Hi cool game! I enjoyed the retro graphics and sound effects. The presentation of the game looks good too. The gameplay can be more polished, as I felt there were long moments without any enemies coming towards me and I was just searching around. Also wished that the controls were more dynamic, like a point your mouse to aim, top down shooter so that I can use the WASD keys to move around while my mouse is shooting. I assume that the rotation to aim was in your design, but more ways to move would be nice. The movement on the helicopter was fine, but was too snappy. I suggest accelerating and deaccelerating the movement as the player moves around, so the helicopter feels heavy to move. Overall a great submission. I played around in both of the visual styles and I enjoyed the game. Good job :D
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Hi, thank you so much! I really appreciate the feedback. Yes, the movement was by design and inspired by the old Seek & Destroy game from 1993, but I definitely want to enhance the game with more "modern" controls. :) I also really like your suggestion on making the helicopter feel heavier and that's definitely going on my board of things to add to the game. Thank you so much!
I also feel like now that the jam is over, I might add some more intuitive movement to make it a bit easier to move around, as dodging bullets was also a bit hard with the current movement. I'll also definitely tweak the spawn times, etc. a bit so the game feels more balanced and you don't endlessly fly around looking for a fight. I really appreciate your constructive feedback!