I really like the core idea of collecting parts as wind and transforming based on what you collected. It's outside the scope of a jam, but I imagine it would be cool if one could later find different weapons and it becomes somewhat of an interactive build.

Starting the game was a bit frustrating, because it's mostly one hit death and it's not really clear what is good/bad, what can be interacted with and what should be avoided. Made is very frustrating to start over again, because a lot of it was long corriders of just pressing one direction button.

So, really loved the core, but it needs some polishing imho :) 

Good game. Enjoued playing your game. Movement is good. I believe a tutorial is needed in the start as it got difficult for me to get the hang of the game in the start. Rest all was amazing. 

very unique and creative! i love these kinds of top down games

movement is great, dashing around is fun and attacking feels good! i think i got softlocked from getting the top orb thingy a few times because the enemy would spawn camp the entrance and there was seemingly no way around it, and also getting the armor started feeling more like a hindrance most times since you mostly dont need it, it also takes your dash away, and i didnt find a way to unequip it aside from exiting the whole area

that said, great job, congrats on the submission!!!

Seeing your notes in the comments below was so interesting! This definitely requires some creative thinking and I can see that you put a lot of effort into the story. It has a nice retro vibe that I really love, and the animations from the top-down perspective are absolutely mesmerising. Breaking barrels was my favourite thing ever. Well done!

I didn't really like your game, very sorry.

The challenges are pretty hard. 2 challenges that I could beat quite easily, another one that I understood thanks to a screenshot, and one that was really hard because the enemy is nearly invisible. Maybe this one renders differently in the editor or as a desktop export (which I prefer to provide just in case ; I know people prefer web builds, but I have some bugs that I'd like to fix).

There are no invincibility frames, so I get game-overed by being hit twice in a row.

I just gave up after that. I found this frustrating.

It definitely needs to think out of the box, I found some stuff by my self, I stuck to other parts and got help from the video. I didn't complete it yet but I will give it another go at the morning with fresh mind. I have to say it got me hooked for a long time. Very addictive. Great job :) 

I absolutely needed the youtube video to show me the way. The only routes I figured out myself were Fire and (kind of) Wind.

I like the idea and I appreciate that every path had its own unique solution. Dying in one hit is harsh but fair; however the fact that it also resets all progress made is a bit too harsh for a game jam, I feel. Even after I finally managed to completely grow the tree, I failed on the final boss and the idea of going through everything from the start for another shot was a bit too daunting.

Nicely done and with a variety of mechanics to get forward in the levels. As GabrielRG, I was roasted in the lava rather frequently but I admit puzzlers as this are not the type of game I play very often.

I liked the movement/action help text in the starting area. Onboarding is always good when a game does not use the usual standard actions everywhere. The SFX and the music amplified the mood even if the music seemed a little too modern for a dungeon whirler - but it was motivating nonetheless.

Good work on that one! I know the difficulty is intentional, but I'll bring this nitpick anyway. On the lava obstacle section I feel that if the player had a little more time to dodge it would feel a bit more fair. I had a falling obstacle mechanic on one of my other games that had the same issue!

Playing this has me wondering how many years of experience you have to have had to bring this together in 10 days. great work.

Difficulty is definitely reminiscent of Dark Souls. Nice job on all the different zones, brining this together in 10 days couldn't have been easy.

Pretty cool, I don't think I've been a Swirl of Light in a game before. I like how all the puzzle areas felt different. I wasn't able to figure out the East path solution with the other swirl though. I agree with the comments about checkpoints, I think any beacon you lit should stay lit across deaths, it fits with the central theme of the tree's growth and the repetition of re-solving already solved areas doesn't offer much value to the player - even Dark Souls leaves open the doors that the players unlock along the way. All in all, this game has a unique feel all its own, and I think that's a credit to you hand-crafting all your assets. Nice work!

Great submission! Was a bit hard and kept dying but I kept coming back. I like the overall feel of the game.

fun game. nice music, animation, and overall look. I find the game bit hard as the invisible worm pops out suddenly. i managed to find sword and was moving the orb when the worm got me. gg.

Nice entry! I couldn't beat the game, but I still appreciate the puzzles and the ideas behind them. I also like the writing. It gives me Tolkien vibes, which add a lot of charm to the experience.

Great work!

Nice! A bit harsh, it's difficult to avoid some deaths even when trying hard, but good idea. The water is a bit too transparent, not easy to spot. Good job

Nice game, I like the art of the game, the yellow wind player sprite and the armor sprite animations are really well done.