Your game is amazing! At first, I thought I wouldn’t have that much fun, but it was really enjoyable to plan my next move to avoid losing (not that it helped haha). Congratulations on the pixel art and the music—it reminded me of Donkey Kong Country and Nidhogg. The card game is very creative, congrats on the project!
The attached manual is a bit… I don’t know, in my opinion, it broke the immersion a little. I was able to understand the game just by playing, without reading the manual, but I think it would be good to have an in-game tutorial or at least for the manual to be inside the game rather than on a separate website.
Other than that, the gameplay, design, and soundtrack are all excellent! The progression system is great, but I didn’t see much purpose in the in-game currency I earned. I think it should have a more meaningful role to make that element feel more rewarding.