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Game's Take on the Theme
Every turn, the bosses spin around and you fight a different one in a cycle. The story structure also ties in with the theme.
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
I made everything in the game.
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The circus-style bosses were very good (I really liked the sad elephant). The arts are also very cool.
Great idea based on the jam’s theme, and the bosses spinning with each turn/attack was really creative. I found the elephant the most fun to fight—he felt more balanced, and both of his attacks were interesting. I did two runs, and in both, he ended up as the final boss.
I wish there were more control options; my fingers were hurting by the end because of using Space and Shift. I would have preferred using the mouse for one of those actions. The music is also great, t fits the game perfectly. Well done!
Thanks so much for the feedback! The elephant is an absolute tank lol
I enjoyed the turn based and real time mix up, as it made a good balance of active gameplay but not too hectic. It would have been great to see this expanded with more attacks but understand this is a jam so limited in what is achievable. I thought some of the boss attacks where cool (the elephant blow back I liked in particular), but felt some of them didn't give you much queue to avoid.
I like the idea with this mix of turn/real-time based combat. Though some attacks felt a bit too easy to deal with (like gymnastics or security). Overall would be also nice to see description of attacks. and maybe some more advanced mechanic to attack itself: dunno if you deal more damage if you press Z/arrow keys faster, but would be cool to have some kind of rhythm mini-game there, which decide if you can miss, deal normal damage or crit with the attack.
The damage does actually vary randomly, but it's not noticeable. Also, you can miss if you mash too slow. I understand it definitely needs more minigames though lol. I also never considered crits, that's a great idea. Thanks for playing!
that was really cool good job, i thought i cant dodge or dash but then i realized its ctrl even tho the first 2 men tought me a lesson but i guess i didnt understand :D
Didn't understood how to attack at first, but after that, cute experienc e! GG