Had a fun time learning how the game functioned.  The tutorial on fancy moves was a bit ambiguous but decoding it added to the things to discover. After getting to grips with the system I found that winning seemed like something I had a positive influence on 'cause I got a high streak pretty quickly. (But perhaps that's because the AI wastes time on healing when I attack every turn.)

The UI was helpful and contained all the information I needed in a fight.  But I definitely had problems with being able to take in the options.  I'm sure if it was a turn based game I would sit for five minutes at a time working out the probabilities for a favourable outcome for each move based on the opponents possible combos and my own; so having the timer to keep me moving was overall quite nice, but I think I would've liked at least 1 more second. 

Understanding the current chain of combos could do with slightly nicer feedback though.  Some animation of the relevant part of the diagram causing the appropriate move to animate down to the bottom to join the queue as you get hit would really clarify why things were happening.  Sometimes I wouldn't realise a 2nd combo was happening, and sometimes I wouldn't realise that I'd missed my turn because I was waiting for the combos to finish resolving but they'd already finished a while ago.  In general I did really like the combo system though, and it added fun depth to the combat.

Getting outfit changes was a nice way to see the progression of your characters, but also serves to make you attached to them because they have unique visible progression, and it isn't just a high score of how many people they've killed.

Also the music reminded me of Gatherers. Which I thought might be interesting for you to hear.

Hey finally getting around to giving this a review but finally here and I'll try to make it as unbiased as possible. Firstly all the camera effects, attention to detail in the clean UI, custom cursor and nice voxel art are all an immediate great first impression. It's nice to immediately be able to tell that a lot has gone into this game and it sets itself up for success. Going into the gameplay side it's completely understandable why it works this way but it's much nicer to be introduced to new concepts slowly and all of the reading required can be a lot to get through. Depending on whether the player has payed proper attention to all the reading really decides how interesting/fun a lot of the gameplay is. I think properly understanding everything then a lot of fun gameplay is allowed to ensue but I can understand not being able to reach that straight away. Because of the random nature it can be very exciting with many random twists which is awesome and definitely for me would be more fun playing with a friend. Anyway overall of course really cool entry and was pretty fulfilling on the premise of rock paper scissors with a skillful and narrative twist! :D

Incredibly well done, could've fooled me into believing this was done with a team! I really liked the concept, it was fun to play and the rock, paper scissors foundation made it pretty easy to pick up on the core concepts. I would second some of the feedback that a little more variation in the outcome UI or sfx could have made it a little easier to catch on to the unique mechanics of this game (counters, combos, etc.) but after reading the in game guide (a fantastic addition for a jam game by the way!) I'd say it's pretty manageable to put 2 and 2 together for most of that stuff.

Loved the music as well. Had such a mood and aura to it, it practically put me in a trance just sitting in the menu. I also really liked the take on the theme as well. For a fighting game it would've been really easy to have gone the obvious route there but the idea of the mental burden coming into play and forcing the player to chose new characters was really neat. Really, really great work overall- and it's awesome to read that you're working on a post jam version too!

From one solo dev to another, I must say you are much better at this than me. This is an impressive, polished package for any number of people in the time you were given, and even more so considering you did it yourself.

I think the game loop has the spark of a really neat idea. It reminds me of the Final Fantasy VII Gold Saucer fight minigame, for better or worse. It is rock/paper/scissors, which can be fun, and you added some cool twists to it, but it's still slightly too random for my tastes and I would have preferred some kind of layer of strategy. When it comes to the "healing," I couldn't figure that out at all. It seemed to only work when my opponent healed, which defeats the purpose.

I would be interested to see where you take this. Overall, it is an incredible job, and I quite enjoyed it.

This is very impressive! The game loop is interesting and I found myself playing for a while. Despite the fast rythm, the UI helped a lot in understanding which action was doing what (even for us QWERTY people). However, I was surprised that you didn't choose the green color for the heal action.
The game art is also quite clean and it wouldn't need much to make it look super awesome.

I'm surprised more people having tried/rated this game. This feels like one of the more complete packages in this game jam, and all from a solo dev no less! Very impressive.

The voxel art style is neat and consistent, harmonised by a moody, sepia colour theme that gives me fantasy RPG vibes. I like the added detail of your character aging or changing appearance when it wins a round. The UI design is simple but efficient and matches the overall theme. The rock/paper/scissors gameplay was easy to grasp, though relying on random guesses to win doesn't feel as satisfying. But I did keep playing to see how much the character would change each round. Sound is good.

Great work!

Very nice work on this. Interesting battle mechanic
I also thought the mysterious symbols were a cool touch.

Animations felt really fluid, and overall I felt the visuals were excellent - a lot of detail in characters, environment, and UI especially so for a one-person team. The idea of losing character's you've built an attachment to reminds me a lot of how I felt losing characters in the XCOM series - don't know if that was an inspiration for you? I really liked the flow and overall feel of the fighting sections, but I wonder whether there is any way to introduce a little bit of prediction/skill into the otherwise randomised nature of a rock, paper, scissors-based game? Overall, great entry and good job!

This is a neat concept. It went a little quickly so it took me a while to catch on to what was happening. I get that it's rock paper scissors, basically, but then I wasn't really sure how to "read" the combos and stuff, but overall really good job!

Fun game. Liking the depth you added to a simple Paper Scissors Stone concept. Characters refusing to fight was a neat way of making players choose other characters. The voxel art and depth of field effect looked nice. You must have spent a lot of time on this. Surprised this was a solo entry.

Would suggest making the timer longer. I found the combo system hard to follow because the turn always ended before figuring out what cards my opponent had.

Really amazing and fun gameplay loop, I'm extremely impressed with the 3d models and sound that came out of it, especially for a one man team on a tight deadline.

Issue I ran into was my browser not wanting to run the game properly (Opera GX), was able to navigate through the menus and into the fight, where the 2 characters would infinitely walk towards one another. Installing the game worked and was alot of fun!

Great work and amazing interpretation of the theme!

I really like the art style of this, especially the clouds. The music and the text made me feel like I was playing "Hand of Fate" (a comparison which is intended to be praise)

I was unsure how to perform the combos mentioned on the itch page or if I was preforming them successfully; maybe some UI element or sound effect variation would help communicate what's happening with that.

I got comparable success both actively playing the game and just watching it run without my input which seems a shame. Is there a specific pattern to each enemy that I could learn or some telegraphing they could do to indicate their next attack type? I didn't feel like I was making an informed decision when picking my attack.

I really liked the use of the theme and the detailing on the environment and boxes. I appreciate the cohesion in using the little cross on the boxes as the timer indicator too!

This was quite interesting, Although I am not usually a fan of luck, seeing what options the opponent had for combos, and certain moves getting more powerful gave the game a good amount of strategy. The idea of the men refusing to fight was nice, it happened to me when one of my other guys died, and I had to use a really weak one. That sort of emergent gameplay is exciting!

I think that going into another battle took a bit long, as you have to first pick your loot, then click back and pick a character again, with lots of transition. Also being able to see what kind of loot you will get would add another layer of planning to the game. I found the combo system hard to follow, maybe a more detailed explanation of what the different symbols mean?

I liked the voxel art style and the shader was super nice, the depth of filed effect was awesome.

Do the people look different as they get a heavier burden? maybe it was my imagination, but the variety in model colour and hair was great. I’m impressed you have animated 3d models in such a short time period.

Good job!

Super fun! Other than that, it is pretty hard to catch at first, and symbols are not all that clear. Once you get it, though, it is extremely compelling. Great work :)