Ok game!!!

Interestingly enough, I just recently made a game that is pretty much exactly the same as this... Click on my game page and play 'Magic Mayhem' if you're interested!

Anyhow as I made a game that was very similar, I can also apply a lot of the same criticism to this. First off, I noticed that you somtimes just did not place down any wall tiles? I don't know why but it just makes passages look weird.

Something that also could have been helpful would be a minimad or an indicator of how many enemies are still around because it can get really annoying searching for one enemy that hadn't died yet.

Furthermore it would also be better to maybe get some differences in howw the floor and walls look as well as some diffenrences in enemies. Having only two types makes it very monotone very fast. Although, I am guilty of the same crime...

It is just a little bit monotone to run around the map only looking for enemies to kill. You could have improved that by adding collectables or multiple weapons to make this just a little bit more interesting.

Also, the tin man is a little bit to easy... I dunno, he just kinda doesn't feel like a threat.

I do really like the artstyle, the music fits the gameplay and the sfx are clean and good.

Hi!

I managed to finish the game and defeat the boss. There's a few points I think could be improved:

• Indicate somehow the goal of the player ingame (not only on Itch): if someone doesn't read your description, he won't know that he has to clear an area from enemies before moving to the next stage (a simple fix could be to add a counter on screen of remaining enemies for example).
• Boss battle is super easy, you should probably try to add a few mechanisms or patterns to the boss. Here you just have to run in circle and shoot and you won't have any problem handling the fight.
• UI is ok, even if I don't understand why the player's life is represented by a kind of mana bar (with mana potions that restores it).
• Speaking about the potions, you should allow the player to walk on them without collecting them if already full life.
• Pixel ratio consistency! I kinda dislike the look of pixel art games where the assets aren't having the same pixel ratio size (e.g. compare your player to the walls, it's very different).
• Last thing about the theme: there's nothing ingame implementing that, only your Itch description is mentioning some story about why you're there.

Regardless of those points, the game isn't bad at all. It's totally playable and enjoyable!