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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #295 | 4.105 | 4.105 |
| Overall | #687 | 3.597 | 3.597 |
| Originality | #982 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Fun | #1432 | 3.105 | 3.105 |
Ranked from 105 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Your health potential is joined together with your damage potential. More damage means less health and vice versa.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Really cool idea! I love how the game looks as well, some really nice spritework. I definitely feel the regen sort of encourages you to wait around a lot though. Maybe it'd be better to have killing enemies heal you? Regardless, really nice game!
Thank you for playing! We had an idea to make enemies heal you when you defeated them, but we didn't implement it due to time constraints and balance concerns. However, we will be adjusting gameplay to make it more engaging in the future!
- Felix
Really cool game, I really love the sound effects. The combat could probably be more intense though if you made your potion regenerate quicker or whenever you kill an enemy, as I found myself waiting behind a wall half the time for me to get my strength back.
Thank you for playing! We will indeed adjust the combat to be more intense in a post-jam release. Thank you for your ideas!
- Felix
Loved the artwork and the music!! Made for a really great player experience! The idea of the ammo and the health being connected was a great idea! The combat feels good and the mechanics were easy to understand! Great job!
Nice game, (I literally didn't understand anything) but very well done if you want to see my game (it's a puzzle, platform game)
But I understood the part of your life being your ammunition, I just didn't make it past the second stage ; )
Awesome visuals and gameplay, Great idea!
Great idea! Straight to the point and sweet. Took me a while to get that the health was linked to the ammo, but very cool.
Love the idea of connect the health with the "ammo".
Like the graphics too.
The transition time between the levels are too long in my opinion.
But solid work here
Very nice sprite and animation work. I like the details on the liquid squishing around and the particle effects are so nice. I feel that the dash is really more for escaping dangerous situation and the only real form of attack worth using is the splash since at least that either kills in one hit or the enemy is one hit away because trying to dash into them takes too long to defeat and I get hit every time. :P
Fun game! I found that waiting for the health to come back was a bit slow, possibly a pickup to heal health? I find the mechanics to be fun and well-rounded. The game overall is pretty polished and interesting. Great title :)
Awesome visuals and gameplay, but it didn't feel too related to the theme.. Great work though!
Thank you for your feedback! We were trying to go for a more metaphorical interpretation of the theme by joining together two mechanics instead of physical items, but I understand how that may be a bit of a stretch.
- Felix
The potion sloshing effect is a really nice touch
cool game mechanic, and really nice art. super impressive.
great art work! :)
especiaily the ink animation feels great :)
I'm in love with the art! The sprites and animation, the visual feedback, the palette, love all of it :)
Great game, fun concept! :)
I really love the music the art and the animations! Great job!
Great concept and amazing art!
Art was really beautiful, nice colors and animations ^^ The music was also nice, good job!
This game was really fun and the potion man is cute. I was stuck on the first level for a bit until I realised my health regened.
Interesting game. It was a bit tough to figure out I had to leave the level instead of just killing all enemies and was stuck in the first stage for a while until I noticed the dummy was immortal. Was a bit disappointed because the bottle didn't break when you died, but that's just me :P
Thank you for playing! Some things were cut because of the time limit, but we'll be sure to make adjustments.
- Felix
cool game, though maybe some short tutorial is needed, i was a bit confused in the beginning
Thank you for your feedback! We will be sure to revise the tutorial afterwards.
- Felix