I like the "6th-grader notebook" feel, you totally nailed it. I felt that it was beneficial to sacrifice only one ability repeatedly, instead of evenly among the 3 choices (My gun barely works at all, but I can still run around and use the great sword!)
Yeah, I've tried to balance the machine gun in the last moments. It was even worse in the beginning :) I had a feeling that most people will rely on machine gun by default because it's much obvious and straightlined to use. Most of the time people forget to use laser in the heat of battle.
You really nailed the aesthetic and mood on this one. Gotta say, though, the sword is OP and the laser seems like complete trash (though it fits the rest really well, but I haven't actually noticed I can use in my first run as I just tried to click the cooldown icon).
I'm not really a fan of forcing the player to give up smt. without actually giving smt. back as it just makes it more tedious to play.
BTW. I think you should be able to select *Auto-detect size* on the Itch setup page. (I played in fullscreen, but still).
Made it to like wave 42 by sacrificing the gun until I could not shoot, and it seemed to be automatically reducing my move speed after that point, despite clicking the gun still, but I was still able to manage with just the laser and the sword. I ended up needing to do other things.
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The best strategy is always to decrease the machine gun. The sword and the laser are amazing
I had a feeling that most people will rely on machine gun by default because it's much obvious and straightlined to use. Most of the time people forget to use laser in the heat of battle.
I'm not really a fan of forcing the player to give up smt. without actually giving smt. back as it just makes it more tedious to play.
BTW. I think you should be able to select *Auto-detect size* on the Itch setup page. (I played in fullscreen, but still).
Made it to wave 8 sacrificing only my movement speed (who needs movement when you have DPS???). Kind of fun for what it was.
Pretty sweet metal tune, which one of you was the one that made that during the jam?
Interesting concept though!