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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.265 | 4.265 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #1 | 4.239 | 4.239 |
| USE OF THEME | #1 | 4.521 | 4.521 |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #2 | 4.268 | 4.268 |
| WINNERS | #4 | n/a | n/a |
| FUN | #5 | 4.211 | 4.211 |
| CONTROLS | #9 | 3.958 | 3.958 |
| ART / VISUALS | #12 | 4.394 | 4.394 |
Ranked from 71 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 move by spinning around a tower. Additionally, you also fight using a yoyo, so the theme's been applied twice technically :D
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
Yes
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Comments
Unbelievable! This perspective is insane, and brings a whole new dimension to 2d side-view boss battle gameplay. On top of that, the game looks great and is a lot of fun! In short, 5 stars on many points! Well done :D
Took me over 1000 seconds but I beat them all! The art and music in this game are wonderful, and each of the bosses have very different and interesting mechanics. The yoyo is a nice touch! I played using the controller and, this could be just me, there were a few instances when the yoyo wouldn't attack in the direction I was pressing. Still, I really enjoyed the game! Congrats on a game well made!
I've noticed that the controller thing seems to be something specific to only some users/controllers, but I still need to investigate what the reason for it might be... I'll try my best to get that fixed for a post-jam version! Glad you enjoyed it!
Really fun gameplay, I enjoyed playing and the tower spinning mechanic is super cool. The only thing that took some time getting used to is the controls as I am used to jumping with Z not attacking :D But great game and the art is fabulous!
Damn, the perspective concept is insanely cool, and the execution is top-notch!! I'm absolutely thrilled with everything here, especially the boss fights and the music. Amazing work!
Art style, gameplay, and sound design are great! The bosses were very balanced took me some time to study and get familiar with their attack patterns, the telegraph is good in that almost all of the damage I took was from my mistake except the bird fire bombs, I feel like their hitbox was too large as I was taking a decent distance from the distance when putting it out. Overall I enjoyed the time I've spent on it, and thank you for playing my game live on the Discord server!!![]()
Yeah... there seems to be a bug in which the fireball's collision gets really glitchy sometimes and starts freaking out about how large it should be whenever you hit it. I'll get that fixed right after the rating period. Thanks again for playing, your game was also pretty cool!
I absolutely adore this game, it is near-flawless. Sprites, music, boss design, character design, gameplay, it's so good! It feels like a love letter to Kirby and Sega games, the sound effects and music honestly reminded me of some Game Gear games. The combat is smooth and satisfying, and the game is incredibly challenging, but also incredibly fair at the same time. My only, and I mean only complaint is that the final bosses homing projectile is a little funky, sometimes hitting me when it's already faded away, but I simply changed my playstyle to stay as far away from that projectile as possible.
Please expand this into a full game, I would pay good money for it 10/10
Whoops yeah the homing projectile thing was an oversight on my end, it seems that it might be taking too long to disable the collision after it starts disappearing. Already fixed it for a post jam version.
The game was, in fact, very heavily inspired by that one tower level in kirby's adventure for the NES, so im glad it came through! Thank you so much for playing!
WOW! This game is really cool! LIKE A LOT! The tower spin is really well done and I like it a lot, it reminds me of kirby's tower levels, and it is really awesome and very well executed. Love the animations, the effects, the music, and overall, it's an awesome game! Don't know if someone already pointed it out, but the first boss can fall ontop of your head, lol! Other than that, the difficulty curve is perfect, you learn with each boss and I loved that the Yoyo gives you a height boost, the POGO feels SO AWESEOME TO DO!
Congrats! Great Work!
Ohh yeah no I did not realise that the first boss could fall on top of your head ^^'. I'll get that fixed as soon as I can. Thanks for playing!
My third 5/5 out of lot of tests ! This game is just hitting perfectly what he wanted to show to the player. Nothing to say, it is all perfect ! I would be very curious to see what could it become if it was a full game :)
Also thank you for the Controller handling !!!!
This is definitely the highlight of this jam. Artistic and technical marvel, tight control and insane polish. A little unfortunately that it is being buried by 800 other games. Reminds me of the old GBA games like the Kirby games.
Really cute and fun and unique. And has a controller support!
small thing like hittin enemy twice in one swing makes it feel really rewarding.
This is such an unique game! Despite the spinning mechanic, control is very smooth, and the bosses are reasonable to deal with
This is incredible, I just love the vibe and the controls are so tight, the gameplay is fluid. I need this as a full game.