- The combat was so much fun! I really felt the hits and it was super fun to put together 2-4 skills together! However as bgillisp said, a tutorial is definitely needed. It took me a moment to figure out how to do this; and I was left scratching my head sometimes at what the skills consumed specifically (HP, TP, MP????). Also, love the floating enemies and the effects used as well, very visually nice to the eye and satisfying.

- The music is top notch. I loved every single track used. You have a great taste in music!

- I love the character designs. Their eyes are so striking and I love the colour scheme of their outfits. Seeing Rina's ears droop and go back up again in one of the scenes was adorable as well.

- I got a little teary at one of the cutscenes. I won't spoil but the entire story was very heartfelt and emotional.

- I much like the node-to-node exploration implemented. I actually rather prefer this to maps to be honest. 

All in all a very enjoyable game with an emotional story; and I definitely have an interest in the game and characters future journeys!

I got this one for judging so here are my thoughts:

Interesting start to the game and idea. Got a good hook to get me started. Not sure how I feel about being dumped into a battle though with no time to learn anything about the game or skills, especially with as many skills as you have. At least the first battle is easy enough I could fumble through it as I learned the set ups.

Wait, where is my menu outside of battle? Default keys for bringing up the menu do nothing. I assume there is a menu from the screenshots, so you really need to tell the player what buttons  you are using for it if you are going to change it on people. Looking at that pic it looks like you hid it on the far side, but I had no way of knowing that as we get these to judge without the itch pages too. Never assume the player has seen the screenshots and always show them if you change the systems from default.

Since I never got the menu to actually pull up in my entire time playing this I also had no way to heal at all between battles. This made battles a little more difficult than I feel they should have been.

Speaking of battles, due to the random TP you get at start I had some battles I couldn't do anything on turn one as every skill but attack needed more TP than I got. Maybe investigate scripting it so that you can start with more? Though I do wonder if skills really need HP MP and TP costs all at once? Feels a little overboard and could be simplified a little. 

Menu and healing issues aside I do feel you have a solid entry though. A tutorial to explain the changes would help though. I do hope you expand on this though once the contest is over.

I liked the battles and the art. The music is really amusing.  The sound effect and animations of the skills are satisfying (I felt the hits... oh gawd!).

Congrats :D

This is a good rpg game that I liked from start to finish and it really has a very good story and interesting characters. I want to know more about these characters.

While I am going to admit this is not really the game for me, this was still unique in both execution and style and the battles were fun! I love seeing how your portraits have grown since I met you and you did a wonderful job with their designs. They still very much are Luchi designs and I love it. I am also happy to see you have plans for after the jam so here's hoping to a fun development cycle for you! 

--- Guilty Red 20 Minute Playthrough

- Character art is very nice. You've improved a lot!

- For the 20 minutes I played, I could tell there was some deep backstory nestled away. So many terms and mysteries waiting to be discovered. It's definitely engaging. I cleared the first map, and immediately, what I figured I knew was built upon in  a way I wasn't expecting. 

- Combat is brutal, to be sure. The concept of HP being spent on skills to represent the way that the other world puts pressure on the soul is certainly an understandable convention. But consider that you have to spend your HP, but also get damaged by enemies as well, it's a raw deal. Personally, I would have made the HP costs smaller or just cut them entirely.

The actual mechanics were fine and dandy though. Skills had creative effects and interplay with one another and I appreciate that a lot.

- I very much appreciate the node system you came up with. It seems like we made similar games, actually! Great minds think alike, huh? 8D