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A jam submission

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Boss Rush
Submitted by Ekearis (@liverotsmoon), refthart, RoBusts — 6 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Game's Take on the Theme
The one surrounded by spining floating swords, theres boss who had spin ability too

Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
yeah, music and pixel art, but not for sfx and some icons

If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
SFX https://freesound.org/ https://opengameart.org/ https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/sound-fx/free-sound-effects-pack-155... some icon assets: https://game-icons.net/

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Submitted(+1)

So I really like the visuals, the music and the gameplay. The story part is a little too much but the Boss fights are fun and engaging and also quite hard. The bosses by themselves look quite cool and have a nice set of attacking patterns.

The spinning swords and attacking with them is fun and feels snappy. The dodge is also quite well and feels just right.

I was a little confused at the beginning as to what I should do and that I have to interact with the crystals to start a fight wasn’t that obvious to me. Also the thing in the middle didn’t do anything at the beginning but after a boss fight I got a crystal and could upgrade my weapon which was a nice surprise.

So overall it feels quite nice and you could expand on. Like adding more content in between, maybe extending it to be a roguelike/lite of some sorts.

Job well done!

Submitted(+1)

Fun bossfights. After dying the first time I couldn't re-enter the bossfight though, the door stayed locked for some reason.

Submitted

I really liked the application of the “spin” theme. Extremely fun game. Congratulations on the game! 

I found it a little difficult to identify some of the plant bosses' attacks, but apart from that, it was an incredible game.

Submitted(+1)

The game is AMAZING, the graphics and the animations are really great. There tones of little animations which make the feeling of the game awesome. I was in the fight throwing swords, dashing! I like the little story and dialog to introduce game mechanics. You did an excellent jod !

Submitted(+1)

Fun time with smooth controls! A little buggy and a little unbalanced, but overall had a good time. Great job!

(+1)

Super fluid game, I really liked it

Submitted(+1)

What a great game!

Despite some very minor issues (like the music track not matching the situation, or the shield animation confusingly stuck on top of the flower) I had an amazing time playing up to phase 4. It was very fun to get power-ups and new swords.

However, after that the pacing goes down, as the bosses progress quicker than me, requiring more and more time (despite me having 7 rarest swords). Phase 7 onwards turns the game into a clicker, where I would appreciate having some sort of auto-attack (especially considering that it is impossible to have any downtime with that many swords).

But the grounds are totally here for a great game if you are going to follow it up! Visual effects, the player controls, camera direction, music and sounds feel very polished.

(+1)

Despite the confusion at the beginning, very interesting and challenging game! Loving the visuals and music! Also I spent a lot of time in the main menu hovering the buttons - really juicy sound :)

Submitted(+1)

Very well made. Controls are smooth and progression is balanced well. I can recommend it

Submitted(+1)

After the confusion of the beginning, It was a very good roguelike

Submitted(+1)

the beginning is to confusing xD just make the doors in sight and it'll be fixed however

this game is beautiful and deservers a good rating tho i feel there isnt much spinning mechanically 
the games difficulty was pretty okay and the over music and sound was pretty good
the art was quite stunning using the color to its full existent
the game's controls were pretty solid but the holding e felt like a chore tho it wasnt that bad
boss's designs were quite interesting they were all very different.

overall really solid submersion

Submitted(+1)

Easily my favorite game so far. Stellar feel on the controls (though my mediocre skill level wanted a lengthier dodge), and the variety of uses for the swords is fantastic. Love this one. 

Submitted(+1)

I loved it, but it seemed for for the controls overall dodging doesn't really help(probably just a skill issue from me), I will absolutely love to see more like this from you.

Submitted(+1)

This is such a great interpretation of the theme, congratulations! We love the bosses and the reference to Titan Souls! :D

You could improve some gameplay feedback for better UX, but we love it anyway!

Submitted(+1)

I had a lot of fun with this one! I loved the casual conversation tone of the text instead of the grim-dark fantasy text I was anticipating. I did feel like there was a lot of it though.

The combat felt really good! I felt like I was just equipped enough to be able to avoid attacks and I most always felt like I was fairly punished for my mistakes. I did have one occasion where I died after a boss kill. I don't know if there was some sort of DoT effect that I didn't notice or a render that didn't happen. I also felt like hit boxes weren't super apparent without a bit of trial and error which ultimately didn't matter, but took away from the first few moments of any encounter.

Progression felt really nice. Definitely had me compelled to make intentional choices for build orders and to push.

It's obviously not make or break, but I also would have liked to see a custom cursor for aim.

Overall, very good! Easily my favorite so far.

Submitted(+1)

I JUST FIGURED OUT THAT STAYING CLOSE LETS YOU PASSIVELY DAMAGE WITH THE ROTATING SWORDS. THAT'S COOL!

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed the art elements, and I thought that your take on the theme was very interesting!

Submitted(+1)

Lovely art, fun and balanced bosses,  could use some polish but overall its great! well done!

Developer

Yeah, we definitely need to polish it more! We had plans, but time wasn’t on our side lol
Glad you enjoyed it

Submitted(+1)

I had a ton of fun playing it,  the controls were really smooth

Developer

thanks for the review! :D Stoked you had fun

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Holy crap this game is VERY well made. How long have you been developing? This is genuinely of the best games I've ever seen come out of a game jam.

Developer

Tyfr playing my game! Well, we started developing it about one month after the theme was announced, but my programmer never took a break on this project lol 

Submitted(+1)

Visually, the game is superb! And try to get a whole bunch of swords and a very motivating challenge :D

The boss battles are very challenging, the attack patterns are super clean, and the roguelite mechanics add a little extra.

I stopped at phase 8. I didn't know if there really was an end, and the battles were starting to get a bit long.

But I really enjoyed the game :D Bravo!


Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing it even up to phase 8 <3, and yes, there is no end to this game until your health runs out.

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