Overall, it’s well balanced between minimalism and attraction. I really liked the art, music, and controls. The only thing that felt difficult for me was jumping over enemies, since the jump power doesn’t show until release. I think this would become easier with more playtime, and it also fits the game’s name—it really feels like a jump challenge. Great work!

Checked this out while it was in progress, and I liked it, and yeah, playing it again during the rating period, still like it! Doing a lot with a little for sure. I really enjoyed moving around with the full kit, I felt very powerful, with the notable exception of the ceiling run, which I mostly found finicky. You managed to squeeze a very expressive movement system out of those 3 buttons. I only wish I was tested a bit more once I had all that power, because it feels like the lategame isn’t really equipped to deal with how powerful the player becomes, making the difficulty curve a bit odd, I felt the early-game was harder than the lategame. I respect the commitment of sticking to every enemy having 1 HP, even (kind of) Daimyo Dracula, which, by the way, is an extremely funny name for a villain.

Overall, very neat take on minimalism, impressive work by you two!

I really like the core mechanics of the game and also the art style is consistent, which is always a good thing to see in a jam entry. But I thik that only having one life is very punishing, especially in the beginning. Also: the first hint about seeing the enemies attack field is placed in a way, that you typically only read it, when it is already too late.

Still the vision mechanic is very cool and something you should embrace. 

Enjoyment 3.5/5 rounded up (4) - It is sometimes difficult to tell whether the platforming is frustrating on purpose. But when you pull it off you really feel like a ninja which I think is a big positive. It also helped I played this in a VC with a friend to laugh at my every mistake, which always increases the enjoyment of such things.

Execution 3.5/5 rounded down (3) - I think the commitment to minimalism on controls might have hurt this one for me a bit. Having TWO buttons instead of one would make it easier to play overall I think, and two is still pretty minimalist. Most rooms are fair or at least learnable; some of them feel like nonsense in a bad way, including the final boss TBH.

Sensory 3.5/5 rounded up (4): Cute but basic, committed to its bit. The music fits, and didn't grate on me too much, but some changes in that regard might have been welcome at some point.

Metroidvania 5/5: Within its constraints it is a proper and fairly well-designed map overall. Not sure if I missed anything as to secrets. 

Theme-relevance 5/5: You did a LOT with a little. The controls occasionally felt like an enemy in themselves but when they weren't doing that they were solid.

Overall, feels like a good game in the vein of a UFO-50 sort of "old school but what if" sort of project. You could (maybe, hard to know with pixel art platformers) polish/expand this one and sell it.

Very nice gameplay loop, and one crazy background story too.

The game seems huge. Well done for cramming so much quality content in a game jam entry. I wasn't able to get to the end as I got stuck in one area and couldn't figure out how to proceed. Nothing to do with the game, I'm just not good at puzzles :)

As others already mentioned, some background music would have taken the atmosphere to the next level.

Overall very well done!

Thats was a very, I really enjoyed playing your game, thanks a lot for that. Took a while to get used to the jump mechanics but when I did it became fluid. The variety of enemies was a pleasant surprise for a jam game. The stealth parts was very fun and the focus mechanic its a really good idea, and very well implemented. Incredible job! I`ll review your game on my YT channel.

Very fun and substantial game, it basically feels more like a full game than a gamejam entry! My favorite part is the enemy variety, how easy it is to tell them apart, and how learning how to deal with each enemy type is a mini-puzzle in and of itself. I'm also a big fan of the art style and palette, the graphics for the various rooms and biomes are very pretty and easy to read. On the other hand, one area that could use some improvement is the sound design, the main theme is very repetitive and the sound effects sound a bit too bassy for this style of game.

The main jump mechanic is a lot of fun when it comes to fighting, it's always satisfying when you can pogo off a bunch of enemies in a row, and feels very fitting for the setting and characters! However, when it comes to traversal and backtracking, it sometimes feels like it slows down the pacing of the game a lot due to having to charge the jump. Traveling through rooms without enemies, or rooms with a lot of vertical movement, can feel a bit tedious in particular. I think having some kind of a visual indicator of the full charge, like the character blinking, might help a lot, because that way at least players won't spend more time charging than necessary.

The "stealth" mechanic with enemy vision is a cool twist on the Metroidvania genre, but it can also feel a bit punishing at times. In some rooms, it feels like the first thing you do after entering is sit there and wait for enemies to turn around or move to a certain spot. I think this is mainly an issue with the knife throwers, who seem particularly fast and deadly with their attacks compared to everyone else.

Sadly, due to the game being so big (and the map being a bit hard to read), I ended up "a bit" lost and unfortunately didn't quite manage to get to the end. I had a lot of fun exploring though, and I did manage to beat two bosses and find a lot of powerups!

i love the concept and the mechanics

Pretty good, I like the simple controls and the way it's all focused on the bounce mechanic! I had an issue for a while where entering the boss room killed me instantly, not sure what caused that? I also think you could stand to be a bit more generous with checkpoints, since most rooms are like little puzzleboxes, so it's fun to figure out a line that works, but not super fun to redo it multiple times. I really liked how movement felt with the full kit though, look forward to giving this another look during the rating period.

very cool!!