Nullstar: Solus

Its a fun little game, similar in style to flash game like you would have played on newgrounds 20 years ago. You can finish the game relatively quickly, but for a game like this you don't want it to be too long. Its tough, but fair for the most part. The ships can be a little too slippery and finnicky to control at times, sometime that can be frustrating for games like this that require precision. I played through the game and never unlocked a new ship, which is pretty dumb, as it should just be tied to level completions, but even if its not it should be explained. A few later levels are kind of poorly designed, specifically level 5.13. But its a small team and still an enjoyable game overall. Get it on decent sale. 7.5/10

Glad to see the feedback about the 'instant spawn after death' be incorporated into the full release of the game! The mechanics on disabling directions is a new one to me, and feels like a rewarding skill to master, albeit a bit confusing initally (disabling a direction will still cause the boosters to fire opposite of where you are going, obviously). I first played the demo on Keyboard, but would wholly recommend a controller to make the full use of this mechanic, which even the game pushes you to do during the up/down gravity levels or even when simply attempting to beat the best times. [strike]I've managed to get to World 2 so far, and have almost completed the perfect times on almost all the levels in World 1, with the exception of 1-9 'Arc Conduit'. I'm not one to play platformers very often, but I managed to be #7 on this level with a time of 1.707 seconds (1.600 to beat) using Solus. The next best time is a whopping 1.581, which for these types of games is a quite significant jump leading me to believe I was beaten using one of the locked ships, Horizon, which has a boost in horizontal movement speed. I myself have beaten the best time of 1-8 by 0.1 seconds simply by switching to Titan and ramming into the last laser beam to complete the level. Unless the developers intended for players to beat the best times with specific ships, this feels like a major oversight on leaderboards, and would love to see an icon of some sort to let the player know which ships they've beaten a level with and allow all players on that specific leaderboard to compete on an even playing field, or at least an in-game hint of to let them know to come back to this level in the future.[/strike] After closer inspection, it seems like the leaderboards are in fact separated by ships. If there was a different change I'd like to see, it'd be some more clarity on how the data is represented (using each ship's icon maybe) and some more obvious way to tell the player how to switch between leaderboards/ships, as Z or C is not otherwise used in game. The rest of the game feels polished, using expressive pixel art combined with smooth animation that just feels great to play. Movement can feel 'floaty' to an extent, though this is intentionally done so to reward players who interact with the 'disable engine' mechanic and ties in to some more subtle mechanics like gravity and friction to allow for some rewarding drifts. Well worth the price tag!

Music and art is good and pretty, controls are tight and the gameplay is incredibly skilled based but i will never get to the global leaderboards because i drive the ship like i am 105 years old.

Stylish art and killer soundtrack

Fun & addicting 2D precision platformer. It knows what it is and does what it sets out to do at a very polished level. - Fast paced level design that encourages mastering levels and speedrunning - Soundtrack that had no right to go that hard - Polished and readable pixel art

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ I wasn't able to beat lvl 13 of World 5 but we did a pretty okay job for someone is not good at these types of games. Still alot of fun, I just don't have the skill for it ^^; https://youtu.be/8rs-ORjqDZU

(My playtime is low here, because I've mostly played on PS5) This is the first game I've played in a longtime that really has something really unique in terms of movement mechanics for timetrials (last game that felt like that was Aero Racer / Rocket Racing, which is so old now). Switching off thrusters to produce more power to the remaining ones is such a novel concept -- and a really brain-bending one. As a result this feels like a complicated mix of a puzzle game mashed with fast-paced reflex driven action (probably a little too fast for me hahaha -- my chances of getting 100% on things here feels low). Love it, it's great!

Soooo. im leaving a positive review becasue i need to help the Devs fund their "fursuits" and "Solussuit" they told me to do it and i gotta say, im convinced :) so heres my review for you Devs and i hope you can see im helping you to not be homeless :D

The game is freaking good man. Play it!!!!

Really atmospheric pixel art style and incredibly smooth gameplay and transitions to go with it. The mechanics for gaining more speed can be tricky to get the hang of, but they are consistent and offer a good challenge