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Thank you for the feedback! GUNBOAT-8 is word play on 8-bit games (it’s technically not 8-bit but hey) and the main ship having 8 weapon slots!

We would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the game <3

Holding Pattern just released on Steam, you can checkout the full game now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4309180/Holding_Pattern/

Hey! Finished the prototype in 11 minutes! :)

I'm planning to embark on making a gnorp-like soon, and that lead me here! I really enjoyed playing this, the visuals are nice and the progression feels good.

Most of my criticism is about quality-of-life things.  It felt like at the end of the first music track (or the end of the loop, if it's looping) the music volume jumped up?

There's not much indication as to if my wizards or artillery are having more impact on my booms.

The observatory felt slow. 100 science was a low cost for where I was at in the game, so why can't this just be automated? Why do I have to remember to click it every 20 seconds? 

The firework launcher is pretty small! And all the hover UIs are massive!

Overall, the games on a really good path and I wish you luck with it! 

Fun game! The rooms are probably bigger than they need to be, there's lots of walking.

Brilliant game! I fear the best strategy may not involve making a pleasant sound song haha..

This was really fun! A small nit-pick: a delay after killing the last enemy in the wave would be great -- the ability selection screen was a bit of a jump scare! Great work!

Incredible use of the assets! It looks stunning!

This is really impressive. The art is a complete gem!

The main character feels great to play with! The world feels quite sparse, and has no clear focal points or direction, but artistically looks great.

Ambitious effort. There's a really interesting idea here -- I think the game could benefit from more polish (the player controls and hitbox feel a little punishing). The artwork is neat!

Pretty fun game. Given more time, I would love to see some more interesting concepts for the AI. The artwork is superb. The tutorial walkthrough explains all the core mechanics - it would be cool if it also explained the narrative more.

Quite a fun game - the snake influence makes it easy to pickup. Did you experiment with restricting the squirrels movement similar to the dogs?

Nice idle game. The artwork is very stylistic - I am curious if you experimented heavily with the art?

Stellar artwork! And the CRT-style shader fits perfect.

An in-game tutorial would be great, I was a bit confused.

Really easy to pick up. I feel like the first level could have eased me into the game more than it did -- but it wasn't a problem, it just took a few tries!

Interesting idea. The character felt like it slid around a bit too much for me. Great entry though!

Cute game, I can see how it incorporates the theme. The HUD felt a bit too small for me. Great work!

Curious game. I would have loved an in-game objective / narrative, but I am guessing time didn't permit! Great work though! 

Tight core mechanic, feels great to play! 

Great artwork, and I love the enemy design.

Cute game. The simple art style is very stylistic!

So cute!! I will come back and check your final submission ❤️

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide valuable feedback. I had considered providing hints in the itch description, so it is interesting to hear this is something you would have appreciated. Certainly something to consider for next time!

Great to here. Thanks for playing!

We are glad you enjoyed!

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you for the in-depth feedback! We hear your troubles. Thanks for playing!

Thank you for playing. Interesting to hear what level you got stuck on; this is why playtesting is so important! We appreciate all your feedback, hope you enjoyed. 

Very cute entry. I love the music. I also appreciate the decision to show the scale of the character, it's useful for learning how to platform. Great work!

Awh I love the cute style of the characters.

Stunning levels of quality.

Certainly my favorite game I have come across in the jam. Highly polished, interesting puzzles. I understand the main ability does not work in the blue zones -- the line between being in and out of the blue zone is slightly blurred (i.e. sometimes I was unsure if I was really allowed to be using my ability when I was). Incredible work with the game though! 

This game is incredible! So much attention to detail and polish! The gameloop is really fun, I spent a lot of time trolling the penguins purely because how much effort went into the visual effects of penguins falling in the water. Great work!

This is a really interesting game. I appreciate the tutorial, but I would personally have benefitted from more hand-holding. Reading large paragraphs of text is tricky to take in first time. The gameplay is very smooth though, and I love the choice of music! Great work.

Cool game. I like the sound effects.

Great game! Really polished. Good job! :)

Sorry to hear. Thanks for playing anyways!