Really nice fun retro style game, was a lot of fun to play and was challenging but not unfair. It feel very well made and slow down while shooting was good as gave reason not shot at times too. I did make mistake thinking the level/terrain would deal damage so kept avoiding it until I notice it did nothing, could be interesting if it did combined with the shrinking camera.
The boss fight was the best part, very well made boss that looks great and was fun to fight, it wasn't too hard but still hard enough to be challenging.

Great game, great work on it, art was great and a lot of fun.

Very polished and well-crafted. Great references in both the soundtrack and the core gameplay. At first, I found it strange that the character slows down while shooting, but later I realized it adds another strategic layer, and it ended up feeling perfect that way.

I also initially thought the first layer of terrain dealt damage. I avoided it for a while until I realized it didn’t. Maybe with the shrink mechanic it’s not even necessary, or it could perhaps be a layer positioned closer to the camera. But it’s not a problem at all, just an observation.

The boss fight is definitely the highlight, especially with the shooting patterns combined with the shrinking arena mechanic.

Congratulations to the team, great work.

Nice game ! The theme is well respected. I find the character a bit slow, but that’s what adds difficulty to the game. I really like the fact that you move more slowly when shooting, because it prevents you from just holding down the fire button without thinking. Well done!

Incredibly solid entry-very underrated! The gameplay is smooth and the playspace transitions are very nice:) My only complaint is that the player feels very slow to move but it doesnt really matter:)

I started off with Ultra difficulty from the very beginning, and then died on the very first enemy or so because I thought I could get away with just holding the shot button lol... It took a couple tries to get used to the slowdown, but then I managed to clear after only dying 3 or 4 times at the boss.

I liked the game - satisfying visuals, wonderful soundtrack that reminded me of One Step from Eden of all things for some reason, and the gameplay, while complicated by the slowdown mechanic, flowed pretty well after getting used to it (I do appreciate how the enemy health is on the lower side to compensate for the player's downtime on attacking). Boss fight was pretty solid and enjoyable as well, I liked how expressive it was with its movements and wiggles.

If I were to nitpick, I'd just point out a couple things:
- The gameplay during the stage portion mostly involved timing the shots properly, dodging the enemy attacks was pretty trivial as you only have to go up/down. Some of the tougher enemies had more complicated attacks, but overall I feel like the stage portion conditioned you to simple movement/attack choices while the boss required a bit more complicated decisions, which caught me by slight surprise
- The power bar, at first I thought it's some kind of special ability - I tried pressing a bunch of buttons while it was full and nothing (except accidentally activating a bomb), had to pause to check the game's page for controls again which is when I realized there is no special ability in this game... I'd see if it were possible to use a different way to show the power level or add a "power" text/icon that would clearly label it as such

Solid work overall, congrats to your team, and thank you for sharing!

Small but polished game and very fun :D

When I finished the level I wanted more haha, before playing I read about going slow and that was also my 1st impression but when I saw I could go faster if I didn't shoot, the game turned into a very fun experience with a great difficulty

The songs are great, really give the Cave vibe, I haven’t played those games but I have listened to the music and it really reminds me of it, the visuals are also great and I really like how clear you can see the bullets and each dead didn’t felt unfair, maybe only when you kill the big cocoon and the screens shakes a lot making me not seeing the enemies…

Outside that, the gameplay is smooth and fun, I like the progression of the weapon and how easy it is to remember the level, at the 3rd run I felt I had a good chance to clear the level on hard and I did! I beat this on normal and hard, maybe another day on Ultra

The bomb is very powerful and I like that, also I like the design of the enemies and the boss, the background is nice and playing with the game area really fits the theme in a fun way but seeing your pieces going away when you die because you didn’t reach it feels a little sad haha

When I see the game as a whole, it’s charming and as I said, I wanted to play more. Very nice entry! ^^

Damn! This game has sooo much polish for the time frame. It honestly feels like it was made by a studio. If you haven't already, you and your team should seriously consider working together on games in the future because its obvious you all work well together.

No nonsense straight to the point! the player felt slow, but it felt well designed around it, the only time i ever got frustrated was when the centimech would come up right on the back of the screen with no warning and instakill me, but the system for repicking up your powerups really helps aleviate the frustration of dying in a game like this. I played on normal, and that felt perfect for my skill level. The game is beautiful, the sfx are great, the gameplay was fun, this was a great time c:

This game was fun to play! I really enjoyed fighting the boss, learning the patterns. It was also satisfying dodging the projectiles.  Here's my score :)

This was incredibly polished. I honestly forgot I was playing a jam game for a second. 

The sound design was great too. It was subtle enough to let the music shine, but still present enough to give good feedback during gameplay. The music track also fit the classic shmup vibe really well. The shrink implementation was a really cool idea and was nicely executed. I also thought it was really impressive that you were able to include and balance multiple difficulty modes for a jam game.

The boss was a big highlight too, both visually and mechanically. The art and animation looked great across the whole game, and there was a nice variety of enemies. The title screen and UI also added a lot to how polished the whole thing felt. The whole game felt very complete.

wowww the art, graphic, gameplay is so nice, i was abit confuse in how to shoot but i later figure it out, very cool the shooting mechanic of the game is very satisfying nice game!!

Very happy to see difficulties selection menu, I beat the game on Normal, and tried Ultra difficulty, but could only reached the boss. I wasn't so comfortable with normalized movement, the movement also felt too slow, so I was mostly move up/down without firing. I had fun playing, the boss section was really nice.

I beat the game on Normal difficulty, scored 24330 points and also made some tries on hard.

I had a lot of fun, the game looks, sounds, controls and just feels great, things feel sturdy. The length and the difficulty (the difficulties, actually) of the sequence are perfect for the jam. The screen shrinking is well implemented, it really feels like an organic part of the game and the game ends with a satisfying boss fight.

That's probably just me and the overall game is balanced with this speed in mind but I kept feeling like the character was moving a slightly tiny little bit slower than I would have preferred.

Thanks for sharing!

Very nice bullet hell shmup with a nice implementation of the theme.

I like how here you’ve incorporated it both in the visuals (giant insects and all) and the mechanics with the occasional shrinking movement area.

Spritework and music are awesome all the designs are really cool, and the music really has that vibe i can’t quite explain that’s the same in many japanese bullet hell OST’s

I tried it on normal and i managed to reach the centimecha but couldn’t beat if O_o

But hey i had a good time anyway :)

Just so you know i tried the webuild at first but it seems to crash whenever you get hit, don’t know if it’s a bug or some odd browser thing so i ended up playing the download build instead.

amazing game! the art style, the music, everything is on point! my only very minor notes is that the hitbox of the player is a bit strange, I lost life when I thought I'll be fine and also survived when I thought I'd be done for. but so many things to love in this game, also really appreciate the difficulty setting and controller option. great game, congrats!