Another classic from sharpfives! 😁
Alas, I can't rate as I didn't enter - so all I can do is give praise. 🤷‍♂️ 

This is such a great game.  Amazing music (again) - so atmospheric. I really am so envious that you can do it all: code, art, music & story. So talented!

Love the simplistic, almost "LCD game" pixel graphics style.
The animations are so lovely - as always.

You seem to have improved your engine recently? It's SO smooth now.
There were a couple of minor collision quirks, but was fine for the most-part.

Great tension & high stakes (e.g. having to shoot under time pressure without killing good guys)
The creature aesthetics were wonderful. That ROAR?! Scared the crap outta me! 😱

Love the humour - the death/ghost character particularly.
Are you a "Scrubs" fan by any chance? (Hey Dorothy, Nancy) 😂 #DrCoxFTW
Had a mini-LOL at the rather specific amount of mushrooms for a "dude" to need! 😂

Finally, THANK YOU for making the ability to resume/continue the game.
I wasn't sure you could (so did it in one sitting on this occasion), but that's definitely a welcome addition. Great usability feature! 👏

⚠⚠⚠ SPOILERS BELOW - YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! ⚠⚠

Loved many of the mechanics (shooting, ropes)
The cave of sleeping demons was a neat touch.
Also, thought the "cage" mechanic one particularly clever (and also reminded me of Another World) 😊

I nearly lost my mind trying to catch the squirrel (I see it's a common issue) - and would've probably kept trying (as it almost seemed like you could). Thankfully, I saw another reviewed mention about a "Speed Boost" and realised I needed to look elsewhere.

BUGS
If you're interested - I did spy a few potential bugs along the way...

• Got stuck after dying while the "jumping" beast was building up his laser
• Spelling error after solving campfire ("thanks for you help", should be "your")
• Can walk/interact with the level while in "backpack" mode?
  • Perhaps make the walking/bow disabled while backpack is open? I dunno.
• Sometimes seemed like I "lost" gems?
  • They dropped, but then couldn't pickup due to screen size/zoom change?
  • I later realised I didn't need to worry, as I got the total anyway.
• Unfortunately, the "shell" mechanic is pretty tricky - I only (finally) realised what to do by accident!
  • It was when I was with the 3 little birds (I was gonna list this as a bug - as they weren't singing)
  • I accidentally clicked on the bush (probably in frustration) and WHOOSH!
  • Then, it clicked - strategically positioned items in the scenes - clever (perhaps a little TOO clever!)

Again, such a lovely little game. 🥰
You really are one of my favourite indie developers right now - coz of how great your story-telling adventures games are. 🤓👍

Amazing that this was put together in a month! Great intro, good soundtrack, legit scary.

Very cool game, really enjoyed the pixel art & music - great work!

I had some difficulty on the jumping demon (bottom left door) due to an intermittent bug where I could not move at all, clicking on the ground did nothing but I could still fire the bow. Also I think the hitbox for that demon is a bit unforgiving.

Pretty good, but could not figure how to dodge jumping demon (bottom left door). Even if I move at full speed, he still lands on me.

very good, Graphics, Audio and general vibe are fantastic

It's awesome.

Though I would like to report in the bottom right door, when there were birds and demons spawning everywhere, there was still 1 demon when the scene ended.

Also after the scene when I went back it froze/crashed. Also another player sprite appeared.

just perfect, a lot of fun, extend it and publicise it, what i especially enjoyed is the humor and the change between calm and hectic scenes. great entry!!

Good work, my guy! Excellent game! It's too bad its so buggy. Had a lot of lag when taking shots that frustrated the pace of the game for me. I died to many a demon due to lag. Also, I didn't get the speed-up perk until after I had already collected all the gems (for some reason I thought there were 26, so I went back to sing with the birds at the pond). Also, it wasn't obvious to me how to use the shell. It took a lot of trial and error to figure it out.

I've given you the highest review of anyone yet! Not a perfect game, but very well done for what it is. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!

Really love the music and writing, awesome job.

Awesome. Wat else can I say?

Really cool little game, great pixel graphics and sounds.   Especially like the hell hound chase scene.  Nice work

I love this. The style/aesthetic, the funny dialogue, the audio, it's all fantastic. I haven't managed to beat it yet (at 10 gems) but the fact you made it possible to come back and pick up where you left off is great and I will definitely be coming back again to try and complete it. Only thing I can even remotely ding you on was a few bugs I ran into with the game locking up or text not fitting into bubbles correctly. Also, it's spelled "Dorothy" not "Dorethy".

Awesome job!

I started playing this game and I said to myself "My goodness this is so well done. It reminds me of the game from LOWREZ Jam that I helped trouble shoot, and that won first place." Lo and behold, you're the same person.

You do amazing work and I hope that you find success in this industry.