You've got a really nice game. It reminds me a lot of some games I used to play on my NES that I really liked. My only complaint is that it's a bit hard to hit the bees without getting stung. I like the idea of leveling up and the upgrades. Oh, and the Winnie-the-Pooh slugs made me laugh so much!

Ok so this is a 2d platformer with the vampire survivor twist on it . Its nice , the lazer VFX is quite funny and feels good . Movement are simple and great , can play around physics for more realism and make the movement more heavy and impactful. Its a great start . Would love you to try mine

This is great for your first game. The mechanics and upgrade system is well made (and I'm glad that some upgrades are permanent so its not hard to get back to playing after dying). The only issue I see with the combat is how you can spam the guns so much, and that makes it difficult to utilize alternate ones while fighting. I'm not sure if you plan on extending or changing the game after the jam, but either way this is a great start :)

A really good first step into making a game like this! The controls, and especially the jump, felt really nice to use! And being able to just mash the gun fire with enter and shift was really satisfying to me personally! A neat leveling up system to allow for a bit of customization and multiple weapons to choose from all made for a neat little package! 

Only a few nitpicks from me, like jumping into the side of walls had some weird interactions. Using the mouse to select level ups is a bit odd. The worms looks cute but a touch out of place. And perhaps adjusting the level design to be a bit less backtrack. 

But overall a great start! I could see this being expanded upon into something really fun and engaging! 

You got a really good game foundation! Nice variety of weapons with different abilities, and also a decent size pool of enemies. The art and sound effects are also pretty nice.

Some feedback:
- A weapon switching animation would be really nice to have. Currently, the character looks the same regardless of which weapon he's using, and having different weapon sprites would let the player know instantly what weapon they have at any given time. Using number keys to select which weapon to equip would also be nice.
- It feels a bit weird having to use the mouse to select an upgrade, due to the game not requiring a mouse for the actual gameplay. There is a grab_focus() command for buttons in Godot which you should try to look into. This should allow the player to be able to use arrow keys to switch between the upgrades, rather than needing the mouse.
- The main thing that the game could use is advanced UI. You got everything you need, such as health bars, hit markers, buttons, text, etc. Using custom designs for them instead of Godot's base designs would really help blending your UI to the world better. 

That being said, what you made is really impressive given the time period! With a couple tweaks here and there, your game really has the potential to look very professional. Congratulations on your first game jam!

That was a very fun game to play and also had a lot of content for a game jam! I especially enjoyed the roguelike elements with the upgrades (at one point I was dealing almost 60 damage per shot haha) and I liked the variety in weapons. I can easily see this game expanding to include more weapons, enemies, and boss fights!

Great work for your first game jam!

Congratulation on making your first game jam! 🎉
As a fellow newbie, it is honestly a miracle that we got anything done haha
Your game was good, I'm impress that you were able to implement rougelike features in your game, while I was walking around, there was a lot of "jitter" from your character, I know how to fix this since I ran into the same problem, project > project settings > physics > common > physics interpolation (make sure to turn on advance settings if you don't see it) enable this option and say good by to jitters!
l like the premise, reminds me Risk of Rain!
I have a lot more to say but I'll leave it at that for now.

Great game, I like the rogue-like feel with the leveling system as well as the visuals :D It did feel a little odd, when I lost/retried and I still had all my guns/powers but not the levels, but I think I could see that working. Good job, in general though, I had fun playing through it!

the visuals are pretty nice. the game hoever is a little slow paced for me, i had fun tho.

also if you have the time , go play my game as well, i would love some more feedback

Great game! For some reason i went to the left and straight up skipping all of the tutorials lol, and beat the bee boss first before going to the right

Surprised it's your first game, it's really good! The visuals were consistent and looked nice, the sound effects were perfect, and the music was nice too (did you make it yourself?). Overall, a fun experience!

Really good game, it's really fun to play :) Polish more, and that would be perfect. 

The shooting and overall gameplay loop is very satisfying. It’s a well-tested formula of exploring to get power ups to progress and you did it well. That said, jumping was a little awkward, and some inclusions (such as charging) did feel a little haphazard. Overall a pleasant experience and one with much potential. (4)

The art is quite simplistic, but it communicates effectively. It’s clear thought was put into it, but sometimes the enemies and animations could break or be questionable. (2)

The idea of a “short metroidvania” is one that works well. The connection to the jam theme is pretty questionable (which is valid as this jam’s theme was hard to work with) and the overall gameplay loop was pretty simple. That said, combining metroidvania world exploration with vampire survivor type upgrades was quite novel. (3)

As I said on Discord, very fun!