Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

• I wouldn't have guessed Hades x Breakfast would work so well, but here we are. Pancaketheon is, in both visuals and audio, an amazing game, which when coupled with the intuitive controls and fun, super-simple gameplay, makes it an amazing entry. Tons of content too, especially for a 7DRL - I played through the game several times just to test out different abilities and get different endings. It's not perfect, of course: in some cases the gameplay is jarringly slow, such as when enemies appear, and it does little to innovate either in general or in the roguelike genre in particular. Still one of the gems of this years 7DRL, a fun sort-of PG-13 dating sim with refreshing characters and gameplay variety.
• Very impressive scope and art. The Hades influence is appreciated. I like how it allows you to see synergies and build a run from what you are given-- you can't force a particular build on any particular run, but you can still guide it and make decisions about what you want. I won a number of different games focusing on different abilities or trying a balanced combo, and all of the runs felt different. Playing the game makes you think about other possible synergies and mechanics that would fit the theme well, but for a 7DRL the amount of content that made it in is more than fair. Music is nice as well, I ended up playing like Necrodancer sometimes-- moving to the beat. The length and difficulty are reasonable for a 7DRL, though a little on the easy side overall. Nice character art as well.
• It's always a pleasant surprise to play a 7DRL as polished as this one. It feels very complete, end-to-end. I was able to win on my fourth run. Really excellent work.