SynthEscape - A synthwave themed shmup with a playable demo.

[Rabbidtomato]

Hey all, been working on this as a solo dev as a side project for the past few months. As this is the first public release, looking for feedback and making sure I've got a solid foundation to build off of.

SynthEscape is a synthwave themed shmup with an emphasis on grazing bullets to charge your time manipulation bubble, slowing bullets who enter and increasing your score multiplier. This is roughly about half of level 2 (out of five levels).

Playable demo and full video playthrough available. Would love your thoughts!

Demo
https://rabidtomato.itch.io/synthescape-demo

Full playthrough video
https://youtu.be/h_Ff1r7SIu4?si=tH2i1CGUIVBDtRay

[WitnessOfTheFall]

Hey Rabbidtomato!

I’ve just played it.
My score: 160,967, Rank C.

Great demo — nice atmosphere and beautiful graphics (do you use Ansimuz assets too? ). The boss’s death animation is really spectacular!

Only one remark: maybe consider adding more weapons?