I think you nailed the feeling of being a parent! ;D Real neat idea! Wish the shield would be just a little bit bigger though: had a lot of trouble reliably blocking projectiles on level 3. Also it felt like the son is knocked back just far enough to be right where he stood when the next bullet reaches that point, which can be quite frustrating when you're close to the end of a level. Lastly I'd shorten the duration of the fadeout when restarting the level, given how tricky later levels are and how quickly it becomes obvious when you screwed up. All in all very challenging, but well-made game. :)

Nice Game! Really liked it that you have a short pause every time the kid gets a coin or after a shield bash. Reminds me of the escort missions in the old days.

This game is just delightful. What a wholesome concept! Course, it's a little less wholesome watching your son die in front of you, haha! Dead sons aside, this game had some top-notch polish, not to mention the dope game page.

Great execution of the idea and nice visual polish! Knowing the player character can block blue fires with their face really makes the last level easier, but the health of said face sould've been displayed closer (like the son's health)

Super creative approach to the theme! I'm impressed the art and sounds were created in the 48h, you're very talented!!

The gameplay feels great, super charming game, nice job! :D

I really like the game. The bug where the arrow start flipping back and forth is a strange one and hope it get worked out or moved into a feature of sort where the son choose a different path to get to the point, to add a little bit more randomness in the game. Since as I got near the end I was able to start kinda prelining myself up for the next move. Do for sure continue!

The last level made me question my ability in video games, I beat it in the end though, that felt pretty good. That being said, this is a great take and execution on the theme, probably the best game I played on this jam.

Good idea, it's pretty cool to both push the character, protect him while also protecting ourself. The mix of all this makes it interesting, and the presentation (visuals and audio) are matching well with the game. The progression works well, but it becomes quite hard for me when there are spikes and bats everywhere. Good job doing this in 2 days !

good game! quite polised for a jam title. Impressive

This was the right mix of fun and challenging! 5/5 overall, fantastic artwork, music, and concept :)

I like the idea its super original! I always wanted to do a shield wielding game where your main ability is too bash things

This is really fun! Honestly, I'm not sure what I'd like to see improved on this, since it's already very well made. I think the only thing I don't really agree with is the decision to put the controllable character's health on the corner of the screen, instead of under the character like the other guy.

I had also encountered a bug where the uncontrollable character goes back and forth near the coin and doesn't collect it. Can't seem to reproduce the bug, though.

Very good. 5 outta 5. I enjoyed it a lot. This is practically a full game.

This was a really awesome submission. The visual and audio styles work great with each other. Its a novel concept that fits the theme really well. My only complaint is that I couldn't understand for a while why i couldn't shield bash. Having some sort of meter fill that indicates when you can or cant bash would help a lot with that. 

Nice play on the theme and good progression of difficulty.  Very fun!  Thanks for making this :)

I really like your game, the arts are great and gameplay reminds me of Ico in PS2 but in 2D.

Well done!!!!

Holy shit how did you manage all of this in 48 hours? Amazing work!