The artwork is interesting and charming. If it were refined to be more orderly, it would be awesome. The boss is quite difficult to dodge. If you can add dodge dash that would be great. The game is very fun. Great work.

I like the artstyle of the game which you created yourself. It looks hand drawn but i'm not sure, it could be pixel art as well. Although it doesn't really appeal to me,  i like a cleaner looking art. This was too expressionist for my taste :) Speaking of expressionism, i think you draw some inspirations from Blasphemous. I get that vibe from art, animations and music also the overall vibe of the game but i might be wrong. Also the grafting mechanic i think is taken from Elden Ring which almost works the same way as this game. I love seeing references from other games in jam games i play.

The boss designs look visually good. Especially the first one but their attacks were too predictable. They give too much window to attack, they stay idle too much which makes them easy. I think 2nd boss has phase 2 but i'm not sure. 1st and 3rd one i don't think they have it

Controls are standart 2D platformer, they work fine but turning left and right is not very responsive, not very snappy if you will but it's no big deal.

Grafting mechanic is very very cool. I gave 5/5 on that one bcs it definitely deserved it. You gain a different attack and you can see the limb you exchanged on your character. I totally dig that!

Overall it's a very solid game. The 2D art and gameplay mechanics need some improvement i think but it's still good game in it's current state. Great job for your team and best of luck!

This one blew my mind with the amazing boss design and attack patterns, hard as nails as well. Really good job!

Wow you weren’t kidding when you said we made similar games lol. I love that someone else explored the same ideas. Also your art is amazing and I’m blown away that it was all done during the jam, great job!

For constructive criticism:

• I wish there was more oomph on the attack. It feels kind of hollow right now when you hit things
• I had trouble where I couldn’t switch direction sometimes when I was attacking repeatedly, which was frustrating
• I couldn’t always tell what part I was replacing - e.g. some of them show a torso but change out the arms. Maybe this is my bias from my own take on things, though
• I’m guessing you know this but just looping back to the earlier bosses was underwhelming, I was excited to see the next boss!
• For the fire guy, I found it hard to read which projectiles were immediately harmful and which were going to splash on the ground and do a fire spout.

Oh BTW, because you posted something similar- I went for the fist, then lifesteal, then the rapid attack :) The bee boss is my favorite

Very cool battles and controls.

The graphics are good it sometimes it was hard for me to tell what was happening. I would personally go for less details and more focus on contrasting the background fromt the characters and projectiles.

I liked that the exchanged mechanic had visual feedback with you getting things from the bosses like weapons or companions.

I feel like the blue boss could benefit from more telegrahing of the attacks.

The game could also use more feedback for when the player takes damage.

The music was great!

Absolutely fantastic visual design. I'd really love to see a full game employing this aesthetic. I think the game would heavily benefit from a bit more player feedback regarding when they've taken damage, and how long after taking damage they're invincible, but overall great job!

Lovely stuff! Ok I dig this, and I gotta tell you why.

Well, first off I gotta list some small issues, but only because I think it could be helpful and informative.

For me, the list of controls was so much that I had some tiiiny trouble figuring out what's what. But it came to me in about 10-15 seconds!
Upon boss death, particles and enemies remain. Damage was not generally the issue - however, when I would use my sword attack to defeat these enemies, a power would be selected before I could read what I got. Luckily the powers are so jammin' that I didn't mind when my health was halved and this little bee guy was hanging around.
1st. Boss optimal strat is to jump in place and wail on him from the right platform, ignoring his attack pattern.
And that's pretty much it in terms of issues. I may have had one or more else, but I forgot them as I typed.

So, with that out of the way, please allow me to admire what you've got going on here:

The way the character slides in the same direction as he slashes, AWESOME! Yes this is for me, I love these small precision implements.

I was hesitant to accept things like "faster attack, weaker damage, less range" but when I did, WOW!!! That felt great. It's like, when you spell these things out, it doesn't sound like an upgrade, but it's like exchanging bowser for fox in SSBM. Felt fantastic, looked almost as great as it felt.

The boss hitboxes were NICE and PRECISE!!! Especially the towering bug creature's X attack. I dodged it by going in between the X slashes without really going out of range, and that felt GOOD!!! I won't pretend to know exactly how you've set it up, but whatever you did, no complaints from me.

Speaking of - the art style was fantastic. Immersive. I did notice here and there little tricks you've employed to ease up the asset process, but each and every time, they fit. Zero complaints. Heck if someone told me you guys decided to upgrade things, I would be skeptical - I would think "are you sure you can top this?"

Excellent work. I would love to someday play a full game that feels like this.

Oh btw, great work on implementing the theme :]

I really liked the visual design of the game, the bosses have cool attacks, and the dynamics are also present. I like that the exchange is implemented simply and clearly, which is rare) The musical arrangement also deserves attention!

Nice game! The exchange mechanic is very similar to ours game ^^ And your pixel art is awesome! 

Really cool game! Incredible pixel art, I just think there might be a bit too much of it. There was no where for my eyes to rest and gave me a sort of out of focus feeling when trying to look at what was happening. You are clearly a great artist I would just pull it back a little and let there be more contrast so the screen is easier to read. Loved the game though, had a blast fighting the bosses. Thanks for making this!

The movement and attacks felt great, lovely boss design and nice sound to accompany the frenetic action. Loved getting rid of those little spawns!

This game is a masterpiece, I love the art style that reminds me of Game Boy Advance graphics. The use of theme is perfect the upgrades add so much to the gameplay, the movement and combat are so smooth I love it.

The art style is really cool, and the special effects are just right. The sound sfx are amazing. The game is challenging, which is great. It would be even better if the player stood out more from the background because sometimes they kind of mix together. Also, having a tutorial level for the controls, especially for special skills, would be helpful as I have been confused at first as to how to use the special skill and when to use it. But overall, great job!

I became a fan of the art style in the main menu, really really gorgeous, game controls nicely and the sfx are well done as well, The game a little hard for me but I will for sure come back to beat it, great job.

I like your unique & intriguing art style, reminds me of Valfaris, which is cool! It's also cool that the game is beatable while challenging at the same time. Once I had that life steal, no one can stop me! haha Thanks for putting those in