Another banger of yours, I must say! I think you blew it out of the park with this entry! I loved how much effort was put into capturing the feel of a really haunted/creepy carnival, and all the assets and monsters really played well! I love all the different characters you get to have in your party, and I was pleasantly surprised about the side-scrolling approach! Imo, it really fits this game!
I'm a sucker for voluptuous women, so when I saw the ringleader, I was very...drawn in to this title, haha! There were so many other visuals that helped keep me immersed all throughout the gameplay, and as a player, I felt accomplished whenever I saw what door was unlocked after specific switches were flipped. I also really appreciate the easy mode and the cheat-guy in the game!
In all honesty, I didn't find this game in particular very "scary" per-se...mostly because everything was (for the most part) already visible and the tone felt less serious (particularly with the fart/poop jokes in both the maps and character moves/statuses), but I felt that worked with the kind of slasher-horror films some might recognize- like it's obvious it's a bit hammy, and sometimes silly, but I don't think that's a bad thing, in and of itself!
If there's one thing I can critique, it would be asking to have certain move sfx be turned to a lower volume? I know SE/ME etc. is avail in the options menu, but I don't think it transferred to the battles. (I had to mute my speakers bc using the 99 move with the bat made such a loud, ear piercing sound;; )
Another might be the seemingly lack of reason for all the things that can be named/given names to. I thought it might end up meaning something in the end, or relate to a specific ending, so when it wasn't referenced again (aside from a few, I think), it felt a little lacking in that regard. I also thought I had maybe missed something, seeing that there wasn't a perfect or GOOD/BEST ending- and I didn't have the heart to start all over again ;w;
But I read elsewhere that there's only 2 endings, and I think that's fair considering the time/effort it took to get that far at all! The game took me about 2hrs to complete, and I really enjoyed such a long gameplay! It's quite impressive for a gamejam entry, imo!
I also read about a possible sequel, so I also look forward to that (and really, any other works by you ;w; )!
Thank you again for the experience! It really has that Dossow feeling that I think fans of yours can really see :>