This is really cute. I love the vibe! The music fits really well, the art is phenomenal, and the concept is really fun.

As a fan of fighting games, this game left quite a bit to be desired gameplay-wise. For one thing, blocking feels a little too effective without any way to open up or punish it, such as the heavy attack inflicting some kind of guard crush or chip damage. With the heavy knockback and inability to deal damage to people after getting hit, fights dragged on for a quite a long time unless you’re able to sneak in some sneaky heavy attacks here and there. Though these are not really too much of a problem considering you’re fighting a CPU opponent that won’t exploit these much.

Overall, though, the idea is really inventive and fun, and I’d love to see this execution brought further to life! The game is great for what it is, and it was fun to mess around in for a while. Great job to the team!

What a creative concept! 

Right off the bat, the music and sound effects are really REALLY good and they help a lot with the intended vibe! I also thought it was really creative to have filters and moves that are focused on gliding. I don't follow too much the fighting game scene, so it's not something I've heard about.

The attention to detail on the hands and their projected shadow, the sleeves in case the character uses them, it's all really well put together. It's really impressive! And the artstyle is super cool! Loved the artwork in general!

The little detail of the instrument of the music in the fighter selection screen changing depending on which character's on screen was also a very good touch!

The character I liked the most was Maxwell because of the swan. Considering that I like ducks and swans are like long-necked ducks, I felt a true sense of power weaving the power of the swan. Liked the heavy attack quite a bit.

This game is really lovely. If you've got this much stuff done in 2 weeks, it'll be really cool to see what you guys will pull off being able to polish things up. Really well done!

This is an absurdly cute game, I'm stunned by how polished it is! The art is just beautiful, the music is so cosy, both embody the theme of the game so so well - how did you make me nostalgic about a memory I've never had?? I'm really glad to see from your responses that you're planning to continue development, can't wait to see how it shakes out! 💚

This is such a great game, I really like the concept you came up with to fit the theme. Maxwell was my personal favorite to use with his boxer shadow and deer shadow. Though Ellory came in a close second, her dog shadow was very fun to jump over the opposite side of enemies with to mix up the fight a bit. The visuals with the hands up front making the shadows against the curtain is fantastic and everything feels nicely polished and very smooth.  Really nice job on this!

As many others have said, the concept of your game and the visuals are just so charming and fun.

I just want to say that the music and the sound effects are just superb - I can see and feel your three characters performing the main theme, and i intend to keep your game open on the main menu just to listen to that lovely track.

Huge, huge props for making something this original, yet simple and filled with soul and character.

What a clever way to hit shadows and alchemy in one punch! With such fun gameplay and gorgeous artwork. The music is so...la la la catchy too! Simply brilliant all around!

Your theme interpretation is so creative. Wow!
The main music theme repeated in acapella in the main menu made me chuckle.
Loved playing this shadowy fighting game.

Wow such a cool concept! Shadow boxing hand puppets! So much art had to be made for this as well so kudos on that front! Super impressive! I'm not sure the card mechanic was very useful or that I noticed any difference or effect on the game, but that theme was kind of shoehorned on this jam anyway. I think as a 2D fighter it would stand on its own as an interesting and fun game.

I like the concept of this game! It's really interesting that you can play a different shadows in one character, which you can combine your attacks. 
And this detail of the animals you put into hand is awesome.
Greate job!

I love the concept and art direction and execution!

With some gameplay polish (hit-boxes, feedback) this could become awesome!

I loved the variance / discovery that there are different characters to play.

Super interesting concept for a fighting game! It's just genius to use shadow play as a fighting game character. I am utterly speechless.
I tried to play your game a bit earlier before, and got stuck in the menu screen. Glad that's been fixed and I could finally play now. Sadly I'm no fighting game player so I can't give much feedback on that. But I just feel like it would nicer if there is a bit more animation frames to see what is going on in each attack. But we all know how long it takes to make such things, so no worries.

Love the game very much! Nice work!

Incredible work! I love the detail put into the hands. The music and sound effects are great too! Though as a fighting game newbie, I felt it was a little difficult to tell when my attacks were landing and when I was landing attacks.

Really cool game! The art is on point, music too, fighting styles are creative, love the variety of shadows, it's super fun and well thought out!! 

Amazing work!

La la la la la la la... this game is really sick. First of all the art is great,  shadows + their moves + the hands too??? Insane. I like the music too, the track during character selection particularly goes hard. Overall this fighting game has a lot of depth already so I do hope you guys continue with it. An impressive entry, you guys should be proud of what you've made!

The art is amazing! Super creative idea.
 I agree with some of the other comments about hitboxes also the attacks that had forward movement felt really good compared to the ones that didn't move. 

Great Job!

Did a double take when I saw Fighting Game in the description. This is awesome!

Damn, that art is amazing!
Initially I thought it'd be a rock paper scissor game with great art, didn't expect a whole ass fighting game :P

It was really good. Had a few small issues with some attacks' hitbox feeling wrong, and when jumping I'd sometimes end up "stuck" on top of my opponent. But apart from that it was great, and the ability to switch at will between all 3 forms at any point is great!

Wonderful concept for a game. This really stands out creatively, I never would have thought of shadow puppets! The character artwork is fantastic. You know how in fighting games they just reskin a character or just recolor it? You could totally do something like that here, just have the same silhouette but have it be different animals or have different faces. Anyhow, this was a lot of fun, keep up the great work! 

I cannot believe y'all were so bold as to make an entire game featuring the hardest thing in the world to draw: hands.

It's SO GOOD! I love the concept, and I like the lighthearted execution and tone behind it. Amazing work!
Ellory Mains Rise UP.

Such a brilliant concept.
The art is insanely creative, the setting is cool and the music is so quirky. This is a weird idea executed perfectly! 
I was glad to see you will keep development going on it! If it ever releases on switch, I'm buying this instantly!
Love to see this!

Minor feedback: the fighting is a bit clunky and unresponsive at the moment and after I won 2-1 vs the CPU, there was a round 4 suddenly, even though there were only 2 circles to win.