Excellent work! Aspects like the gorgeous visuals, massive number of upgrades, so many characters, lots of dialogue, great music, and the enormous amount of potential playtime make this one of the stronger submissions I've played. I do wish that the start of the game was a bit easier. I know you get infinite continues and you don't lose powerups, but it feels a bit too easy to die at the start. I also think there should be more sound effects - especially when you destroy enemy ships. Apart from those minor issues, this is a very good submission!
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Thank you for playing, the kind words, and the feedback.
We agree that the early game is a bit too tough, especially for a jam game. We made some late changes, and focused more on balancing them for the mid-game, which negatively impacted the early game. Our post-jam update will lower some initial costs, and add highlighting of some recommended initial upgrades.
We did want to get more SFX, but did not get around to it. There will be a ship explosion VFX added in the post-jam update, though not sure if we will get to more SFX as well. If we continue work in the future, there will be more SFX and VFX added.