Alien Abyss by Tom Stephenson

Browser Playable Here: https://tomstephensondeveloper.itch.io/alien-abyss
Overview
A small survival shooter game.
A lone astronaut has no choice but to dive into an abyss and clear out aliens.
- Arcade Survival Gameplay
- Nice Pixel Art
- Complete Short Experience
- Personal Highscore


CONTROLS
Control | Keyboard and Mouse ------------ | ------------- Movement | Mouse Aim | Mouse Shoot | Left Mouse Button Toggle Music | M Toggle Sounds | S
CREDITS + SOCIAL
Tom https://twitter.com/DeveloperTom1
Will https://twitter.com/RD4Degenerate
| Link | https://tomstephensondeveloper.itch.io/alien-abyss |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/alien-abyss |
Ratings
| Overall | 809th | 3.571⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 826th | 3.405⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1231th | 2.988⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 378th | 4.024⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 784th | 3.786⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 917th | 3.19⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1286th | 3.218⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 32🗨️ |
I could play it for hours :smile:
Art style reminded me old telephone games!
Nice work

What I liked: interesting mechanics, nice music and artwork.
Where I think the game can be improved: the game is fairly easy, gradual acceleration would be a nice addition.
Overall good job!
[The highscore number on screenshot is intentional. I am so much adult :)]

The screenshake after any bullet lands got old. The game didnt really ramp up difficulty so I stopped playing, but great job making a complete small game
Great music and overall audio , You nailed the simple to pick up hard to master vibe , and what an awesome way to incorporate the theme to make for a core game mechanic focused on procedural content !
Excellent work !
Great entry!
On one hand, I love the minimalistic control scheme where the mouse controls both the aim and the movement. And it certainly works well enough, and it's such a core mechanic that it's easy to accept. However, it is a bit annoying in practice, it is very hard to aim close to yourself, or aim "intuitively" without moving. Maybe I would have preferred to play with a more conventional arrows + mouse aim setup.
Nice art and music.
I wish there were more sound effects, for example when you're shooting your gun.
Thank you!