This game rocks!

I recorded myself playing the game: https://youtu.be/NzGXPs9vWew

A few random thoughts:

• The graphics are sweet. I adore the style.

• The music feels a little bit repetitive after 20+ minutes. Maybe a variety could help here. The music track does fit the game, but in the case like this there should be more than one music track I think.

• The interactive tutorial is great. Although I had difficulties understanding the movement/slash damage before it was explained at level 2.

• And even after slashing was explained, it was hard to calculate the effects. It’s some math you have to do in your head every time. “So I more 2 steps, then I have 4, so I can kill hp=3 and do 1 more step”, it gets a little bit tedious at some point. Sometimes I made mistakes due to the off-by-one errors.

• One solution to the issue above is to show the effect visually. Display how much health enemies would have after all the calculations (0 if they’re gonna die after that). You did a lot of these in the game: you display the position, the attack ranges, etc - it is a great help! It would be even cooler to incorporate slashing hints into that.

• With more cards and more levels (and procedural generation?) this game could be a good candidate for a steam game. As some other people said, I would consider buying a game like this. The idea and core mechanics are good.

• My English is not good enough to comment on that, but I’m almost sure some text could use some proof-reading. That is something to consider before publishing this game on steam. For a game jam it doesn’t really matter. :D

• I would enjoy an endless mode with a highscores screen in the end (when you’re defeated). :D

• After you start to understand the mechanics, you become much better at playing it. This is a great sign: there is something to master in this game.

I shared this game with my friend. He did like the game just like I did. :D

Loved the art and the concept. I kinda want this as a mobile game on my phone, I would totally buy that! 

Really fun and simple game! I quit like the art style and the color pallet. The mechanics are easy to learn but still interesting and expansive. Cool stuff, Nice Job!

The art, the music, the gameplay! Bravo! Great work, thoroughly enjoyed your submission. 

really good, I love this simple but addictive game. The art, the music, the gameplay, I like it all. And also, it is not a just go forward, after level 3 you really need to think about your next move.

Great artstyle, very addicting, loved it

Simple but fascinating gameplay. I really enjoyed it.

The art is so cute and the gameplay is fun too. Great game!

Nice! Pretty cool graphics and music! And the movement looks great!

Absolutely amazing! this games going to be one ill continuously be playing in the future!

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Loved it so much I couldn't stop playing! Thankfully it has an end point, otherwise I don't when I would've stopped ^ ^' Definitely my favorite game of the jam so far!

Only thing I think I would advise is to explain sooner what happens when you play an action that has more steps than free ones on the map until the next enemy. At first I couldn't understand why I sometimes killed the enemies and where I moved but after the second tutorial I got it, I just think it should be explained a bit sooner.

I love the old-school JRPG style art and SFX. Really cool little game and the crossbow upgrade was super satisfying to use

Level of polish on this game is just astonishing!

Good entry and good luck!

Loved it! Cards, pixel art, perfect music and really cool mechanics. Love it overall, congrats for this game!

A cute, well-thought-out, polished game with fun card mechanics! Good music. Good color choices. Nice retro style! Everything is easy to see, read, and understand. It's definitely one of the more fun card mechanic adventure games I've played.

Because the gameplay loop is simple, some visual vvariation in the dungeon levels would make advancement more rewarding. Maybe some different enemy styles or even slightly different tile shapes would really push the idea that you're going deeper into a dungeon. The art is so cute that it would be great to see more!

Great job making such a solid game in just a month!

I saw this one in the discord channel! I really like the idea and the combat mechanics. Great job!

A polished and engaging game, I really enjoyed playing it! Great job!

great game! it's a nice, fast pace once you get used to the rules and mechanics. i loved the music and the game was fun to play! the visuals were clean as well. good work!!

Solid mechanics, polished, and great sound design! The color palette is beautiful too! Great job!

This is such a cool and unique idea! I like the art style as well