ASTRONAUTILUS

So glad I waited for the loopbreaker update to play this. If you have even a passing interest in Star of Providence or maybe minishoot adventures (as well as the bigger shmup genre) you'll love this game.

This game deserves far more recognition, it's a project that shows clear passion behind it. A shmup/roguelite with a heavy emphasis on the shmup portion, it placing importance on the player's skill to complete it's challenges that could all be reliably done with the base starting kit. The roguelite elements present are more there to add variety in weapon types, upgrades and foes faced rather than the mechanics be strictly relied upon to beat the game as commonly seen with a lot of other roguelites. It additionally has some very cool secrets and puzzles present, that while they can feel slightly confusing at times I can at least appreciate for being able to implement these sorts of interesting mechanics in a shmup of all things. So while Astronautilus does lack some slight polish in a few small areas, these can be largely overlooked and I largely expect these to be fixed with time after it's recent large content update. The game also has an absolutely sick soundtrack, definitely recommend giving it a listen.

i cant believe it, they put fishs in space

A really cute schmup with a charming array of sea creatures <3

A shmup roguelike with a much heavier emphasis on the shmup aspect rather than the roguelike aspect, which needless to say I think makes it even more enjoyable for someone like myself. This is a sidescroller shmup with the usual screen clear bombs and a few different weapon types you unlock as you progress, but nearly every weapon including your default peashooter offers different pros and cons. Alongside this, at least for your first leadup to the final boss this is a story centric game, which I found to be a really interesting push for replaying previous levels as well as going out of your way to uncover secrets, albeit maybe 1 or 2 parts of these confused me a bit BUT I enjoyed my time with this portion regardless. On top of this the game absolutely oozes charm, a lot of brightly colored visuals on characters and enemies to contrasts the darker background assets which makes for a unique style and easy readability, music's fantastic too. Overall? I think this is not only a good roguelike but a really great entry point into shmups as a whole, its quite rare to see a sidescroller shmup in any capacity nowadays compared to the abundance of vertical ones.

Funny Fish Game. For real though, this game is enjoyable at its core. The presentation and gameplay work in cohesion to create a great experience. In particular, I enjoy the weapon system as it encourages you to change weapons many times during each run, and every weapons feels fun to play. Show your support for this hidden gem of an indie game.

Good game but why controllers are not supported?

I bought this game predicated on the fact that controller support would be added and it never was. As such, I don't recommend purchasing it.