Very fun mechanics with the mana use ^^
It took me a bit to get the hang of it but once it clicks it’s really satisfying, for instance, i didn’t imediately see that you visualized the hitboxes for both mana charge and the hurtbox, but once i got it i had tons of fun trying to place myself just at the right spot to keep that bar up to shoot back.
Also really cool of you to have put a difficulty select so that everyone can have a shot at seeing the end, had to stick with normal and i barely made it so i can’t imagine how insane hardcore difficulty must be haha O_o
The character designs are cool as well, and i gotta applaude you did extra work to have a different left and right animation to fit the character’s hat, also had a good chuckle at the mage master’s “you can try” frowning expression XD
Overal had fun trying this out, well done :)