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Game's Take on the Theme
The player has mastery of a technique known as the forbidden spin, which they can use by pressing the Z button. It is an essential mechanic to complete the game.
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
I made all of the character art, however most of the UI were free assets, I did not create music or sounds.
If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
Craftpix.net - free game assets and Mounir Tohami for UI. Pixabay used for music.
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I really enjoy the artstyle of your game! It's a little difficult, but I like the overall game and sounds!
I like the visuals in the game, really well made, the animations are cool and all feels nice, the ambient is well made too, I could advice you some thing, I noticed at times the walking animation is not playing and takes a second to start, I think this could be due to the state in animation that maybe has "exit time" enabled, maybe im wrong, but i think could be this, its easy to fix, so im sure you fix this in a moment, but aside from this, the mechanics and everything works great. I rate graphics, fun, control and music on top, but all is great, also, if you have some time, please, rate my game too, thanks!!!
Loan sharks being actual sharks will never not be funny to me.
This game has a nice retro essence. It feels like we're starting a game on our GameBoy rather than a submission for a JAM. The aesthetic is really well mastered, I think your goal was to create a game that resembles the old ones we used to play in our youth?
Regarding the mechanics, I liked it. I just wish that when you pass over an enemy while turning, there was more feedback. Also, the controls are a bit slow, and several times the attack or movement didn’t respond. However, this doesn’t make the game unplayable.
Overall, I enjoyed my experience with it, and also, is it just me, or when I hit an enemy, does it make some sort of "SIUUUU" like CR7??? xD
Interesting game! The dialogues are well implemented and the story is funny. The art is great and the music is a bop! :)
I also have some criticism, that I hope will be useful:
The controls were a bit strange, for example, when pressing two directions at the same time, instead of going diagonal or just changing direction, the character would stop, and this can result frustrating during a bossfight where you have to move to dodge attacks. Also I found the stopping delay of the melee and spin attacks a bit too long. This could make the game pretty strategic on where to position yourself to find the best spot to attack and run away, tho I don't know if it was intended. Also, going over the scroll and clicking on it to begin felt a bit counter intuitive, I think making a "interact" prompt or picking it up automatically would be better.
The bosses, I feel they are pretty random, for example the attacks aren't well telegraphed, I often got hit multiple times by hits that I couldn't dodge or didn't know that were coming, which felt unfair.
The moveset of the character is varied, but I would've appreciated if the spin would've been elaborated more, for now I feel it's just an attack like any other, but also pretty risky sometimes, as a projectile could spawn on you as the spin is ending.
I sometimes was also unable to use all the extra mechanics, I guess it's linked to the bar in the bottom left, and if it is I feel like this makes the extra moves even more risky, and that mechanic wasn't really explained.
Thank you for this detailed review! I will definitely use this to improve the game.
Color palette is good!! Thanks for doing this
Fun game! Creative and funny dialogue and story, I like it
Pretty fun. I kinda wish it was more centered around the "forbidden spin" attack, the basic melee one is a bit boring.
Neat game with a retro aesthetic. Art, music, SFX all complemented each other nicely.
The progression system is really cool too. I liked how you worked each new ability/powerup to the fight you had just completed. Bosses all felt unique and had some character to them.
For improvements, controls are a bit weird. Something like WASD to move, left click attack, right click spin, space jump attack, Shift or F for teleport attack would make more sense imo.
Well done for submitting in the timeframe!
Thanks for these control suggestions! I've tried these and they feel so much smoother!
Nice little game! The visual style is very pleasant, and the music is beautiful. The theme is implemented in a fun way. The bosses are cool, but the final one absolutely wrecked me! Great job!