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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| WINNERS | #3 | n/a | n/a |
| USE OF THEME | #16 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #24 | 3.710 | 3.710 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #33 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| ART / VISUALS | #43 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| FUN | #44 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
| CONTROLS | #49 | 3.481 | 3.481 |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #56 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's take on the theme
You exchange items with bosses to earn new skills or take some from them !
Did your team create the vast majority of art and music during the game jam?
100% art and music was created by the team during the jam
Did your game use PlusMusic?
no
Did your game use Playroom?
no
Did your game use generative AI art?
no
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Hey there, I am trying to get other to re-submit their reviews for my game if possible...it was deleted and removed from the Jam on accident based on a technicality which was solved between the Jam Host and a particular asset used in the game...please if you have time, energy, and/or generosity to re-saved your ratings/reviews for the game. I am going through and re-saving yours given my browser kept your rating saved data on my end...but it looks like I lost all 73 reviews and ratings from my end.... :( best of luck to you in the Jam
This one I reviewed earlier and felt unfair what I said and played and actually went and replayed again! Great job! gave you an extra two stars on this one! Best of luck to you!
Wow, a really really solid project here.
It's fun, cute, and has a good interpretation's.
Good Job.
Very polished experience!
This was a very polished experience for a jam game. My nitpick is I wish there was anticipation of the attacks. I had to play really held back due to the attacks just starting out of nowhere. The exchange mechanic was also not very viable during combat but I can see how it can be if there were more weapons. I love the boss variety and their attack patterns. This was one of the best I played so far.
Switch meachanic are good and visual,art,music polished. Well done
Great game! I thoroughly enjoyed the aesthetic, and man the game music is a banger —awesome job!
This one is very good. It fits the theme very well and the game is also fun to play. The replay value in this game is pretty good.
But the game seems to not demonstrate enough of its features at the start and it took a while for me to learned more features thing in the game.
Nice and consistent art style, the switching mechanics are a bit problematic and most of the time I used a sword or spear, some boss attacks don't have proper feedback and the player's health is very low.
Your take on the theme is great. The controls and art are really good.
Great use of the exchange theme, the attacks and combat felt good.
Really cool! I was really surprised by the number of bosses in this game. I did a few different (unsuccessful) runs and didn’t see any repeat bosses. I really like the use of the theme. Swapping weapons in and out always felt good and each weapon seems to have meaningful differences with other weapons. Music, art, everything is really solid. All-around great entry!
I like the exchange mechanic a lot! Also the upgrades on the weapons are cool. Nice job!
Great game, the bosses are really fun to fight, the sounds and visual are great and the use of the theme is great, Overall, the game is very fun. I don't know what else to say.
I just love this Game!
Really fun game! didnt expect you can combine same weapon to have it upgraded, and love the variation is bosses. (side note: whats the key for? died just after finishing the last boss which somehow oneshot me)
Congratulations on finishing the game and thanks for the feedback :)
The one shot thingy is weird because you cant lose more than 1HP and get a 1sc invunerability after taking damages, I'll look at it tho
If you are wielding a key when the doors spawns, there is a high chance that one will be a chest room, which contain a weapon of the same rarity as the key (you can upgrade keys), and an amount of gold equivalent to the price of that weapon
ahh i see i just got the key right before the final boss thought it can unlock the boss lol, to clarify how i got 1 shot basically i got freeze when the final boss died but the attack with multiple spawns (the book/scroll attack) was still active and think all spawned on me
Very nice game, fun to play! The sounds fit the game very nicely! Bosses are very cool, not repetitive and it isn’t a “clicker” game lol. But I feel like the game should pause when you try to change the item which to shoot.
Thanks for the feedback ! And yeah, once you understand you can hold the left click down, its not a clicker indeed :)
Do you mean when selecting the item, or when aiming where to throw the selected item ?
Wait you can hold left click? lmao
Yea I mean when selecting an item, when throwing the game should play normally (maybe could be slown down, but normal speed should be good).
When selecting items the game is already x10 slower 🤔
Very nice use of the theme and also very nice visuals. Gameplay can seem a bit challenging but still provide a lot of fun. Nice work :)
The art is visually clean and the sfx is so good! Took me a hot second to figure out the controls.
Really fun and challenging game! I love the art and music, really great game, great job.
Nothing much to say about this 5-star rated game.
did you update the game to be harder? I finished the game last play but for rate period I keep dying don't know why
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