vividlope is kicking my ass but in a cute y2k bunny way.

it's probably fine playing casually. it's fun but challenging if you wanna "V" rank it (yes all good games are going to do that now). I think Pizza Tower was right to lock first time runners out of the second lap and P-ranking until beating the level. as for V-ranking, there's a lot of silly rank requirements for it. it can be hard to predict and plan for where the fruits appear, and there's no good indicator for unbroken chains. A lot of the challenge comes from the game speeding up as you do well, hazards hiding around corners, and enemies building up like crazy unless you picked up an item to deal with them. usually I give the level a few tries and develop a strategy for getting the first unbroken chain, then winging it from there lol

gameplay aside, there's a shit ton of effort in the aesthetic. I could see this being a cult classic from 20 years ago

kinda cute but wasn't really hooked to continue the demo. love the adaptive music idea though, goes a little hard. I guess I should give detailed feedback:
- Attacking became routine pretty quickly. The timed input boost is always right after I select the attack?
- Enemy's attacks aren't creative in the way Undertale does it so well.
- Precision platforming in this perspective and at these speeds is hell. I see why the Mario and Luigi RPGs make you move slower and don't have many death pits as far as I remember.
idk if devs read these