Great submission, really good job balancing this one -- I felt like it was challenging and had to retry a few times, but not too many (this is one of the few submissions I've been able to complete so far :P). All the communication with the player was solid throughout, I never was confused or felt like a hit didn't connect. I think it could use a bit more game juice though, it could make the combat feel a bit more impactful. Also, the art was great throughout, but the different scaling on assets/pixelation did detract from the overall polish, but these are really just nitpicks. Nice work :)