I’m happy I could find this game randomly in the rate submission page, I had a lot of fun, but I’m biased because I really like this kind of game! ^^
It’s a simple shmup but it’s has a great way to make it interesting and hard, more at the later part of the stage, I really like this "parry" implementation to keep hitting the cookie/biscuit to keep scoring points, you really have to put yourself in a risky situation to get a good highscore which really fits with the theme of the jam. If your gamble isn’t good, you get punished but the recovery is nice because it slows down and I like that, it gives time to have a nice position again and not get hit too fast again unless you risk everything again haha
I like the position of the waves, it’s nice to have something defined but it’s a bit slow when you miss the last part of the wave because there isn’t much to do if that happens, which is ok, I can use that calm before the storm to get a better position for the next wave
The art is great, I really like it, the witch is cute and the cookies look delicious. The game displays the damage to the enemy well and it has a natural way to show the amount of attacks the enemy will do. I like the magic lance animation, everything has great feedback to know what is happening on screen, I didn’t feel lost while playing, maybe the 1st time while I see how the game was but from my second run, the game felt clear
The soundtrack is good, I think for shmups, songs are key and this game has that point, I could play for a while and probably I’ll come back to get a better highscore because I had lots of fun playing this game :)
I think the only thing I could say is, it would be good to have a button to restart the level and not just one to go to the main menu to restart the game at the end of each run, it isn’t annoying but could give a faster attempt for the next run. And I would like to see a boss haha, only for the sake of having one, the game is fun but that would be the cherry on the top, even if that is a simple one. But other than this, I can’t think of anything to say, the game is great and I like the way it is
Fantastic entry, one of my favorites from what I have played! :D
