Certainly the best graphics in the jam! Also loved the dialogue and the music was great too.

That being said, if it weren't for all that, I don't know if I would have kept playing.  I didn't end up finishing because I got tired of dying at the same spot trying to climb that damn tree lol.  The greatest thing to be improved was visual feedback for the player.  I just had to believe there was health and damage.  I still have no idea how long it took to kill either enemy and I don't know how much health I had lol.  

Also would recommend reducing the number of mechanics in the game, or rather building upon them more.  It is better to have one well fleshed out and fun mechanic than to have 5 mechanics you use once and never develop.  After the boat scene, you didn't really need the light and slash mechanics anymore.  Sure you added a few enemies to kill, but I didn't even have incentive to dodge their attacks because I knew I they couldn't kill me before I got to the next respawn point.

That is the final thing I think needs some adjustment: The difficulty curve.  It is hard to say if this game is hard or easy because on one hand you die extremely easily, but on the other hand, there are numerous respawn points and no penalty for death.  I think you should make the respawn points more sparse and reduce the difficulty between them.  That way the player actually feels like they are accomplishing something and making progress.

Very beautiful and very cute; I loved the music.  Fantastic tutorial as well.  I would have loved some kind of animation when damaging enemies with the moon ray just to give it a little more juice - maybe slow them down while you're shining it on them and shed some particle effects?  Not sure.

Overall very cool.  Very polished.  The opening tutorial cutscene practically had my jaw on the floor.

Excellent game, the game already seem a final product! It's a very very good job, I want to see the final version if one day happens :D

Excellent graphics and music. I really enjoyed it. I really love the idea of idea of using the moon as a power bar for your shots.  I only managed to clear the boat level. The jumps were too hard to time for me in the 2nd area

Gameplay wise I understand that you are going for minimalistic ui but I would have really liked some indications of health , level progress etc

Also the jump felt a bit clunky to me but that's just my opinion.  

Overall really nice game. Looking forward to play it again once you guys update it after the jam

Glorious graphics. Loved it. 

I sadly didn't make it trough the first level (any indication of progress or health left would have helped :)). But I still had a blast playing it!

Incredible game, great work! Amazing artwork, really smooth character control and awesomely  polished. I didn't have time to finish it, but I'll definitely do it later :)

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Amazing artwork there, makes a really beautiful game :)

The boat section at the start was a little slow, so I’m happy there were screenshots so I knew to stick with it :)

Such an all around fantastic game. I loved the artwork, the level design, the moonshot ability was really innovative and characters had so much life. Certainly gave off Hollow Knight vibes, which is a huge compliment!!! Superb job!!!

This game is so cute! I love the graphics so much. Just adorable! The music was fantastic too. I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong to not understand this, but I would love loved to have a health bar, since it was unclear to me when I was taking damage or healing. Other than that really well done!  Thank you :)

Good game! I enjoyed it, liked the audio and gameplay, keep it up!.

I really love how deep and consistent you went with your theme and aesthetic. Everything comes together really nicely and looks beautiful. Even little details like the lightning getting softer as you use up the moon energy and it starts to crescent really adds a lot. Some cute and funny dialogue and characters as well. If you decide to do more dev past the jam, it'd be great if you worked on the physics a little bit... the character is a bit floaty and slow which makes the platforming difficult at times. Awesome job overall, I really liked this.

Fantastic game guys! really liked the game and a big fan of the audio (great use of stereo width) !

I cannot add much to all the comments before me, but wanted to write something anyways since the game plays so nicely. Really good job guys! Nice art, smooth animations and game play.

Like others already mentioned I mostly missed health bars. I also wasn’t sure if I was hitting the shooting stars correctly to get health back since they always just continued flying like nothing happened. Maybe they could have darkened or get smaller (following the really cool moon as mana-bar approach).

Thanks for the submission!

The art is 10/10. I just looooooved it. I am speechless. It's one of the best games I have seen this jam! 

Some of the coolest art I have seen this jam! Very nice. Reminded me a bit of Hollow Knight. Cool atmosphere and the moot beam felt good.

Great job!

Good game overall, but… love every little detail of the drawings! The art is really impressive and inspiring. Also can’t really leave a comment without mentioning the absolutely cool idea of using the moon as energy bar. Good job!

I really liked using the moon in the background as a mana bar of sorts, immersive HUD elements are something rare, but great in my book. The graphics are also amazing, as everybody is saying. What I didn't liked was how slow the gameplay was, and how the indication of getting back the dash was too subtle. I can tell you worked really hard on how the game looks, though, there are lots of details on the sky and the illumination. I think the results more than paid off, they speak for themselves. But I can't help but shake the feeling that the gameplay department was a little lacking, which is really weird considering how it is still really good compared to most game jam games. Maybe I'm being harsh because the graphics were so good and I liked the theme and the style that I wanted the gameplay to be amazing? Hahahaha, the more you like something, the harsher you critique it. Great job!

Beautiful artwork, the characters and the world created are astonishing, immersing the player in a very enjoyable atmosphere.

Something that I missed is more feedback when the enemies get hit and a way to see the player’s health.

But overall I think MonMon is a great game, really well done!

Sorry I left my comments in the "Post your game" thread. I'll just copy paste then here:

MonMon is quite impressive. I wouldn't be surprised if it won this jam. The art is really good, though the gameplay feels a bit clunky. Couldn't finish the final boss fight, cause I didn't know if I was damaging her or how much life I had. Also, the only power I could use for that fight was the moon beam. My sword and dash kinda disappeared, but I still had the double jump. With a little polish, I feel this could be a great game.