Really cool entry. Visuals and sound effects were extremely pleasing! When I realized how to unlock abilities it was a super cool moment! I really do like games where you can technically do everything from the start, you jsut don't know it yet. Unfortunately for that I doesn't really much like a metroidvania to me in the truest sense, but I guess the definition is ambiguous for the jam haha. While I do like the mechanic to get abilities, I did find it a bit annoying after a while when I only need it to get a single star. Also, maybe a way to more easily shoot up? Oh and, I wish pausing wouldn't take me back to the title screen! But regardless, I liked your game a lot!

I was swearing at my screen, ngl. I'm not a fan of the frustrating type of difficulty this evokes, its the only thing holding me back from liking it more. I just found myself saying "man why everything gotta be so hard", AND you make me use keyboard? Controlling it made me felt like the guy looked, Dumb and fumbling to understand whatever wizardry you put in my stupid pinkish purple hands. It's probably a "me" problem, the game seems like it controlled as intended but it never considered me as a player and my lack of abilities, HEH.

Aside from that, I do really like the concept. It needs a bit more to be fun for me, and maybe for me that's just a controller but I was having some trouble if that wasn't clear. Thanks for making something unique though!

Loved this game, it's so clever. And it looks super good, I really liked the scribbly graphics. I think I was lucky in that I unlocked one of the abilities pretty quick by accident so I understood the map mechanic pretty fast because of that, but I think I could see people not realizing it and getting frustrated a bit, but still a really cool concept.

Biggest nitpick would be that I'm not sure if I would consider this a metroidvania, despite being an incredible and very polished little puzzle box platformer (specially for a jam).

Very interesting game, loved the visuals especially, and concept was very neat to figure out, even if it was frustrating before I did. Really solid, nice job!!

Very well-made! I especially enjoyed the sound design; it really added a lot to the general feel of things. The powerup system was also clever; I had an "Aha!" moment when I figured out exactly what the yellow squares meant".

I loved this game. Very smart and polished. Loved the sprites and animations. Great moment when you understand the powerup mechanic.

Soo polished, very nice! I didn't understand the power unlock at first, but then I was amazed. Very sad there isn't controlled support but the execution is 5/5 anyway :))

The art was really nice, loved the bright colours, also loved and appreciated the interpretation of the theme and how it factored into the actual mechanical design of the game rather than purely being in the visuals like some other games have done, it feels quite polished! 

I really like the art style! Did good with minimalistic feel but also cool looking. I like that the game is hard, most game jam games are easy so its nice to have a challenge! Great job overall! 

First of all, I really want to commend the polish on this entry. Everything has a sound and you can even interact with some of the environment (the lights and foliage). The menu and UI is also very clean ! Fantastic job on that front !

I must admit it took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out what the gimmick of the game was. I uncovered the entire map and ran around for a while before I found my first ability. Then, I was confused once I lost my ability to get a new one. Eventually I figured it out and I gathered most collectibles, but I did not finish. Very unique and unexpected mechanic ! I enjoyed it. Though, I think it would have benefitted from a bit more guidance to point the player in its direction.

Regarding level design, I think it is a bit on the difficult side and I found myself dying quite a bit. It could be a skill issue though.

Finally, I would like to commend the 2d character controller. It controls perfectly ! Great job !

Really neat and unique little entry imo !