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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #122 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
| Overall | #387 | 3.357 | 3.357 |
| Fun | #458 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Creativity | #590 | 2.929 | 2.929 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
Jorge Ramirez & and Jorge Fernandez - Jorge
David Jhoel - David
Newbie?
Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
Version with critical bugs fixed: https://zohiru.itch.io/the-demon-within-critical-bugs-fixed. We thought the health bars not functioning, as well as the checkpoints not recovering health were critical bugs that made it really hard to enjoy the game, and especially the boss fight, so here is an updated version (it was literally changing 3 lines). We know this may invalidate it from the judging process but we would rather people play a functional version of the game and get their feedback. So yeah, if you can, please play the updated version, thank you again for trying out our game :)
Some clarifications:
Please do not spam ENTER on the dialogues, it can break the game, thank you
Press K to restart if you ever get stuck (on the main levels). If you reach the end of the first level and don't go to a next screen, press K and try again.
Note x3: The dialogue boxes that pop up to the side are choices, you have to click on one of them (There is one on the first dialogue screen)
There is a "parry" and a "riposte". The parry only happens if you block at the last moment before an attack lands, and only then you get a small window to do a Riposte with R.
We just really, really wanted to get started making games :)
It is a 2D platformer adventure game. We laid the foundations of what we think is a really cool story and this would serve as the prologue to the full game. There are some hints to the history and the mystery behind the game's name along the game, a solid combat system, and excellent music (made during the jam by our composer, David), we hope you enjoy!
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Well done on your first jam, art looks absolutely great and even though the combat system could use a bit more polish since some of the enemies attack before you can attack back, a very solid first game jam entry. Congrats! :)
the controls feel a bit weird as of now but the visuals are amazing, great job
maybe you can go and give me feedback on my game too, id love to hear what you guys think
Nice game idea, although with the parry it doesn't give you enough time to attack before the enemy hits you, but overall nice game.
Mood, art, sounds and animation are all fire.
Nice combat, would have loved gamepad support but obviously not an option for all game engines.
Great game, well done!
I LOVE the art and the platforming was also very fun but the controls felt the bit wierd, great game
Couldn't get past the third piece of dialogue even without spamming enter :( Tried hitting k to get out of it but it wouldn't progress and it sounded like extra text was being written but didn't show up anywhere
Not sure what happened
Hi! Sorry about that, it is probably that you have to click on one of the choices to the side, but I appreciate you taking the time to play it!
Oh word, I'll try it again!
It was fun! Ran into a couple of buggy behaviors with enemy interaction but the art was beautiful and thought it had a cool story!
Thanks! Yeah we couldn't clear up all the bugs with some mobs and there all also some collisions shapes in some background tiles that shouldn't have them, plus the health bars. But thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
artísticamente se ve precioso chicos gran trabajo
una pena que no esté en webGL porque eso limita la visibilidad :/
The art and music are very very good, and the movement feels pretty good. I would say the main area of improvement could be the combat, I got the parry to work but riposte didn't seem to work, also the health bar doesn't seem to show up. Great concept for a game, I think y'all should keep at it and make it into something really special!
Thank you for the review! Yeah we struggled to make a smooth combat system and ran into multiple issues. One thing that we did not clear up is that there is a "block" and a "parry". The riposte is only enabled after a parry, which happens if you block at the last second before an attack hits. Then after a parry, you have a short window to do a riposte.
Thanks your playing the game!
From a visual standpoint, the game is very beautiful. If you made the music yourself during the jam, that's cool. But mechanically, the game is very rough - a non-working HP bar, talking to already killed characters, getting stuck in textures. Awkward controls, it's unclear when you take damage. Also weird that you didn't export the game to web version. You can check out my game too!