Super fun! Its hard to get a rage game right and still have it be really fun! This game is like 99% of the way there. I just think the player should feel in control of what happens so they don't blame the game, and there were a few times where the axe just wouldn't follow the path the game projected, or wouldn't stick to the wall even though it lit up green. Maybe a little bit of leeway to the player, not to make it easier but more fair? The sound design, particles, and overall visual style are beauuutiful and simple too. And even with some of the unfairness I had a super fun time playing regardless. Such a fun game! Oh also this is definitely not gonna be a popular opinion but I kinda like the mixels with the torches, gives it some visual depth. Maybe using mixels in a more purposeful way to make it look more cohesive could work.

Congrats on finishing the jam! I had a lot of fun playing and almost got to the end of level 1!

I think I should preface this comment by saying that I do not like rage games and especially not Jump King or Getting Over It.  Even though both games are "fair" I have some difficulties enjoying them. For Getting Over It the control scheme causes my tendonitis to flare and I don't have the control that the game desires so it's usually a bad time. For Jump King, although the jumps are fair you can't really visualize or cancel so it can lead to frustration. I feel like this implementation got rid of both of those issues.

It felt very fair and I liked that you could preview how your throw would affect the axe. The axe felt like it had weight. I liked that depending on where you threw from the handle it would affect the spin of the axe. Music was good and I didn't feel an ounce of rage :)

Some areas of improvement:

• The lamps are not in the same pixel resolution (please)
• Sometimes I thought the axe should've landed when it didn't - maybe it needs a tweaking?
• It would be nice if we could see the percentage climbed to know how close we are to the top
• I think the pixel in the middle of the axe should be removed if possible - it made me think that I could only throw by clicking on the middle

Some additional ideas:

• If you would like to have this work for streamers more, I would recommend integrating with twitch or youtube chat APIs and spawn messages similar to the crow mechanic from Jump King mods
• As long as the game and gimmicks in additional levels maintain the same sort of fairness found in the first one then people are more likely to stick with the game than backing out
• I feel like in the beginning the level design should be very strict with the type of navigation the player needs to get around. For example the first section of Jump King is designed to teach the player about the gaps and the length of the jump to clear them. Something similar with using terrain types to bounce, or spinning the axe in a certain way would be good for a first/tutorial level.

Great job!

Okay, I gave it another shot and I am now able to fangirl over the game. 

I would like to share a little 'pro-tip' I figured out: The point in which you grab the weapon in order to throw it greatly determines the momentum applied to the spin. The purple dot in the middle of the handle represents the 'neutral point' in which the spin is really low, while the closer you get to the edges of the axe, the spin is more aggresive.

Isn't that impressive? The way this game controlls and feels is just right for the kind of experience it wants to provide. Not a lot of rage inducers provide the player with the feedback this one does (the preview of the throw is just fantastic and helps reduce the unfairness since it is usually spot-on with the predictions). Unfortunately, I don't have enough patience to pass through the first stage and get the other tools besides the axe... ISN'T THAT IMPRESSIVE?? THEY HAVE MULTIPLE TOOLS! WHAT??? I'm so glad the mechanics are as simple as they can get for this game so the devs could focus more on the level design and expanding the scope of the game. I wish I was as good at games as I am fangirling so I could see the complete potential of this game. Your game sure deserves the popularity it has! Congratulations!

You should release this. This feels like an almost finished game. Congrats, it's fun.

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream, if you wanted to look at it again in the future heres the vod timestamped to your game (if it doesn't work your game starts at 1:34:55)

This is great! The mood is set nicely, love the lighting you did in the torches. Also love that sparking effect you guys did with the weapon colliding with the gray blocks, was that implemented with shaders? Super fun to play!

I loved the mechanic and I am really bad at platformers in general. With that in mind take my suggestion for what its worth. I feel a two headed axe needs some goblin skulls to crack, secondary objectives and objects and some unnecessary violence could soothe the soul of a living weapon.