Great game I WANT MORE

You gave a great example of how to make your game fun and juicy even if it has a very simple idea :0 

Very easy to pick up and play, thank you for including the options to disable the CRT effects. Could definitely see this game expanded upon after the jam. Could not upgrade right side of the skilltree and I think the blue enemy might have been bugged on one side unless it's intended to throw you off with different fire rates. Well done on creating a solid gameplay loop(pun sort of intended)!

Enjoyed it! The build-up felt a bit slow, but cool that we both worked around protecting the core — just in different ways.

Played the game after watching the video, good stuff! Pretty simple concept with a lot of polish, I think the leveling system adds a lot

I really like the loop mechanic! Its fun to try to remember where enemies were, and what to look out for on the next loop. Also because I looped every time, the score multiplier was insane, and when I got to the boss, he died in 1 shot, so I thought it was maybe just an introduction to a harder enemy, but then I looped it for free XP, and after the loop I just won hahaha. The game feels super polished and I dont really have any critique. Well done!

A very fun take on the theme! I feel like the gameplay feels kinda slow-paced at first. There's a lot of juice though, I especially like the upgrade unlocking animation. The whole upgrade tree is very satisfying and the loop mechanic is well designed. Amazing entry!

Super fun and polished, great visuals! The only bug I found was that you couldn’t get the upgrades on the right side of the tree (like others said). But great job!

had lots of fun playing! just a couple of weird bugs though. when i try to get the upgrades on the right side the sprites stay gray and theres no text telling me what the upgrade does. also, one end of the big blue balloon shoots its own bullets almost immediately, so only one side is actually a threat. but other than that, the gameplay loop is really addictive

Wow, highest quality game I played on this jam so far! I like the idea of the core's size being the health indicator, so the game ease up a bit after each hit; altough it might make the game a bit too easy, when you down to 1 health the core is basically unhittably small

Really polished and neat aesthetic, upgrades kept rounds feeling fresh, and give good variety.

This is a very polished game!  The gameplay does sometimes feel quite slow.  I think it would be more interesting with one more mechanic, idk, maybe shoot faster when not moving?  Also mouse-controlled movement would fix the problem of directions reversed when upside-down.  Got the same issue in my game as well!

Shockingly addictive, I played non-stop. I wrote in my notes that the level of juice and visual feedback here is excellent and I stand by that. I think you took shockingly simple visuals and made them appealing, and engaging. There is a lot of personality here and I really like it. I also like the idea of replaying levels with score modifiers. Very cool.

As far as feedback goes, when I died during the LOOP mode the text on the button said "Retreat" but when I clicked it the level just replayed. Wasn't a big deal, but figured it was worth mentioning.

You made a really excellent game.

Nice game! I spent some time playing it, it is addictive!