Infernal Racket

This game is a charming little smash-em-up wherein you play a demon obsessed with smashing glassware and statuary, to the consternation of security guards, automated drones, and the vengeful spirit of glass. It's a fun play as is -- smashing stuff is very satisfying -- but personally, I think the game could use a lot more balance changes before I'd be willing to commit to it again. For one, health is a very limited resource in the game. You start with three hearts, and your only method of refilling them is either taking a one-time Full Health upgrade when leveling up (potentially skipping a more useful upgrade for your long-term survivability), taking the Cannibalize upgrade when leveling up (which lets you kill enemies for health, though this is balanced to take many enemies' lives before you regain a single heart, and the amount of enemies you need to kill only increases per heart regained), taking a new heart container upgrade (which doesn't actually refill any missing hearts, just gives you 1-2 new full ones), and a one-time upgrade which resurrects you upon death. Frankly, there needs to be more methods to refill health, or the game will only appeal in the long run to the hardcore "Gimme more challenges!" crowd. I'd suggest having health pickups sometimes drop in levels (either from enemies or smashed objects); maybe automatically top off your health on a level-up; maybe change the balance on Cannibalize so that it's not almost completely useless. Another source of frustration: as the game progresses, it gradually turns into a bullet-hell game, and mobility options are limited. Movement is fairly slow, and there are only two upgrades which help: an upgrade which gives a 12% boost to movement speed, and a berserk-mode upgrade, which grants you temporary increased speed, damage, and invulnerability at the cost of getting hit. (See my previous remarks about health; in the long run, berserk is a losing prospect). I'd like to see more movement speed upgrades, as well as some jump-themed ones -- higher jump height, additional air jumps, maybe an air dash or something, I dunno. I also saw another reviewer mention that enemy shots needed sound, and to that I'd like to add that their warm-up should have sounds too, when a guard is aiming or when a drone is charging. Last, I would like to see some kind of freeplay mode put in, for those who just want a stress-free smashing experience. I'd definitely find such a mode super relaxing, and if it was in the game I'd have a million hours in it by now. All in all, I recommed the game. It's fun as it is, but there's definitely room for improvement.