The art looks nice, but I was very confused.

I like the way you made every collected link mix up the gameplay very cool.

Solid shooter with a nice interpretation of the theme.
A few visual clues would make it a bit more enjoyable though:
- better distinguish the currently controlled ship
- show if shots to the boss actually hit or not (or maybe I never hit it)
A bit 'bland' visually: the colors almost look like CGA ;) (Yes I'm old enough to have known that).
Good entry.

I like the style of the game. Not as easy as it looks first :)

Great take on the theme and a fun game.

Little fun game. Interesting concept. Short.

Your game is very difficult, but I really like the random effects caused by the links, it really spices things up. I was impressed by how many of them there were, too.

Unfortunately the game didn't load for me - first got "too many connections" error, after that nothing at all...

@Ervin Weird O.o. It's just basic flash. Did you try resetting the browser or opening the page again?

Broken link, can't play.

It didn't load for me too. I'll try later

Hi guys, link is indeed broken for some reason, I'm uploading it to itch.io and a new link should be up shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

New link is up. swfcabin was messing up so I uploaded the file to itch.io. It loads faster too. I assume swfcabin failure is a temporary thing, so when it's back up it can be used to confirm that I didn't change anything :)

Can't test it, page doesn't load

Nice entry, I liked the concept and execution. The gameplay was addictive and engaging, so good job. I also liked the loop and art style. Really great game!

Really fun and interesting game, I can't stop thinking about how would the multiplayer work on this!

I enjoyed the little pep talks at the game over screen, very amusing!
The game plays well and is very challenging, it is a great
idea to have the links randomly add gameplay mechanics on
the fly. Very original take instead of just letting you
switch and provide power ups. You can never know what to expect when picking up a link.
Recommended!

The link worked this time, thankfully considering the name of your game. Amazing amazing amazing. Art, sound effects, music, gameplay mechanic, controls, cheesy backstory, everything is top-notch. A+

Great idea with the links. Makes it stand out from the crowd ;)

Excellent use of the theme. I found myself not wanting to pick up links when I found one that gave a good effect, but I know that's the goal. The gameplay was quite solid, but a bit difficult to multitask at 3 am.

You really nailed the theme with this one, simply a blast to play. The graphics remind me of old DOS games, which puts a bit of nostalgia as icing on the top :)

Once I got a hang of the controls, I enjoyed playing. Good design and fun challenge.

The concept is pretty interesting, at least for me it was very difficult. Maybe I'm not good at multitasking. The variety of enemies and links made the game feel polished. Nice take on the theme!

Challenging but I really liked the concept. I also liked the gameplay a lot as it was simple but constantly changing due to the different '?' abilities. Fun game!!

You took the common two screens/worlds kind of game and you brought it to another level in a very interesting implementation. Collect links to randomize rules of connection between the two screens is awesome. Even if it could be a negative rule, you HAVE to collect it in order to increase your score... It's really cruel! But it's also a very neat game design. Congratulations. 4/5 currently, 5/5 with a solid realization.

A fun twist on 2D shooters. Links made you stay alert to both screens. I liked the simple graphics. Great job!

NIce stuff, innovation but fun too.

Your game is hardcore, maybe you want to sell it in Korea xD.
Good job, it's a complete game.

Wow, that's quite difficult - I really can't multi-task! Really nice concept though and everything feels 'right' about the game. Liking the little humorous touches.

I quite like this. There are a lot of interesting little mechanical experiments, like the difficulty management and the way that changing links is your score. Compatriate immunity is plainly the best, so I just wanted to use that...but then I wouldn't get any more points!

I'm also impressed with the production values. A clean design means that I've found keeping track of which world I'm managing is much easier than in many similar entries that I've played so far.

It's very difficult, but awesome!! :D

Really liked the game. Link power-ups are great. Graphics look good as well. It was a bit hard to see which ship you are controlling.

I liked the use of the theme, made for an interesting take on shooters that make you concentrate more.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING A GAME HARDCORE GAMERS WILL ENJOY!! this was not easy, boring, or slow. Very nice entry!

Just a perfect little game :) Great and original interpretation of the game. Just a few bosses and a bit more variation and this would have great replayability

Very fun game. Great gameplay. It was interesting seeing this game being played on stream :)

Nice shmup! The randomness gave at this game a ton of replayability. Too bad there is just one boss. Nice sounds and graphics as well.

I'm so bad at coordinating the ships, it keeps telling me to be ashamed of myself... Good game.

I suck on this one. But it is well done, pretty challenging

Really hard (or maybe I just suck at shoot em ups) but I liked it a lot. I'd love a windows executable to play calmly offline :)

That felt awesome! Managed to get to the second beast but had the link where both ships control alike and that was it for me :)

Good graphics and sound. Loved that the collected links had a different effect but I was not really fond of giving up the current link effect to get a new -potentially less awesome- one (although there's equal chance of getting a better one).

It's a really solid and fun game!

Nice game, congrats! Very funny.

Cool game! Solid concept. Nice simple art. Good job!

I like the idea, and it controls well. Though I would of liked a stronger visual indication of which ship was in control.

to hard for my brain!! :-)
+ cool game play idea

Very challenging!

That was a lot of fun, the mechanics were simple enough and the player-switching was easy to keep track of (which definitely wasn't the case with a lot of games). The boss fight was fun, and it was neat seeing what all of the different links did!

Hi there. Found it too tricky to play pretty quickly, but can see that it would keep an adrenaline junkie flying for a long time. Like the steady buildup of difficulty. Good pixelart and chiptunes. Would have preferred two keys for selecting which ship rather than toggle. Good job!

Fun shmup, should be more prominent which "window" is currently focused. Would have liked more interaction/interplay between the two sides.
A few more random thoughts:

Love the autotracker-bu music, make me cry every time. Thank you based autotracker-bu.

Having a big wall of text in the first screen is a good way to make people not read something.

Difficult game. I have troubles switching between ships and handling things fast enough. I liked the idea though.

I guess I would have wanted it to be easier :D
- auto-shooting would have made things easier
- maybe no insta-death but rather take damage?
- "repair" those damages...

Nice retro feel in the art style & sounds.

Challenging game to play, but I liked the game play, it really fit the theme. I liked that sometimes you could control two ships.

I really liked this entry. I loved how the links changed up the gameplay, and also counted as the score. So if you wanted a good score you had to keep changing how the game is working. The art and sounds were pretty nice too.

Got a whopping total of nine links on my best try out of four or so tries. Too bad that last link was "Great minds" which made me steer into a bullet straight away.

Plenty hard, but not annoyingly so. Nice risk vs. reward thingy going on with those links!

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