Astral Flux

I'm to buys enjoying the music kinda sad that when i die the maps change the music so when you get locked in to a certain tune then die it makes it that much more painful. I don't normally play platformers or roguelites but if you're better at them than me you might enjoy it.

Astral Flux is a terrific platformer with quirky roguelite level generation and other elements. Looks & sounds great, controls are super smooth, good enemy variety, great boss fights. Challenging fun! Astral Flux really has some awesome environments and enemies (if you can survive long enough to meet them!). If you're up for a challenge, Astral Flux is great. Features some roguelike elements, great for replayability. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/

A very charming and tight platfomer in the style mashup of Spelunky and Metroid. Really good art design, some exceptionally crispy platforming mechanics, and just a really nice vibe overall. Excited and interested to play more! The only nit I have is that the oxygen meter makes the initial stage maybe a touch too fast or frantic. 5 minutes might seem like a lot of time on paper, but otherwise I'm sprinting straight for the objective. It does make for a pulse pounding experience, but I think gets in the way just a touch. If I had 7-8 minutes on the first stage, or maybe some more oxygen trees to pause the timer...

Just a note, I played a bunch of this on my steam deck over the past few days while I was travelling, and as usual steam is screwing up the total game time, so it shows me as only having 5 minutes in game. I've got a couple hours in at this point on steam deck. This is a cute game. Love the graphics and the general feel, especially the saturated color palette. They did a great job with that. Overall control of the character is good, I didn't have any control issues. I played primarily on steam deck. This game reminds me much more of something like Spelunky than it does a roguelite... in fact I think even saying it has roguelite elements is a bit of a stretch. There isn't much in the way of permanent meta-progression that I can detect. Pretty much when you die you lose everything and start over. There are one or two unlockables but most of the actual upgrades are either found during the run and go away when you die. What I really don't enjoy about this game is the oxygen mechanic. They use oxygen as a run timer. If you ever played Spelunky, you are familiar with the ghost timer, which was probably the least popular mechanic from that game. This is the same idea... you …

Great game. Very fun and challenging. Controls are excellent. The mix of pixel art with a touch of 2d effects is very nice touch. If you enjoy Metroidvania games pick this up.

Pretty fun