Solid use of the theme for a roguelite

The combat is a lil basic, but the animations and sfx make it satisfying

The music is just the right blend of goofy and anxiety inducing lol

My only nitpick is that the gray walls kinda blend into the gray floor, so a lil more contrast would be nice

Wwe memed this game so much... and it still pierced the heavens with my expectation... it is a good lil dungeon arena game, the SFXses are very juicy, the hiteffect and particles on the enemies are satisfying, I do wish the player had the same, the audio cue is clear but a visual one would be nice too... I got got in stage 3, the knife scarecrow cornered me. combat in the game very simple but is really  responsive and the fact that you have to stop moving to attack makes so there is still strategy to it, there is a bit of a cheese you can do on most enemy types using the 1 tile wide collisions, can attack past the tile wide gap, except for the scarecrows, they have more range and move so erratically that the wall trick cannot be done (hence my death to one of them). after skill issuing and dying pathetically in lvl 3, I used the selection code and found out that the player level starts from 1, even if you do the level code, so in order to see the remainder of the enemy types, I used godmode like a newbie ;)

very impressed with the variety of enemies and attacks, the boss patterns are fun to learn (will need to go back and try to beat it legit). Amazing game bud.

Would like a better indicator for when you level up, and maybe a dodge button or smth

Still a really good game, I liked it a lot :>

W FIRST GAMEJAM GAME

Fun: I like the leveling system, the attacks are satisfying, and the enemies are great. wish the movements were better, or adding a way to dodge

Presentation: love the art style, the sound design as well, the enemies look great, did you draw them?

creativity: nice idea, the leveling is good, and manipulating the save file fits the theme well, very good

Congratulations on your first game jam, and a great entry! I had a lot of fun with this one and I especially enjoyed the different enemy types and how varied they all were! My one suggestion would be that it's quite difficult to attack enemies above or below you (but that might be intended so if that's the case then I take it back haha). 

Interesting idea! Special call out to the damage numbers enemies receive, it looks really good.

If you were to continue this, I'd focus on making the character movement feel better. Maybe update the walk animation, make it a little faster, add some kind of dashing, improve the attack animation, etc.

Good work on the enemies too! The scarecrow is my favorite.

Wow very impressive for your first game jam!

I really like the art and monster/character design. Also you manage to give each monster a different ability which feels great when I encounter new enemies

Personally I find the character moves really slow, not in combat but outside. It feels like there is more walking then fighting. Placing enemies closer together can also solve this problem.

I also felt that the attack has no impact behind it. There are many ways to improve this:
- Screenshake on hit
- Anticipation frame
- Bigger arc when swing the weapon
to name a few.

But still fun little game :)

I like the amount of enemy variety! ✨
Each enemy were quite unique and adds a new type of hurdle to the player, the pixel art was very nice, I like the animations, even for the protag with his tiny steps haha, there's a certain charm to it, I'd suggest making the attacks more responsive and more attack variety, knights usually have more than just a melee weapon, would love to see more weapons!
Overall quite a nice challenging game, good job!

Very nice pixel art! The enemies were all very creative, I especially loved the scarecrow type guys. I did a pacifist run in which I killed the least amount of enemies possible and I made it through the first two levels. It was really fun. Good job!

Could you check out my game if you have some time, I would really like some feedback.

Hey there! Nice game. I love the idea! (I accidentally pressed the god mode button lol) But I love the animations and the enemies! Great work!
If you have some time available, check out my game! I believe you will have a good experience!

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This was actually really fun! I liked the enemy variety a lot. I still couldn‘t get past the third cycle after 4 attempts because of the knife dummy, lol. My main feedback is that letting you restart to the last cycle would have been neat. Still, i really enjoyed the game, and it was ambitious of you to animate dithered sprites, but they turned out awesome!

This is so good! Really challenging, but simple to understand and get going imediately. Great game! Will play lots more (I wont rest until ive defeated the last wave!)

loved the idea. The game is really hard so i wasn't able to beat it

The idea is definitely interesting, but at a late stage, all that remains do  is to pray gods of AI that enemies stuck in the wall

I liked the idea, and definitelly unique concept, but I just wish the player was smaller and from a top-down perspective so you can more easily see where your attacks will land… The music was really nice and it fith the gameplay really well, The combat was great, as you had many diverse enemies, althought at times I was swarmed by the enemies attacking from below… Now I felt like the characther was randomly slowing down, not sure if it was exhaustion from combat or if it’s related to camera movement, but overall a great start to making games :)

I like the idea and overall it feels pretty decent to play, but I think it's very punishing to play. I was being very thorough but at the last room I got farmed very quickly by the sword dummies. It felt like I had to find a way to cheese every enemy so I wouldn't lose all my health, like when the shooting enemies were grouped up I had better odds killing them through a wall instead of trying to find opportunities in between attacks (the lack of invulnerability frames definitely ramped up the difficulty). Visually and audibly, still very well done!

I didn't beat it (I have chronic skill issue) but it was really fun!

Great game, i had so much fun playing and really liked it

The game is fun and really enjoyable, i think it could be better by making the walls tiles different color or darker because its the same color as the background, also you could have made a death animation rather than an instant black screen with some text, but overall good game.