Oh god where do I begin, the art is wonderful, and the aesthetic fits the concept pretty well, well done on that. The concept is also pretty nice in itself, and I think it's a nice twist on a classic take of the theme of the jam.
Sound effects: I love that you can mute them, but would prefer if you could turn then down with a volume slider, it's just a little bit too loud for me.
Graphics: Beautiful
Gameplay: Super fast paced and addictive, even though I wasn't very good at it after 10 minutes of playing ;(
Suggestions:
- A "return to menu" option in the death screen
- The controls don't seem very intuitive to me, perhaps change the "action" to the space bar?
- Sometimes the characters have to do actions staggered, e.g, the jump, and then the attack has to happen after, but doing that will almost certainly get the ninja killed.
- For game jams in general I recommend finding a difficulty that works for you, the game developers, and then turning it down by not one, but two notches before releasing. This is a mistake that I also made in my submission, albeit it's really hardcore here.
Really great jam entry, I enjoyed playing it!