Glorious soundtrack and script! I got a little hung up doing the boost platforming, but it got used to it after a bit of trying. I'd love to play a finished version of this! 

If there is a submission that deserves 6/5 stars on the soundtrack, it's definetly this one! The gameplay is fun, if a bit buggy. Great game!

Played your game on stream, heres a link to the Vod if you like to watch
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2267882045?t=01h06m13s

The production value on this for a gamejam game is frankly insane. While there are a few things that still make the rushed production time somewhat obvious, they're also the sorts of things you'd sometimes run into on an actual gameboy game (stuff like the dialogue occasionally clipping slightly outside the box due to being very slightly too long), so like... I mean... at least the few very small things feel pretty authentic.

Like... what do I even say to a game like this, where the music is this good, the sounds this well done, the visuals this charming, the game just this overall fun and polished for what is, again, a gamejam game?

...well...

Let's see.

The idea of a dash as a Metroidvania progression ability is fun, especially in the context of how floating works. I actually kind of like that taking damage lets you kinda damage boost to places you aren't "supposed" to be with your current abilities yet, I actually think that sort of thing can make a Metroidvania better, and while it's probably technically a bug, it's probably worth keeping that sort of thing in mind for the finished game since it can actually potentially be better for the game for it to have quirks like that.

The floating around is definitely a pretty unique feel for a platformer and a Metroidvania, in a way that works really well for being a ghost, and mixed well with the aforementioned dash.

The soundtrack helped really set the mood of this, kinda a bit lighthearted but a bit spooky at the same time, a thing the writing fit well as well, as did the visuals.

Oh yeah, I appreciate that the first attack you get in this (currently the only one) is fairly weak but serviceable enough for the kinds of things you're thrown against, I imagine that later on there will be better attack abilities to work with in typical Metroidvania fashion, and making sure to start the player feeling weak generally helps make those later abilities feel great to use to finally take out those tougher enemies in a more satisfying way.

Also, the way you wall off progress until you get the dash is pretty effective, I like that you can see the whole path from above even before you have the ability so you can properly scope out what kind of ability it is you're going to need later.

...I do also have a few more thoughts on the gameplay that aren't quite as positive, but for what it's worth, the good very heavily outweighs the bad.

Obviously, since you're playing as a ghost, the movement feeling float is on purpose, so while I have a few tweaks I'd potentially suggest, they're hard to articulate and pretty small overall and I won't linger on some very very small nitpicks with that. However, what I have a feeling isn't intentional is... some of the, uh, bugs? To name one example, I kept getting told that I was back at the start on screen transition after a certain point, not entirely sure why. Not enough to be game-ruining or anything, but it's something worth a mention.

I can only imagine though that the bugs are just a side effect of being a gamejam game that didn't have time to work out bugs like that and will likely be fixed in the finished game some day.

However, it's still worth a mention given that if not for those bugs and some other nitpicks I have with the gameplay, I probably would be awarding this game a literally perfect score right about now in literally every single category.

...yeah. I liked this one, suffice to say. I really liked this one.

i stan claire!!!! i like the story and characters :D from reading the comments down below just want to say i also went to the part where i needed dash and didn't have dash so i kept trying to jump and float..  made it thru eventually lol >_< really liked the game, good job :D

Really neat game, I absolutely loved the characters and story narrative, as well as the graphics and music. :)

Unfortunately I ran into a bug after the first boss that made me unable to jump or use abilities, so I got stuck and couldn't continue. :/

I really enjoyed the gameplay and the intelligent level design, well-directed graphics and music.

The main character is cute and the animations are cool as the enemies react to the scream.
I think the camera could have a greater tolerance so it doesn't shake so much and the player could fall a little faster when holding down the float button.
There are some small bugs, like the enemy that enters the wall, and respawning at the boss under the floor, but nothing major. Great work.

Dashing through the small gaps took a couple tries to get, but besides that, very solid game. Lovely characters and nice presentation overall. It's awesome to see these kind of games can be made with GB Studio, makes me want to try it sometime. 

Cool game, congrats!

Super cool game. Had a great soundtrack and cool mechanics.  I'd love to see this become a full game!

It was a fun little game, I enjoyed it a lot. at the start, I was confused but I got the hang of it. sounds are cleaner than the windows outside my house, (So good btw)
The sounds and graphics are very nice the whole game itself, its clean and fun. :D

I got stuck on a couple of platforms but overall good game !

Cool looking game! Definitely a GB game, great graphics and cool sounds. I got stuck on some of the platforming parts, and I thought the intro text/story was a little long and skipped most of it at the end. But the rest was very cool! I liked the expanding level height at the start graveyard with parallax too, can't work out how you did that?!

This is a cool Mini-Metroidvania! I like the Visuals & Story setup. The music is great too, but SFX were missing in some places. I ran into some minor issues which didn't really break the game. Here is a short list:

• Hard to spot enemies
• Taking damage needs better feedback
• Dash is a bit broken
• Banshee scream ability could use a tutorial before the boss
• Current selected ability should be displayed in the HUD
  

Overall, this game really captures the Gameboy & Jam themes well. Good job!

Very funny entry. Everything is super strong, the narration, the pixel art and the gameplay! And my God, it's a very good soundtrack, one of the best I've heard for this jam!!

The music is amazing, great job. Intro scene is very well done and I can't wait to see what else you do.

Wow, the music is absolutely phenomenal! Also the floating mechanics work really well. One of the best entries I have played so far. It really feels like a game from the 90s 👍

Wow, the music is absolutely phenomenal! Also the floating mechanics work really well. One of the best entries I have played so far. It really feels like a game from the 90s 👍

The music is super good. Good entry!

Fun little game, great music!