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Dude, I LOVE the vibe you're going for! Had a lot of fun exploring the strange tower. Thought I had it, but got killed by a damn claw wizard midway across my ascent 😅

You tackled a pretty ambitious design with this project - both in terms of game design, content and graphic style. What you managed to build in such a short time is amazing - congrats! I particularly liked the world building - the themes, the texts, the encounters. I also really appreciated how, despite conveying a great atmosphere, the text is not verbose. Just a few lines of text to get the point and vibe across and it's done - which is cool because it also leaves room for imagination. Another super cool concept is navigating through a sidescroller view in a corridor, and most encounters being a room. Really makes you feel like exploring some sort of dark monastery.

The hiccups I had were all minor, and definitely the kind of stuff you could easily improve upon with some more time. Particularly, I wish there were navigation choices (like in Isaac, where you choose whether or not to enter a room making some sort of risk / reward calculation, etc). It would also feel more satisfying to control with more instant input recognition and faster travel time between cells.

I really like the idea and vibe. The darker tone and game genre is well aligned with Steam, if you keep improving on it. I would love to see this game keep evolving through the bootcamp! ❤️

Congrats, and thanks for the fun!