I absolutely love this game! The idea of leveling up the sword, rather than the player was a fun twist on a classic mechanic.

The only downside was I died to the Dragon once, just to see what the death sequence was like, and after that, I couldn't call my menu any more. :(  But, just gave me an excuse to keep playing through, since I couldn't save.

Thanks so much for submitting your game and sharing this with us! Good luck with the rest of IGMC! :D

Awesome game, very fun and the ending was hilarious and perfect (I've only gotten one of the endings so far). Only complaint is that the fighting is kind of easy and dull for awhile since it's generally easier to just spam attack than to charge up the sword and it didn't feel like charging the sword really made that big of a difference (until the end). But that was a minor complaint. Loved the inclusion of pixel-Harold and I laughed for a good minute when I charged up the final sword near him. XD This is definitely top-tier for this game jam.

At this point I don't need to tell you how good your scoping of jam games is. You got a solid story, two endings, and a fun gameplay loop in, all in a short enough time that it was just concentrated fun. My biggest complaint is the feel of combat. The halting attacks felt clumsy compared to a Zelda game, even if it is super impressive that you could pull that off in RM. 

Very nice game. The only downside is the short duration. For all the rest it's fun and never frustrating.

Good to see another Zelda-alike in this competition! I had a lot of fun with this game. The controls originally took a bit of time to get used to, and me and my friends guessed the twist right out from the getgo, but it was a genuinely fun romp.

I suppose the biggest thing I'd like to see from this game is "more". Ultimately, the action just consisted of a screen of enemies, then a boss, then a screen of enemies, then a boss, and repeat. The actual combat itself didn't get too difficult, I would've appreciated a little more teeth to the fights that I could just mash attack on while getting hit, and I would've appreciated a couple alternate paths depending on whether or not I upgraded a lot or went out from the getgo.
The special upgrade gave us all a laugh once we managed to A: Figure out how to get it, and B: See it in action. Amazing. Almost worth the price of admission alone.

Bonus points for not having any major defining bugs in your game--you thoroughly tested all of these systems and made sure everything worked! I struggled a lot with that in my own entry, ahah.

Good luck in the contest, and well done on your game!

Hey there Nowis-337, I got your game for judging so here are some of my thoughts. Playing as a young hero-to-be is a lot of fun, and while I saw the twist coming it was still well done and solution to defeat the demon lord in ending 1 was perfect. The art worked perfectly with the silly story and combat, and it was great to see the newest sword addition after absorbing enemies. Combat felt a bit rough in certain parts (dodging attacks wasn't the easiest thing), but that's a minor nitpick compared to the fun I had.

After seeing the special item in the item shop I knew that would lead to a second ending, so I saved that until after I got ending 1. And it did not disappoint! The only issue I had with it is that I wish it sucked in everything, including houses, just because that would have been hilarious.

Overall, great job on your game! You obviously had a plan and made the game you wanted without letting things spiral out of control. 

Great game, reminded me of the good ol Legend of Zelda. Since it reminds me of LoZ, knowing the chicken already scares me. 

But then I got the ultra expensive thingy, what got through my mind was "YES, I CAN DEFEAT THE CHICKEN!", and I wanna see inside the castle.

The game's fun. No bugs are found. Nicely done! 

You did a great job, kudos! Gameplay side I had a lot of fun: everything works perfectly, from attacks to special moves. I loved when I was able to assimilate everything that was around! XD If I can nitpick it's that the story is quite classic (despite the ending plot twist but I did see that coming), however this doesn't affect my vote. Amazing entry!

This was really slick. 

Everything's nice and intuative. SFX and visuals are all working together with great cohesion and it's just an all-around lovely design. Well written with good humour, too :) 

This was cute! I love the old school game charm.

Fantastic, loved every minute. The combat was more challenging than in Buffet Knight, I died a couple of times and those chickens can put up a hell of a fight. I couldn't figure out how to get the other ending, I got the evil one of course.

Well done.

- Theme is used in the overall story.
- The art is solid.
- Progression was designed well through the game, 1 map, 1 boss, next set of maps after that.

- Controls are clunky, but that is RMs fault, not the dev.

This is a solid little loop. RE:Ralibur could be improved upon much by porting it to PGM as long as it stays close to scope it's in now. It would improve the controls and the Zelda like feel it has.

Again excellent entry! :)

Absolutely fantastic!

The combat is super fluid and engaging. I loved how the sword is what leveled up and the visual changes to it! Fun storyline and great level design. :D

Both endings are brilliant. Great humour!

This is by far my favorite entry. I really liked how you handled the whole abs in RM, that is not an easy thing to pull off and you did it so well!

I really liked this entry! I played it it in browser so maybe it was just because of that but I did have some slight lag but it didn't affect the overall experience too much.

1: The art style is adorable as always. Everything blends super well!

2: I really like this action RPG style mechanics.

3: I think you did a really cool mechanic with the sword absorbing different enemy essences and using their power. I loved that about this!

Overall, I think this is a strong contender!

The artstyle is totally adorable. I love it!

This game is really fun. Nice and entertaining game, loved the little story. Well done!!

Hey! I played this game 15mins ago and I'm still smiling. It was just too funny and entertaining. Thanks for the experience. :)

This is Buffet Knight but improved to a significant degree with extra steps. An excellent entry to be expected of Nowis.

At his point, your games are fun guaranteed. Loved the game, I got ending 2 of 2. My only complaint, and it is minimal, is that the item that gives you out secrets, I don't think it is necessary, you made the secrets easy to find, having the item just feels unrewarding. But like I said, minimal complaint.
good job as always!