Thanks for playing!
It's a bit of a crisis crossover, tying together Shattered (my MGGJ1 game) and In The Middle Of The Night (my MGGJ2 game) with some other things thrown in for good measure. For now I'm leaving it ambiguously canon because I'm not 100% sure if I want to go that route.
Sword is definitely underpowered and lame. I'm not planning on adding blocking for various reasons, but I'm going to speed up the sword, tweak the reach/hitbox, and possibly increase the damage. Shattered 2 will also add progression so early on you won't have the super powerful magic.
Halo was definitely a huge influence, not surprising as it's one of the few games I still regularly play. The sprites are actually from Freedoom, which was created as a direct replacement for Doom. To be honest I didn't like going this route but it was a necessary evil to save time.