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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #1 | 4.075 | 4.075 |
| Overall | #17 | 3.420 | 3.420 |
| Audio | #21 | 3.175 | 3.175 |
| Art style | #24 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Creativity | #29 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Matched the theme | #43 | 2.925 | 2.925 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Rally good game ! The game play is very nice but the game is a bit too easy... Anyways, the music (even if it is not an original music made especially for the jam) and the art style are both very good, you made a great work ! (°u°)9
Loved the simple controls. Also, the sword throw attack and boss fight were amazing. Great game!
The music really surprised me and made me smile while playing! Such a smooth game i was really impressed! A good level of difficulty too, i managed to kill the boss but it was so much fun, great job! I hope i see more games with the music style because i loved it!!
HAHA, what a twisted interpretation of the theme! This game was extremely fun! The character feels so fluid and nice to controls. The combat is just so satisfying. All the little things, from the sword switching sides, the sword sound effects, and the enemy knockback, made it really fun to play (I can't emphasis this enough). I had so much fun ping ponging the eyeball in the third level, it was so much fun! All the options the players have feel so solid! The character dodge feels nice and the sword boomerang move is just really good! I gotta say that I am impressed that despite all the character using their one respective sprite, the everything feels so animated! Just the way you did your tweening made everything seem so expressive, which is amazing! The art compliments don't stop there though, everything from the slime projectiles, eyeball trails, dark mage magic balls, and even just the base sprite themselves are just really well done! I also thought that the metal song actually added to the experience and I quite like it (coming from someone who doesn't listen to metal at all)! Also the game was funny, seeing the reactions of the old dudes after getting to the end level was priceless (the expressionless player character really adds to the comedy of that)! Overall, nothing short of amazing! I really hope you continue this one! Great job!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :) Yeah, I had a lot of fun implementing the old guy's reactions. Their reactions to being sacrificed was actually the deciding factor when I decided how I wanted to do the theme. By the end I ran out of time, so the theme became a bit of an after thought, but I still wanted to implement the comedic elements that I had envisioned when I had the initial idea. :)
That was really fun ! simple but super enjoyable game.
The music is kinda odd for a dungeon game, but im totally on it ! :D
I wasnt sure at the end if that really was the end, so i waited a bit to see if there is more.
great game love ! this needs more content.
Ah, that's understandable. I'll be sure to include a "The End" at the end to make it clear, thank you. :)
This is definitely one of the best games I've played so far from the jam. The combat and enemies and their abilities all feel really good. While the character and the friends do not have the most animations the gameplay, all the levels, and the final boss all felt good. Great game! If possible could you also check out my game and rate it if not done already. Thanks!
Love the mechanics and soundtrack! Was fun to play and funny you had to make a sacrifice to open the portal...nice touch.
Fun short game! It reminds me a bit of The Binding of Isaac. I felt the metal music was a bit too much for me (just a personal taste). One remark is I didn't understand clearly the reference with the theme.
Howdy, thanks for playing. :) The reference to the theme is that the death of the old men is required to begin the next level. Pretty weak implementation, but I had orignally planned to make it more puzzle like but never got around to it.
Everything was polished amazingly! The combat was super smooth, the design is really good especially with the synergies of throwing your sword and dodging to control more space is really fun to pull off. The boss fight was definitely a treat and the art style looked really fun. But the best part about thsi game is that damn music! Take it away and its just your average dungeon crawler but with the super hype music it made me wanna do things man!
My huge complaint however would be how this game matches with the theme. It was rather one dimensional, how you HAVE TO sacrifice one of your guys just to enter the next level and it just makes me wonder why cant I just kill them from the start?
Overall as a game, it is really polished kudos my friend! As a game about "death as a new beginning" I think it could be explored some more.
Thank you! Yeah, I'm not too happy with my implementation of the theme either. I was hoping to do a more puzzle like implementation, but focused more on overall gameplay. Thank you for playing and offering feedback. :)
Good game, graphics and fun combat system. Heavy metal dungeon style music was good too, although music was slightly too quiet compared to sound effects, but I like my metal loud haha. Would be nice to see this worked on more to lengthen it. Nice work!
I too like my metal loud, but alas the sacrifices we need to make, ha. Usually I get the complaint that my music is too loud, so I toned it down this time. I even still got one complaint about it, the scrub (don't tell her I said that). I intend on continuing work on it because I quite like the game. Thank you for playing and reviewing. :)
I really like the sword animation and the controls of the player. I used a lot the second attack when you throw your sword it feels so good ahah The art style is neat and the game is very pleasant to play. The boss is well done. Good job =D
Thank you! I quite liked the throwing of the sword myself. I feel like it's really what really causes the game to shine. Thank you for playing. :)
Really liked this! I love the mechanics, as they allow different styles of combat to exist (dodge -> sword throw -> dodge is pretty cool, but there's also the possibility of dodging projectiles, hit 'em in melee range, and then dodge again to keep distance), and I love the enemies! You need to get creative as each of them is different in how it attacks or moves.
The thing I liked the least is probably the "sacrificing" thing. It didn't really blend with the rest of the game: I would have liked more prisoners and more puzzles involving sacrifices; even the boss battle could have used a portion of the sacrifice theme.
Overall, I had a lot of fun with this game, and I can't wait to see more of it! Great job! :D
Ooooh. Having the prisoners play a role in the boss battle would be really cool. I'm going to implement that in some way. As well as expanding on the sacrificing mechanic. Thank you very much for the feedback!
i love the doge future and the sword mechanique <3 keep up !
Thank you! I believe I will. I plan to hopefully spend some time this week continuing development on this.
cool!
man the game is super cool. the art style as well as the animations are so fluid. Really enjoyed it. Good job.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Music and art are amazing! I also love the controls, they are soooo good.
But you should definitely add some more levels and enemies.
I would love to see some particles when you hit enemies( and of course when they hit you )
And it is also strange that dudes are not facing there they are going
Overall I really enjoyed playing it, well done!
Thank you for playing and giving feedback! I think I'm going to spend some time this week continuing development, so I'll definately be expanding on this. More enemies, different weapons, and (hopefully) procedural level generation. Some particles would be fun. :) I didn't have that planned at any point, but I like it. I believe I'll add it, thank you!
Wow, Nice gameplay
Thank you. :)
Was great i love the metal music and the adult humor art is cool and mechanics are solid is overall a fun game!
Was great i love the metal music and the adult humor art is cool and mechanics are solid is overall a fun game!
This game was REALY nice great job!
Hi We have loved the jump feature and how the player is controled. Very nice work on the feeling.
It's a bit difficult to understand what allow an end portal to be activated. But it's a nice game well done.