itch.io

this is a whole ass game lol. you did a great job with it. i think there should probably be a bit of anticipation on the attacks for the enemies, right now they come out instantaneously which makes them seem very fast and unforgiving. besides that though, i love the music and the amount of polish that went into everything. the little rabbits with their dialogue in the hub is great. it has a lot of those empty walls that give the place a real feeling of secrets being around every corner yuh know, but a lot of them are clearly telegraphed with showing an item that looks entirely unreachable. i love the spiral where you get the double jump, showing the player the item they are gonna get before they can get to it really increases the tension before the payoff. i think using 1 bit was a great idea as it allows for a lot of content to be made in a short time and i think metroidvanias really need a lot of content, but i do think that also means when content feels lacking it's a lot more obvious. for instance, normally i would think it was perfectly alright to have 1 tileset for a jam this short, but given the 1 bit nature i think it's alright to expect at least one more tileset. hopefully i'm being clear there, i don't think this game is lacking on content or anything, especially not for a jam, just that that one thing stuck out to me. i like that the player had the option to grind out a win against a tough enemy too. it didn't feel required, more like how in dark souls how you can grind out a few levels if you need to. overall, one of my favorites of the jam so far, great work on this!