I'm impressed with what you managed to create in a month. The game is very engaging; I enjoyed every stage and I didn't feel like it went on too long.
The music helped to set the atmosphere and sound design was good too. However, if I had to give some feedback I think the first stage's song is too calm considering the amount of Nightmares on screen.
As for the story, I did enjoy Moonlit Curse's story more but it was still good, just not really my kind of story.
The gameplay here is great and the variety of attacks made each battle feel different. I also enjoyed both of the boss fights, although it did seem that Number 21 had a lot more health and was generally harder than Tama's Doubt.
The art style was consistent and fit the game well. Animations are very smooth and the hitstop helped to add impact into the attacks.
If you were ever going to update the game in the future, I would suggest having some level of interactivity with the environment, such as being able to knock over bins or smash the glass tubes in the lab area.
Great work!
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Thanks for playing! It was indeed a busy month...
Good comments and feedback, I'll definitely keep those in mind. On the bosses, interesting to know how those two felt vs each other. I guess I went light on the final boss since I wasn't sure if it would be easy or hard to figure out what to do. (I've had one comment from a player who sped through the dialogue and had a hard time beating it)
Breakable objects were something that ended up on the cutting room floor... I would have loved to work that in, but ran out of time! Maybe something for an update eventually. But after some major crunch the last few days, something had to give.
Also glad you though the story worked, even if it wasn't your thing. This particular angle is probably finished now (as this is the third and final game in the Tama & Paisley introduction saga), so expect more stories in the vein of "Moonlit Curse" in the future. (Some possible games in the pipeline for this setting are "June Mejos vs. The Golden Eyed Girls" and "The Forest of the World Tree"... working titles, subject to change)