses to read anything. A unique experience in a game jam to be sure - but not a pleasant one. I'm not sure if I missed anything important because of that.

There seemed to be no way to attack. I exited a lot of runs because there were enemies and I just couldn't progress. I fully upgraded the dash ability, which I thought was the attack, and the first time I used it, I got a game over message. I clicked the Start button, and the game hung. So at that point I gave up. I got no warning that the game was going to completely end and I'd lose everything if I lost a certain number of lives. Not surprising in a Roguelite, but since that wasn't the game loop I was experiencing (I'd died before) it was quite shocking.

I admit this just may not be my kind of game. I hated Rogue, and I dislike 95% of Roguelikes and Roguelites. So take my input with a grain of salt. I was going to be a hard person to win over to begin with. I just don't like running into enemies I cannot fight personally. It's one thing to have to upgrade to get good. It's another IMO to have to upgrade for the game to be playable.

Quality-wise it's a solid start, and I think you'll find players who really like this game. The controls felt fantastic.

The movement, visuals, and sound design are all very polished and well done. Every action is so juicy and has so much impact. The bucket's a neat idea, it does a lot for something that seems quite simple. And I like the concept of a metroidvania with a roguelike gameplay loop, it's interesting. 

The boss fight was cool but it felt a little unfair at times, there were multiple moments where I'm in a position that makes getting hit seem unavoidable (skill issue). And running out of runs and having to get all the abilities again made it all the more frustrating to die to it. 

Excellent work on visuals and overall polish. The bucket mechanic is pretty unique and interesting. Things feel pretty punishing at first until you get a few health upgrades. I didn't realize what the secondary currency (power?) was at first and eventually ended up being surprised that I failed the mission. Gamepad worked but only partially. It was workable by switching back to mouse and keyboard when on the ship.

I LOVEEEE THE VISUALS!!!! this game is so polished and it feels so finished for a jam game, the art the music are all top notch , anyways this is probably winning the jan in like... every category so damn congrats

This is insanely well made.

One of my favorite of this jam for sure.

My only issue was I couldnt full screen the webplayer so had trouble reading texts

Fantastic work! Everything is so high quality, my only complaints are quality of life stuff that frequently gets axed for jams, naming remappable controls in this case. I always try playing with a gamepad and your engine has some built in controls which made it impossible to use antimicrox to remap so I got to the boss but just could not win because my instincts would end up hitting the wrong button when the the action was too fast.

The utility bucket is great idea, it added a lot of interesting constraints that played out well. Love the bot, I’m always trying to make fun robot characters so it’s a treat to see it so well executed.

This is super polished and has outstanding gamefeel. I was going to encourage that you all continue working on this but it seems like that is already your plan. Great job!

Wonderful little game, i loved the feel of all the abilities and the tutorial was really nice, only complaint i can find is that it didnt really feel that much like a metroidvania, but that doesnt matter since the game was really good overall. Great job 

Gaslit by the procedural level generation at first but then really found it delightful. The game feel is really nice. The art direction is top notch. Thank you guys for making this game.

This is so well made, i didn't expect there to be a boss but it was a welcomed surprise. Also who made it so you can kill yourself by closing doors on you! It was a pathetic way to die on the last run lol