I think it's good. It was very fun, but I wish that there was more of it.
I think first of all, the crows should only be taken care of with 3 bullets, and maybe making a harder crow version later on.
I think that the amount of items that spawn are a little much, they seem to over compensate due to how weak you are without an item.
Stage 3 was completely mindless because I had like 8 potions drop and so I didn't have to worry about my health. Stage 4 was very fun due to how much was on screen and that only 2 potions dropped.
I think having less items drop or just having different chances for items would be nice. Less potions made me much more aware of what I was doing. Also, the shotgun spell has its symbol be "III" which could just mean, three bullets. But to me implied, spell number 3. So I wish that there were more items that changed your spells. And maybe if you pick up more of them, you can upgrade your spells.
I wish the game was a little more hectic.
Also, I wish that there was some kind of boss fight. I understand it being a gamejam, so you might not have had time to do it. But it does feel anti climactic to just end the game with no boss fight or really any indication that Stage 4 was the last stage. Not to mention that the cutscene, coupled with the music makes it feel like I got a bad ending. But I don't believe that I got a bad ending or that there were multiple endings. If there are, then it should be more clear that I got a bad ending, and a hint as to how to get the good ending.
Also speaking of music. Don't love that there isn't any. Sure, you make noises when you walked, but when standing still, I just don't love that there isn't any music playing during the levels.
And lastly, and I don't know what caused this. But when I called a frog enemy in level 4. It teleported to the right side of the screen behind the rocks (the level boundary) and kept hopping around and trying to attack me. I'm not sure what caused it, and it isn't a big deal at all. But just wanted to mention that it is a thing that happened.
Overall great game, hope to see it improved.
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Thank you very much for your feedback. Many of the issues listed were things I couldn't work on due to the jam time, but I plan to fix them after the voting is over. There was a boss stage in the works, but it was boring and tedious, so I thought it would be better to cut it from the game than to leave it in and have it be bad. I'm reviewing how to organize the items and other upgrades, as well as better balancing the enemies. I need to investigate what causes the frog bug, but I plan to fix it.
Thank you again for playing my game.