Pretty fun arcade game! The fact the friendly fire happens for both the players and the enemies gives the game a lot of depth that other GMTK game jams where they have two characters are physically connected lack, especially the ones where they basically act like a single character. The friendly fire really makes positioning matter and requires some thought put into it, and the player can't simply charge up to every single enemy and spam attack. My favorite feature that comes as a result of the friendly fire is making the enemies hurt each other, the easiest way of doing this is baiting a melee enemy into the line of fire of an archer enemy. Melee enemies can also hurt other enemies as well, especially the ones with a long attack charge up. Speaking of the enemies, the AI is simple, but still challenging in many cases. It's is easy to deal with one of them but when there are several enemies with different weapons and attack patterns, navigating fights against them is incredibly fun! Allowing the players to pick up some of the dropped weapons is cherry on top of an already great game. The art is great, the animation is clear and fluid, and sound design compliments the visuals and gameplay well. No complaints from me on the overall presentation of the game. Overall the game is very well made, the only few problems I have with the game is it freezing after I press retry and I have to pause and unpause to unfreeze it. Hitboxes for the melee weapons feels a bit bigger than what their sprite shows, and I'd prefer if they were slightly smaller. Getting two bows makes the game a bit easy and takes away much of the depth the melee combat has, but this is a minor balancing issue as it is unlikely that the player would get two bows in the first place and the enemies are still strong enough to eventually overpower the player. These problems are minor and you've done a great job making a very well balanced game that also has plenty room for mastery and fun!
P.S. you should join the GMTK discord (https://discord.com/invite/pd4rQKU) and post your game there to get more people to play and rate your game!
