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Game's Take on the Theme
Spinning is the mechanic of your blade to fight the boss!
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
Yes
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Had a lot of fun with this one, actually was a little sad when I saw that there was only one boss. It's a cool simple game, very nice execution, nice graphics, tight controls and nice music too. My first try I was having a hard time hitting the boss, because of sword range and I thought I could only hit him from the sides, since the sword sprite doesn't follow the up and down directions. But the next time I realized that you should actually spin around the boss while attacking which was pretty neat. I liked the boss fight, had the right amount of content, the one thing I missed was anticipation on the attacks, but that wasn't much of an issue. This is nice, I like it.
Loved The art and effects. i issue i found that is when i go full screen Mana and health bars gone completly. but overall it was very fun
Did a lot with very little here, fantastic work.
I think the balance isn't very good, and your throw attack is too hard to hit, making the second phase of the first boss which ought to be faced with skill 2 very hard to do so, as you can't maneuver and throw your sword very well. I couldn't get past it, so I don't even know if it's the first boss or the only boss. If it's the only boss, that's making the most of the one enemy you have, if there's more I can't even imagine what can come after it, since this second phase is this hard.
It wasn't unfun or rage inducing though, it was fun and hard, which is good in my book. Big Blade Ben makes sense, as activating Big Blade is pretty much the default since it also lets you hit the small foes that recover your mana easily and safely, which lets you use big blade again. If Big Blade dealt more damage, it'd probably be enough to balance the second phase.
Thanks for the honest feedback! Really appreciate it. My Games tend to be very hard... Feel free to test "Can you beat the square". Its very challenging.
Big Blade Ben is still in development. There will be more Bosses, more Skills to upgrade, etc.
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Cute game, felt very smooth and has good tutorial. I would only say, since your game does require only keyboard for gameplay, then it will be better, if I could move through the menus with keyboard too. Otherwise if I lose to the boss, I have to switch to my mouse to press retry button.
Thanks, that's a good point!
Loved the art, music, and general retro vibes. Gameplay felt really good and fun. The second phase of the first boss is really challenging, perhaps too challenging without some way to heal.