This is a great start to a game, and the stag beetle is super cute! Since there was only one enemy, I played 3 times and won 2 of the battles. Great job completing your first GWJ!

Pretty simple, but lovely polish! I think you could easily expand this into a great Pokemon-esque bug battling game. Great entry!

The game was fun but quite short, I would love if there were more critters to fight, but overall the game looked very polished and the art and music were great. Keep it up!

Nicely done, but that game seems quite hard.

Hi! I think that you made it too difficult. Yes, it's about tactics. But it's also about being a lucky devil. If the coincidence doesn't play for you, then you're doomed. I would appreciate the game easier and longer - I hoped for more than one fight. The graphics and music aren't bad though. The principle of the game is also good. If you use it in a better way (so that it's less about luck), you'll go a long way!

I think its actually quite hard, haha. Took me a couple of tries to beat it once. It says the dodge chance is 75% but i dont think i've hit the moth once when it camouflaged, maybe im just unlucky. The art is really cute!

Good job!

Hah it seems like we had a similar idea with bug fights!

I'm wondering if you used any ai plugins to handle which actions the enemy is choosing or did you write it yourself?

If you are interested in writing a system like that yourself you can look up "utility system" which is an ai system which is wonderful to use in turn-based fights!

Getting the armor every second turn seems to have worked well as well as pincing when the enemy is camouflaged. Art is great looking!

the game reminds me about suikoden 2 duels, so nice! :) If you animate the fight it'll be so good

i think rng has too big of a play on who wins the fight but i love everything else. the art looks great, the music is super fitting, id be happy to see this made into a full game!

I agree with many others here. The art is great and you've got the foundation for something that could be built into a larger, more complex battle system. I'd love to play more if you choose to continue building it out.

I really enjoyed this one! I love the art and character designs especially. There's definitely a solid gameplay foundation here too, but admittedly I think randomness plays too much of a factor in the outcome of each turn. I'd recommend either toning down the randomness or exploring additional mechanics that give players a bit more agency over the outcome of each turn.

Besides that, really nice work!

the moth is soo cute, I almost want to let it win lol. my first try the boss felt really easy as they kept camouflaging but then on my 2nd try the boss beat me. this was fun and im looking forward to playing it again if it gets updated.

Great job, the art and music where and it was nice to the turn based approach you took to the game. I found the boss a little hard but i'm sure you can easily avoid it's variability by adding different of attacks to both the boss/player as well as healing items/attacks. Well done!

Others have acknowledged it but so will I: visuals are fantastic!

Great game concept! The graphics and music are top-notch, and the interface is clear.

For a post-jam version, I think attack animations would make the battles more dynamic and provide additional feedback to the player.

Also, I'm a poor player and would have liked a healing spell to compensate for my opponent's superiority in terms of health and abilities (dodge, poison that lasts for 2 turns, etc.).

I'm really impressed by the art direction :-)

Art style and music are great! The bug roguelike fighting concept is really cool. As a player, I would enjoy the game more if I had different options to choose from each turn. Right now, it feels like I have no control over the battle and it’s mostly luck.

It could be fun to add things like an “Attack type” and “Defense type.” For example, deciding whether to dodge next turn or harden your armor. Different choices could interact with enemy attacks, so you still wouldn’t know exactly what’s coming — but the player would feel like they’re making their own decisions.

Nevertheless, very nice submission!

Love your art and the sound in the game. I love this type of turnbased combat with these cute little bugs. I wish there was a bit more variety in the attacks and such but overal the idea of your game is clear, congrats!

I really like that art style, especially the background in the main Menu :D

Other than that i can only agree with the others <3

I love turn based combat games, and enjoyed playing this on