Well @FuturecopLGF kinda summed up my thoughts on this one. I'd also add that while the rest of the game progresses smoothly enough, the final boss suddenly spikes up the difficulty to such an extreme that it is nigh impossible to beat without being fully upgraded.
Reviews for "Ex4ce Beginnings"
Graphics have that retro feel that can only pixel art can give you. Using the mouse to move was a wise idea. Difficulty starts out easy enough, so it helps to get the player invested. If you included a shield and maybe a life gain pick up, it could help this game out.
the popups every time you buy an upgrade were excessiive.
the inability of the game to capture the cursor and avoid the deadness when mouse left the field was annoying.
the slow rate of acquisition of "research material" was an impediment to player empowerment which is key for a game like this.
re: author. you have no idea what i was talking about with regards to the popups.
cp99 responds:
Yeah Phaser3 didn't give me much of a choice with regards to mouse coordinates outside of the canvas area... kinda rude of them, hence I'm switching to Defold they might have it.
Also moving the mouse outside of the game might be interpreted as glitch instant teleports thus exploits... but yeah rude of me.
Popups are timed to appear every 5 minutes top, the first one is to give the player 1000 free stars... and then every 5 minute 1000 stars to aid the player... pretty rude of me I see. My bad I guess. Rude of me to ask for support ... I mean the game has pretty good reviews, put my sweat and tears into it, all devs do, known fact. So far the income is pennies but and I'm trying to survive in order to make more arcade era inspired games with a touch of modern and high performance... but yeha how rude of me to ask for support... free is free after all. Next monetzing model should be 3 lvls for free rest, purchase as an downaloadable or have some sort of unlockable content, since support is ... well no-one cares about support and asking them is rude of me. I'm sure there's tones of other better content out there. At least they can afford artists of find collaborations I can't, I'm not as good as them.
GL HF tho