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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| WINNERS | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| BOSS DESIGN | #2 | 4.217 | 4.217 |
| ART / VISUALS | #5 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Overall | #5 | 3.978 | 3.978 |
| FUN | #17 | 3.883 | 3.883 |
| USE OF THEME | #19 | 3.883 | 3.883 |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #34 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| CONTROLS | #38 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Ranked from 60 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's take on the theme
Exchange the blood spilled by bosses as either a mid fight heal OR save it for later and exchange blood for upgrades. Upgrades are strong buffs / abilities, and the more blood that you bring with you the less punishing your upgrade is.
Did your team create the vast majority of art and music during the game jam?
Yea
Did your game use PlusMusic?
No
Did your game use Playroom?
No
Did your game use generative AI art?
No
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I love the pixel art of this game! And all around is an excellent game. I would play an entire game with that character.
incredible game. the only issue is that the font is a bit hard to read, and i think there should be some more sound effects, but other than that, the bosses feel amazing to fight, and the game look incredible. probably my favorite one in the jam.
Good visuals, themed controls Consistent game theme Excellent use of theme. It feels like playing Dark Souls. perfect!!! 5/5
My game and yours are quite similar in terms of using blood in the theme. I'd love for you to try my game and give me some suggestions if you're interested.
Excellent game in every way. Simple and very polished. This game should definitely win this Jam!
The VFX and boss of this game are perfect, it looks like a polished released game, the controls sometimes don't work right to absorb the blood, the use of theme is simple and great.
The boss designs are so unique, the gameplay is fast paced and challenging, and the music is great! I especially enjoyed listening to the 2nd bosses theme.
Wow, it's a bloody game, and I LIKE IT ! <3
Thanks for playing!!!
Fantastic art and boss design, as well as blood mechanic.
Had a little bug (at least it looks like one) on the second boss, when after the head spin it was not hitting the wall, but rather stopped right in front of him and caught me a couple of times.
Sheer creativity on boss fights is really cool, sooo polished.
thank you!!! yes, the bug on the second boss was such a pain for the longest time, I had to cut my losses and just leave it in, unfortunately.
Incredible art and world building! I really wish there was more chunky sound effects to go with everything. The blood was so flowly and pixel art was so strong, I just wanted a bit more sound to go with it. The music was good but I felt could have been darker to better fit the mood. Loved the animations on the bosses, everything was really clear and learnable, really really good game. Thanks for making this!
yeaaa, i wanted to add more sounds time caught up to me. Thanks for playing!
This is awesome. The pixel art is incredible, the blood looks awesome and the final boss has some really cool visual effects! The gameplay is really fun, and the bosses feel hard but fair. My only slight complaint is that you have to start from the beginning if you die (which you will do a lot of at the final boss). But still an excellent game!
this is so so juicy; the animations are gorgeous
Wow! This is top notch! It is so polished and feels so good to play. From the music to the bloodsplatter to the hollow knight pogoing and not to forget the most metal healing animation, this has to be my favorite game I've played so far. I ran into some bugs with the game crashing or the boss getting out of the arena and soft locking me specifically on the third boss but otherwise an amazing experience
JESUS MATT, I was genuenly saking with the last phase of the final boss. Dude I clapped when I finished the game jajajaja.
Really tight and well tought action and slashing no doubt, Goblin like always did an excellent job, having the blood all over the place in the small jet enough big arenas is such a satisfactory thing as well...
The music specially on the last boss was superv, but for me the heal was incredible situational (mainly because I wanted to be on "hard mode" lol), only healed once on my winned run. The second boss can feel a bit unfair (both spit attack and hitbox on second phase)... But those are literally my only complains, like, damn this is a good job!!
Well, it's cool! Perfect mood from start to end, it nearly feels like a finished game already, I'd say it lacks a few VFX on some scenes or actions but that maybe just me. Musics are so good they felt like it came from a Zelda game. I felt the gameplay was a bit too simplistic on the tuto boss but thinking on it on the next bosses, it's great the way it is, very neat action, like a Megaman game. The clostrophobic feeling of those small rooms on a black screen really adds to the game too.
Cool cool game!
the tut boss is super simple on purpose as we kinda wanted to just let the player try out all the attack options and something not too dangerous, I would鈥檝e liked something cooler for it but I instead put time into other bosses :) Ty for your feedback!
Damn, coolest game on the game jam (not saying best because I'm not a judge XD), the only problem is that I get stuck after beating the multi-eye boss each time for some reason, with the protagonist agonizing mid-air.
Wow! This was sooo good. Amazing feedback and art. Everything is so punchy. One of my fav!
Absolutely gorgeous. Art, sound, story and respect of the jam theme. I loved this one I put it in my top 3. GG !
Waited to play your game the most! I enjoy this bloody-dirty artstyle, mechanics remind me of hollow knight.
I would make player restart from the boss you died on, and not from the begining, but i think you wanted to make some sort of roguelike elements cuz upgrades changes every time.
Catched only one softlock bug, i believe with more time your game could've been even greater. SICK!
What a weird name... Ichorous?! What kind of guy comes up with this?
Simply amazing game. Classic platformer combat action.
Can't say anything about the art and audio, except that they're great. Sounds are a little bit lacking, and can sometimes cut out, but the bosses telegraph well visually, so that is a good-to-have not a need to, in this case.
I'd really love some kind of skip dialog feature, when I inevitably get my ass handed to me, or want to replay the game.
Loved the boss design, and had a blast fighting them, the final boss is a treat, once you get his pattern down.
The second boss - specifically his second phase - is a bit annoying, since it's really obvious where you have your windows of attack.
The purity system is a tad hard to get at the start, but is a very very VERY nice mechanic, that also functions as a player controlled difficulty, and brings longer term consequences to your actions.
A must play. 5/7
P.S.: I did what you asked, please don't send the Jersey Devil after me, I'm begging you
P.P.S.: Could you ask your artist what type of swords inspired him, in his design?
I love the game and the combat is satisfying however I got soft locked in the game one time and it crashed in another.
sorry about that had some unexpected crashes pop up last minute, unfortunately! thanks for checking it out!