such a challenging game but it was FUN! 

The art and music were so well done!!

Wow, that was hard, but really fun! I didn't manage to beat him yet, but I might come back to this game in the future. Love the graphics!

Cool game! But it was a tad bit difficult :(

Really good game ! I love the gameplay and difficulty and the pixel art is gorgeous :) (seeing the inspiration, it's not a huge surprise that I like it) 

Just a frustrating point : I think you should start the fight after the player presses a key. It allows to breath between tries. It might reduce the frustration of not having time to focus on the challenging fight incoming. 

A very solid submission. It has great aesthetics and well-implemented combat. Here are some suggestions:

• What I was the most annoyed about were the hitboxes. Enemies' hitboxes are big, whereas it feels like my hitbox is too short. Usually, in games you make the player feel a bit better if he has an imperceptible advantage, for instance, if the enemies have bigger hitboxes than the player.
• I haven't found any use for the dash at all; I still received damage
• You should make killing enemies feel more rewarding, like some additional animation of them falling, or blood particles, or something.

A bit off-topic, but using juicy GIFs for the game's banner was a very smart move - that was what made me want to try it.

All in all, amazing job! I wanted to make some samurai game with similar combat for so long, and now I see a very good example! Get in my list of notable projects ;)

One of my favorite game at the moment.
Can reaaly feel the Sekiro's vibes in here. But I can understand that this kind of game is not for everyone.
Fun duel, and I really feel the rythm instored by the enemy between counters and attacks.
I found taht the range of the player is a little short. I have the impression that the sword hitbox is smaller that the sprite, so i found myself in situation where I saw the blade in the enemy whithout registering a hit.

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HARD I don't know what I was doing but damn was that beautiful and more fun than any AAA title ever. Like that was so good, granted, no clue in the world what I was doing but the sounds, the colors, everything else was amazing!

Really beautiful game, I like the pixel art.

Unfortunately, the game is unforging when it comes to difficulty. It's not my jam but I'm sure a lot will get a kick of the challenge.

Didn't see much of the theme but it may come beyond where I was.

I love the samurai duel theme. I also have an idea for a 2d samurai action game(not for the gamejam). The game is crazy diffiicult at least for me or i didn't get the game. I could only killed the first guy by making him dash down the ledge, it doesn't work for the 2nd guy. I can't hit the enemy after i parry their blow. Is there somekind of parry and riposte mechanic?

I really enjoyed the game. It has a really nice rhythm, and with every try i found myself getting more into it until i could beat the samurai. I did not mind the controls, actually I quite like them. Really nice game!

I think my biggest problem with the game is that is that I want to like it because it's so juicy and satisfying to play, but I'm also frustrated with the controls. In my opinion, the rules say that the dash button is there to make it easier but I ultimately found it useless. It kind of reminds me of the back dash from Castlevania Sotn because I never used that button for anything combat related.

If I could pass through enemies or projectiles and if I could just travel a bit further with it, I may have been encouraged to use it more. The parry window is crazy narrow.

Beautiful game and fitting soundtrack and effects. Impossibly hard and let down by it's controls. My initial reaction to the charging opponent was to jump, a movement which doesn't exist. The parry move only lasts for a split second meaning it has to be perfectly timed giving no leniency for mistakes. I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to hold the parry button down indefinitely and it stop once you've parried once. The opponent attacks non stop, even after being parried, giving no room for the player to counter attack. The opponent also has an unfair advantage being able to pass through the player when the player can't pass through him.
Overall needs some polish to mechanics and gameplay but very well executed nonetheless

Beautiful graphics and animations  :D What was the AI part? the enemy tactics? beacause it's really difficult ^^

The animation of the enemies looks super duper cool, the art looks amazing, the AI looks proper. But it's really hard to win. I litterally won the first level by the enemy falling off the stage so that was more an accident than a win imo. I think having the block attack be a hold button would work better to create a more friendly play. The player feedback in the animation of the enemies goes a bit fast while looking pretty. (when to expect what) The enemies do all sorts of crazy tricks, I wanna jump like that as well when I slice their heads off with a sharpened blade. That should sum up how much I adore the art while still being mad that I couldn't win.

Really satisfying combat, Im sure with more time I'd get a lot better at it but I was quite slow to pick up on the pacing. It would have been nice to have something easier to practice on initially as I felt I was thrown a bit in the deep end - but overall, really nice stuff

The game looks and feels amazing, but was way too difficult for me. I also don't get the connection with the theme.

Though the game didn't apply the theme: Breaking the rules. I found the gameplay fluidity satisfying. The parry window in my opinion is far too short. Or perhaps it would make the game easier if the parry action can cancel the attack animation?

Ooooh, a challenging boss fight. It always gets my ADHD going wild.

The fight was not fair in anyway or shape; but great job on fluid animations and indicators. It looks like the early stages of a cool boss fight! 

Great job!

The art and animation is beautiful. I'm not a fighting game person, but I found it way too hard, I was only able to defeat one of the enemies on level 3. I'd take an easy difficulty with a much wider parry window. I did enjoy slashing the corpse of the one guy I finally beat, though :D

I loooooooove the animation and how polished the play mechanics are!!  I liked tricking the ai to charge off the cliff! xD  Really fun and juicy game!!  Amazing work! :D