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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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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.
It was a neat little game, but it felt like the idea was made, and then the theme was added to it. Instead of having an idea built around the theme. Beside that, nicely done
Understandable. :) I had the idea first, I just didn't get around to implementing it as I did. Was going to involve more puzzle elements like escorting them to the portals, or doors that require their death to open which would require you to seek them out like keys.
sounds cool, you should come play and rate my game as well!
Pretty nice game! The gameplay is smooth, although, I did find myself having to backtrack because the old dudes' ai were getting stuck on a wall. The music was a little over the top, there were some rooms where I didn't find a point to go into, and there was a lack of special effects when the enemies die. Otherwise, the game plays nicely, I like the enemies, especially the slime thing. I do really like the final boss and the little fireballs it shoots out. Also they eye has a nice tail. The sword throwing and dodge mechanic were responsive and took me out of sticky situations often. Overall a pretty good game!
Thank you for playing and giving feedback! You'll have to forgive the old men. Their eyes don't quite work like they used to. ;)
The rooms were going to have chests in them where you could get new weapons, but alas. Glad you enjoyed it.
Every aspect of the gameplay and the animations here are really polished and well done.
The enemies were pretty great and you could understand what they were doing pretty easily, making the game fair and giving it a great feel.
Maybe I would have changed the final room with something a bit more interesting, a guillotine or something like that, since I did not understand what that circle was supposed to represent lol
Which circle. The circle of magic orbs that he summons, or the cyan looking shield? If the cyan shield then it was just meant to tell the player that he's invulnerable to damage during that phase. Thanks for playing and giving feedback. :) I will definately add more decorative elements if I continue working on this game. :) I could make it quite nice looking I think with a little elbow grease.
I mean the portal that activates when killing those companions xD
Oh, gotcha gotcha. xD Yeah, those could've been better. I was going to add some sinister looking particles that moved from the the old men into the portal and give it some demonic art. Don't know how much that would've helped.
Great gameplay. I loved the enemy variety, abilities & the boss.
A few game feel things could have really elevated the game (things like screen shake, death effects, etc.)
Same feedback as others with the collecting mechanic and the music
Was really fun overall, is a very good game :)
Ha, interestingly enough the screen shake code is there. Guess I got too distracted right at the end to ever call it. All it needed was one line of code... Thank you for playing and leaving feedback! :)
I thought this one was really fun to play! I didn't even realize there was a dodge until the game was over, but still had a good time! Definitely wish the enemies had some sort of health indicators, especially the boss.
The music I didn't feel really fit the game and that threw things off a little.
The concept of collecting and then sacrificing them to get to the next level is a great idea, but I find it wasn't executed the best.
Really fun game, had a good time playing it :)
Thank you for playing and the feedback! The dodge mechanic should be mentioned in the 2nd room of the first level. It may have been missed due to it starting just as the enemy spawns. I'll probably need to find a better time to display that message.
Gameplay is great! I love the dodge mechanic, and the enemy varieties are refreshing.
The concept of killing one of your rescues is interesting, but it could've been executed better.
The boss was a good challenge, but it would've been nice to see how much health he had left.
The music was alright, but it didn't really fit the game as well as it could've. It's not bad by any means, but it isn't thematically appropriate in my opinion.
Overall a really good game!
Thank you for playing and leaving feedback! Can't believe I forgot to add a health bar to the boss. -_-
i liked game play and boss is cool