The gameplay & combat are excellent, attacks are fast and snappy, dodging feels good, having a ranged option is nice.
Visuals and atmosphere are lovely as well.
Sound design is good.
The boss fight was awesome, that’s the most fun I’ve had in game so far for this jam! Great job to the encounter designer!
The game is clearly inspired heavily by Hollow Knight. There’s nothing wrong with taking inspiration from good games; however, I think this has to be the first jam game I’ve seen where the level of imitation going on is almost… cheap-feeling. The attack timing, animation, and sound are almost identical to HK. So is the mana/health regen system, plus the display is almost identical. The boss death particles are basically the same as well.
All in all this is a really strong effort that I had a blast playing. I just would’ve liked to see some more originality.