WHAT IN THE HOLY MEGALOVANIA??

There is honestly so much I can say about this game. First of all, it's insane that this game is at such a high level of polish and game-balancing when it was done by one person in only two weeks. The bosses felt hard, but doable. The mechanics were easy to remember, but hard to master. Or at least to be patient enough. I always had the feeling of "I just need to lock in, and I will be able to do it." And the entire mechanic of freeing up space to have more space for movement, but at the same time it gets harder, the closer you are to the boss because you have less reaction time, is honestly ingenious. The hitbox of the main character feels good (I'm very grateful its so small), and the i-frames are fair as well. I would really love to know how you approached the bullet hell mechanics, and how much % of your time you spent on them lol.

A few things to improve on:

Sometimes the amount of tiles I would turn into grass would be smaller than it usually is, I think it was mostly when I was trying to use the ability on a snow-corner. I wasn't sure what was different and why it changed, because I was busy dodging.

A little sound effect when you collect flowers would really help! Sometimes I had to keep my attention on a flower to make sure I collected it, and would get hit by a snowball because of that.

Be able to get out of the Q-hole by pressing again - sometimes it was really hard to time it correctly, so when I came out I still had to time to adjust to the next attacks.

Overall an amazing game. Im honestly impressed. I couldnt finish it in one go, I got to the third loop, 2nd boss, but I will come back some other time and try again! A lot of fun!

I had a LOT of fun getting through this game - I did not know that you could E while underground but I think that adding the option for the player to come out of the ground when they so choose to (especially with that final battle) would be a lot better than allowing for random chance of digging in the right spot to avoid taking guaranteed damage. Otherwise, I'm in the same boat fellow Canadian - Winter has to leave sooner XD

The first bullet-hell game I have in the jam and probably the best one (didn't expect a snowball game in a spring jam lol)

It's really clever use of space (snow or grass) as the HP and build something around it. The mechanics are introduced step by step in the 3 loops make the gameplay fun and challenging while fitting the limitation.

• Great difficulty curve with loop-to-loop variations
• Audio feedbacks are polished very well
• Interesting characters & bullet patterns

I'm rating the Gameplay 5/5, but the moves can still be polish even better imo

• Dash : almost forget about this cuz there's no "whole line" attacks, I beat the game without using :p
• Shovel : give moment of invincibility when leaving, or allow for leaving early, otherwise unavoidable hits happen
• Wand : snowy attacks look same to the normal attack, and it's often too late to save energy when you see the ground warnings. Maybe give some vfx / sfx hint so the player get prepared early.
• Not sure if this is intended but you can use E+Q (Wand and then Shovel) to protect your grass in invincible
• This pattern is 100% hit?

Nonetheless impressive work as a first entry, and keep up the good work! ( ^ ⩊ ^ )⸝♡

Inspired! Really really good!!! Gameplay is tight and fun! Design is awesome, music is awesome, gameplay is awesome!! i wish i had more to say but i'm only allowed to rate up to 5 stars which really feel inadequate this is a stellar design!

Critiques are pretty simple however, i wish we had the option to leave the dig state early, on the last two bosses the blizzard attack is followed up by a homing rocket and a narrow safe corridor attack respectively, and in a lot of cases i had no choice but to take damage at the end of the dig state as i couldn't leave it early once the blizzard had ended and before the next attack hit. Art/visual style is good, but nothing to write home about...

yeah that's l can think of, i love the characters personalities, i love the slow introduction of mechanics, the slow ramp of difficulty... really amazing! Only other thing i can dock points on is the limitation, as this game is about ending the loop, it's inspired by an endless loop but is not in fact endless, it only loops 3 times.

But i'm digging deep to find stuff to critique honestly i'm losing my mind over the design and fights, they are top tier quality and this whole experience was crazy fun to play c: you guys did phenomenal work! 

Wow, this is really impressive! It's engaging and fun! The gameplay reminds me of Undertale where you have to fight each boss by dodging their bullet, except this time, the ground have its own mechanic, too. The firework also reminded me of Undertale's dummy fight. The writing is great and also funny. "Life doesn't stay still, it grows" There's not a lot of dialogue, but they do pack a punch. At first, I thought the game is quite quiet, until I heard each boss' music, and it become much better. Smart limitation intepretation, too! Getting stronger each loop, but the bosses also do the same. Genuinely like this one.

Unrelated, but I wished my country has winter.

Pretty good game! I like the lore behind it, gameplay feels simple & fun, however I wasn't able to beat the final boss as it started lagging (number of snow particles ig)... despite, I like the variety of mechanics the player has to avoid in combat while all she can do is to clean the area from  snow, keep it up 🚀

This is a really good game!! I liked the dialogue text and the art was super charming!! Especially the dialogue art! I love how the seamlessly looping limitation was implemented and how both dialogue and gameplay changes when going through it again. The game is impressive especially since it's a solo project. 

The combat is a really really cool concept, but it needs a bit of refinement. Some projectiles are small and blend in with the environment which be difficult to see. The shovel is a cool ability, but it is very long, and the projectiles can hit you right as you come out of the ground which can be frustrating because it feels unavoidable. There are also a couple of undodgeable attacks depending on the amount of space you have. There are also many instances where I've been trapped in the small sections and couldn't dodge. However, I still enjoyed it! Good work!! ^.^

Also, Mouthwashing is in fact a masterpiece

Well done, really liked how the limitation was implemented in the story.