Very fun bullet hell game, with a funny premise, great entry!! The boss attack patterns feel well choreographed and there's a good amount of variety to keep you on your toes. The artwork is super cute and everything feels cohesive and part of the same world. The main color palatte drives home the melancholy vibes of avoiding a job very well, and having the weapons be colorful bits of trash was a cool touch. Loved the pizza bomb lol. The sfx are nice and crunchy, and the background jingle is a fun listen that fits the fast-paced gameplay well.
I found using the F key to interact with weapons extremely annoying. It felt unnatural and I kept having to glance down at the keyboard to press it causing me to get hit unnecessarily. I think space bar or right click on the mouse would have been better, and its a bummer because I was having a lot of fun but the difficulties with the controls caused me to stop playing earlier than I would have otherwise. The farthest I made it was about halfway through the boss' second life. edit: like someone else in the comments said: slightly more forgiving hitboxes on the enemies and more visual feedback when the player does get hit would be nice additions too.
That being said, the game was very fun and impressively polished. The design of the job application boss was super cool and I liked the way the JOB text up top formed into a kind of face. The core mechanic of the boss fight is great and all the wave attacks and player weapons are fun and feel well thought out. Awesome entry, keep up the good work!!
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Hi! Thanks for playing the game :D
I'm glad you liked it and the feedback you gave is really good :>
Quite a few people have mentioned the weird keybind so maybe in future games I should make it changeable in settings. Also probably make the game more forgiving/beginner friendly. A difficulty setting probably would have been the best to appeal to different skill levels :)
Also the JOB face is my favorite sprites ^_^