This is a great idea! I struggled with controlling the ship as you can't see what direction you are facing while spinning, but you can still turn. I think it would be great if the ship sprite had an additional section that didn't spin so you could keep track of your rotation. That way you can see where you are going but also get the feedback from spinning.

This was super tough I'm not surprised one of the devs hasn't beaten it! Great stuff for a first game, keep up the good work <3

This was fun once I got the hang of it! Having to time my spins so I catch the bullets without using up all my spin energy was a nice challenge. The different bullet types were interesting, I had to adapt to their movements frequently. I think it could be neat if the bullets surrounding you also functioned as a shield, so you could either shoot them and leave yourself vulnerable or hold onto them to block other bullets. I also wish I could ram into other ships with the bullets surrounding me, like Vampire Survivors lol.

Its a really fun game! I loved the neon visuals. The retrieving of bullets its really creative, but I feel like its missing an incentive to move, I felt like I was being hit because I wanter to move and just stood there parrying bullets and letting enemies come closer so I can just shoot, in later waves the spin energy is not enough to parry everything but felt like I had ammo for another 10 waves already hehe.

Besides that, lovely game! Keep up the good work you two!

this game is the very unique position of being really hard but not unfair and gives the player a very accurate idea of what the game offers despite its difficulty gating

I think bullet hell games in general have a very niche target audience and so I'm maybe not the biggest authority on critiquing one but I had fun playing a couple waves! For a first game this is super impressive, keep it up!

It took me somewhere in the region of 20 attempts to finish this, goshhhhh that was hard. There's absolutely no chance I can get anywhere near W0ffel's time, nor have I the intestinal fortitude to try:

So, this is a lovely game, with a tonne of polish. The tutorial is absolutely spot on and I have no notes. The whole vibe which encompasses the sound and art direction is perfect, sure there could be a little bit more juice here and there, but it's really nice as it is. I think the simplest thing to really elevate this graphically would be some glow. I can't imagine how amazing this would look with radiance cascades. I did mute the game for my victory run, but that was purely because I was trying to concentrate and remove all extra stimuli lol.

I think the one thing I would change is the movement controller. I think the primary difficulty I had was orienting forward movement with my facing direction. I totally understand this was completely intentional, but I would say 90%+ of my failures were when I was spinning and losing my bearings regarding direction. I think it's interesting, because this style of movement is an important vector for how the game feels and its challenge. Equally it requires a huge amount of very specific spacial awareness, which to my understanding, is not something everyone has or can necessarily learn, so this might completely exclude some players who can't really get their head around it. I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, I'm leaning towards the conclusion that games can't always be for everyone. For my own taste I would like WASD to have moved globally irrespective of local rotation, this would make the game more accessible and much easier, so it's a bit of a kiss / curse. 

It goes without saying that it's really challenging. I found it really satisfying to break through level by level and develop some strats. I eventually settled on trying to save up as much ammunition on the final enemy and then spray and pray wildly at the start of the next round. I can imagine as it's a jam, many will drop the game far sooner. On that note, the entire spinning to collect bullets is a really novel, and interesting take on the theme; I really enjoyed this entire aspect and how it created some emergent gameplay in how I approached the levels.

P.S. I've just read in the description that this is your first game, wow. This is extremely impressive for a first game. I'm not going to delete everything I've just written and reframe it, but holy shit. It's a huge achievement. I had absolutely assumed you both had a considerable amount of experience; so I can only take my hat off to you both.

Thank you for the game, it's excellent and I had a great deal of fun trying to crack it! Amazing work.

Spinning in this game is kinda parry to attacks  and also collect bullets. I start making very good plays in very short time. Its become more and more fun when you master in game.  And i want to report you a bug that happened while playing :  one of the enemy push me out of play area :D 

Loved the idea of spinning to collect bullets, very unique! I had a little trouble controlling the spaceship at first (but I think that's just muscle memory from games where S usually makes you move backward), but otherwise, awesome game!

Really fun! Personally i'd like multiple bullet types, but other wise can't have much else to add!

cool mechanic and theme implementation, but movement and controls are veery difficult to normally play, still it's w!

I loved how the tutorial was actually part of the game, plus very smooth controls and fun gameplay