underrated game that peters out HARD by the end as most playdate games tend to. i really don't think screen crunch is an issue given that all of the patterns and encounters are designed around it. however the dev clearly blew his load early and made a great first stage with the next 2 stages being way worse and way easier. feels great to play and master there just needs to be more of it and more thought put into the bosses past stage 1.

edit: replaying this for no-miss really improved my opinion of this game. once you figure out how scoring works, the game opens up a TON and many things that i thought were issues actually work really well. only big complaint that still remains is the ease of bosses past stage 1, especially for the true final boss.