Quite honestly balance was our achilles heel this jam, we didn't contemplate a time for finer balance issues and the sword did end up being a bit under powered. Originally our intention was to be able to aim your sword strikes in the four cardinal directions, but it fell through the cracks as these issues tend to in a jam.
Thanks for the compliments and the feedback! We do want to rebalance a little and polish up after the jam ends so I hope you give it another shot!