Nice take on the genre !
Few pointers for improvements :
- adding a xp bar to know when you will level up could help the player know when it's worth it to go for a gem or not
- potions really don't heal a lot. maybe make them heal more an reduce their spawn rate
- It's hard to tell if you hurt an ennemie or not. adding a simple animation to them when they get hit would improve that a lot. (even just flashing them white or making them blink like the player would be enough)
Apart from that It's a really decent jam entry. with a very good amount of content for 10 days.
Great work ! :)
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Thank you for your feedback! There is a blue level up bar on the top of the screen that shows you the xp progression and the level of the character. In the few play tests I did the health potion was healing too much and the enemies were dealing less damage I will take a look at that in the future. For the enemies animation i was running out of time and had to focus on other stuff but it is a thing to consider for sure. Thank you for playing the game and for your insight.