Escape The Tank

Awesome early access game, cant wait to see it fully finished. Cool concept from an up and coming game developer; who actively takes on feedback from users.

For someone's first game this is genuinely very good! Simplistic platforming and puzzles, some enemies with good pathfinding that pose as good obstacles, and an easy to understand premise: Escape the tank. Since its his first game its incredibly low budget quality, which is to be expected, but its still very good. [i]Note to the developer:[/i] [i][u]Things you might wanna look into when you remake this[/u][/i] [list] [*]Complete overhaul of the ui, its pretty messy at the moment. [*]Some different enemies other than the manta ray. It serves its purpose, but it starts to get annoying to see the same toothy-mouthed enemy coming at you. Maybe some piranhas or sharks? The lionfish could also have some other variants such as a pufferfish. [*]Show what level you are playing when you pause the game. I got confused on which level I was on halfway through my playthrough and had to search the level list to find where I last was. Maybe lock the levels until you beat the previous one to avoid confusion too. [*]Have the game remember your progression and start you on what level you were last on when you hit "Play" rather than starting you on the first level. [*]Less intense lighting, those bright whirlpools did a number on my eyes (which granted you did warn with the flashing lights warning, but still its unnecessarily bright). [*]A simple tutorial on the first level to make it clear what the objective is. I went into the game blind so I didn't know my objective was to get to the exit "portal" thingy in the top-left corner of the tank at first. Maybe explain some of the puzzle mechanics too, but honestly discovering how they worked was very fun so thats up to you. [*]Keybinding options or otherwise maybe rebind the dash and stop/drop buttons to LMB and CTRL. X and Q get mixed up pretty quickly imo. [/list] All of these are just my constructive criticism on the game. It's incredibly well done for your very first game! Keep up the good work! I'm really curious to see what stuff you make in the future.

For the price of one dollar, this game is not not bad, although it is not without its flaws. The music is pretty loud, and I had to use my volume mixer to reduce it to a tolerable level. The atmosphere of the levels is excessively blue, lacking in contrast. Staring at the game for an extended period of time gave me a headache. The hints could also be more descriptive. However, despite these shortcomings, the game is a worthwhile purchase for one dollar. The levels are very fun! I enjoyed running from the manta ray enemy, overall it's a decent game 7/10