I'm confused why did this not win in every category 

Pretty good. Never expected someone could make it this good in such a short time. The hit sound and effect are very enjoyable!

It looks super cool and stylish...

The start was a bit of a struggle—time (life) was ticking away, yet the enemy wasn't exactly in a rush to attack. But later on, it turns into a total meat grinder.

One small point: that—(I wanted to use a more emotional word)—magnificent shot doesn't actually have a piercing effect; despite the cone shape, it only hits a single point.

Great game! The VFX are very nice and it was fun comboing shooting and melee.

Looks good. I like you got decals working in WebGL. However the AI is as brain-dead as Mitch McConnell!

Really nice game, I enjoyed the core mechanic! Just some music would have completed the package for me - but really great job here! :)

Why do the Dead Enemies have Collisions ToT.  Very enjoyable and Satifying game. Reminds me the "Alien Shooter" Game I used to play as kid.

Would love a little bit of piercing damage, otherwise this turned into a strafing simulator trying to shoot big tony xD

Fun game , with really nice 3D work across the board , but I have some issues. It's really hard to die , one melee basically restores your full hp , meaning you can literally stay still , let enemies swarm you and spam melee and you will easily stay alive. This removes all sense of edge for the phase before the boss. This problem is later solved by the fact that the boss doesn't heal you though , which I like , because it prevents you from focusing the boss , forcing you to seek out a normal enemy kill to continue doing damage. All of the three levels were essentially the same gameplay wise , the maps , while nice looking and varied , did nothing to change how you approach the levels , either through enemy variation or something similar , the same can be said for the bosses. I think some action music would've done wonders to the emptiness in the soundscape. I really think that the close-up pixel look of the goon in the cover art looks good , which is why I think the aerial view doesn't do the models justice. Good work!

Reminded me of SAS rq! 

Very good game! I thought you hadn’t submitted to the game jam till i saw your profile. Very good game!

WANNA SEE THE CIDEO RYE RYE RYE AWESOME GAME, BEST SO FAR, DOING A GREAT JOB, RYE, RYE RYE RYE RYE, BEST GAME EVER, YOU ARE THE REASON I STARTED UNITY, LEARNED ABOUT THE JAM, GO WOLF!(Not kidding)

Well done, Rye! It's a good game with a very creative premise. I love the visuals!

absolute best game ever

SOO GOOD , Proud of you and cant wait to see the video

Great Job Rye! This is really good honestly. At least better than my monstrocity of maths

Dude, I watch your videos all the time, even while I am working on my own games (I was watching them while I made my game lol). You are one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to game developing! I hope that you get ranked pretty high this year! This was my first time submitting for this particular game jam (I didn't start game developing until late last year)!!

Great Job Rye! Loved The game, 5/5/5/5/5 star from me! but for the love of everything, NERF DON RAVIOLE! it took me, :sob: HALF AN HOUR to beat, the LEVEL 2 BOSS!!!!! At least Big Cheese (or whatever his name is) spawns quickly. Even said, I still LOVED the game, hope it gets top 5!

This game was great. Good job, and I hope it wins. Also, my brother and I watch your videos, and we think you're hilarious. You also inspired my brother to get into game development, and he is trying to get better so we can compete against you in the next GMTK Game Jam. Your videos also help me get better at game development. And making YouTube videos (https://www.youtube.com/@Z-dowg/shorts). Great job, and I hope you have a great day.     :D

THIS GAME IS PERFECT THANK YOU RYE ! This will be nominated for for the GOTY Awards, this has cured my sanity, and I can now go  out of mental institution thanks to this game!