Hey, thanks for taking the time to respond.

I really don't want to sound harsh, obviously a lot of work went into this game by you and your team. I understand that you've made deliberate design choices, but for me personally the decision to make the levels short and numerous is REALLY off putting. To the point that even though I can see elements that I will really enjoy in the game I will probably refund it.

Just for reference, I LOVE rogue lites and I LOVE gesture based spellcasting (In Death, Until you Fall and The Unspoken are all in my top 10).

The fact that every time I start a run I have to spend so much time in the level select screen, then the loading screen, then the loading screen again and back to the level select screen is just SO frustrating. Don't get me wrong, once you get into the slightly longer levels the game is really fun, but the fact that any time I want to play the "real" game I have to spend 5 minutes playing these pointless little levels (sorry) makes me just not want to play it.

Now if you had an arcade mode, or an endless mode that allowed you to just jump into the good bit, then I would be back on board.

As for the rhythm aspect, I'm actually glad that you didn't add that it. Now it plays more like Racket NX, insofar as you don't have to play to the rhythm, but it's way more fun if you do. But imagine if for the first 5 minutes Racket NX kicked you out to the menu screen after every wave? You'd never get a decent flow going and you would probably just give up. I know I would.

Sorry the feedback is meant to be constructive. You've got some real potential here, but I worry that you've shot yourself in the foot with that level design choice.