Super cool game! Been a while since I've played anything like Bomberman but this is really cool and expands on it in many ways! First off, visuals are incredible! Super well polished, love the bounciness of everything! It's subtle but I also like how there are different backgrounds in each level. All the gameplay ideas are really smart and really get tricky overtime, but the checkpoints are placed very nicely so it's not punishing at all. I really wasn't expecting how hard it would get though lol, really had to think quick in those later levels. I really liked the last level which didn't really have any gimmicks but just felt like a bullet hell. I especially liked hiding behind bombs to be protected from other bombs, it wasn't used too much and mostly in the earlier levels but it was such a cool idea! This is just super well done, great work!
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Wow thank you for the long review and all the compliments! I'm glad you noticed the different background, I had fun making them to add a subtle little visual variety.
I agree with you that using bombs as a protection was a bit underused, and could be expanded. I initially wanted to make it the focus of the game, since unlike Bomberman there's no chain reaction so bombs can be both a protection and a treat. But in the end I just had too much fun making the other mechanics so I made more levels with them.
Thanks for playing through the end despite the difficulty!