Love the combat, swinging the sword looked & felt great. I did struggle with the parry. The tile artwork is amazing, love the level of detail. Works really well with the moody lighting. Great work.

Good game! The atmosphere is awesome! My only complaints are the sprite animations and the fact that the buff control didn't seem to work:( Nonetheless good job!

The gameplay, visuals and overall mood are all spot on and feel really great. I really enjoy how the mechanics all play off together and provide a very expansive set of tools to play with.

That said, I felt that the early levels didn't really cultivate within me the want to really experiment with those great foundations. Instead it seemed more optimal to race through with the vignette on high parrying and slicing away.

In that way maybe focusing the early levels a little more could help to encourage players like me to really explore the great set of systems you've built.

But if you nail that progression, I can't help but think these mechanics would make a great little indie.

You nailed the atmosphere of your game, it's immersive and engaging. Tutorial layout was well done, I liked it. Some things that can be improved though are the control scheme, as I found myself using "space" as my preferred dash button. Maybe other players have this issue as well. It's just a common muscle memory. You can try using "Alt" for parry, it's near the thumb.

Alongside with the parry, maybe have a basic "block" mode, where the sword stays in place when the player holds down the button. And would eventually break when enough hits are taken.

As for the challenge, it's pretty hard when it came to the cannons, because sometimes they're off-screen and takes you out before you could react. Basically it needs countdown sound cues before they shoot. You already have the visual for it, just need the sfx. 😊 Also, good thing it doesn't restart all the way to the beginning after death, and that to me is respect for other people's time, which is nice! Although I accidentally hit ESC, and all my progress was lost the first time. So maybe change that to a pause menu/screen.

I wanted to keep playing the game and ultimately face the boss you crafted, but sadly I had to move on and try the other entries too. But I had a blast playing it! You did very well, great work!

I really liked it...the design and of the game and the music are excelent...but I couldn't figure how to parry....and I've tried everything =(

Amazing game! Parry felt a bit janky at times but was for the most part okay. Music, visuals, SFX and theming were all spot on. I didnt understand how it related to the theme though. I like the sword swinging, reminds me of my old scratch projects. :)

You have some really solid stuff in this game! The art and music was really cool! I love the combat style of the game, but it felt like the parry would sometimes not work at all and other times it would. Very cool game broske!

Really cool game, I really liked the art and music and there was a nice little tutorial as well.

I really missed sound effects for things like opening locked gates and perhaps the elevator. 

The vision mechanic was really cool, but the tutorial only told me that it gives me a buff. The speed I noticed right away, but the damage I had to test for myself.

Also I could easily cheese the boss with melee attacks + running around and in the 2nd phase I only stood still in front of him and spammed the melee attack.

All in all, the game is super cool, amazing job!