I loved working my way through this one up until it crashed/gray screen of doom on the web build. The visuals are incredible here. Loved the town and all of the different sprites y'all came up with for the enemies. And they're all animated too! The writing is a bit  on the long side, but it's fun as long as you're paying attention. The battle dynamics are really good after you start to get into a groove with the different characters and their potential abilities, but there is so much text on screen that it felt a bit overwhelming. I'd loved to have seen some kind of visual representation for the battle timers for each character instead of having the rolling counters here, and maybe some other visuals for representing the other traits to break up all of the text. Thanks for making and sharing this one. If I didn't have others to rate, I'd likely be restarting my run and trying to dodge that gray screen of doom.

Cute game! I'm not very experienced with turn based rpgs but I really like the vibes of this game!

* The text can be pretty overwhelming, there's a lot on screen at once. I think splitting it up into smaller dialog chunks and maybe adding typewriter effect would make it easier to parse

* I ADORE the art, the animated character portraits especially are such a fun touch, and the enemy animations are all really smooth and expressive! The background is also unique and fresh I dig it.

* The music was really spooky. I don't think it was bad by any means but it didn't feel like it quite fit the vibe with the silly characters, especially since it was spooky and tense right off the bat and not a key tense moment. It appreciate that it seems to be dynamically more intense when you get into battle, but I think a whole separate battle theme/whole separate town theme would have helped break it up some too.

* The game was a little difficult in terms of onboarding, I'm not used to this genre of game so some of the stats like Ti/T (I'm guessing the recovery time?) were a mystery to me. Lots of numbers like crits and multipliers and recovery all thrown at you at once, a full party of four right from the get go, a lot of text between battles. Even the first menu you see has an overwhelming amount of options on one screen. Might be the nature of the genre I'm not sure. I can see it working as a vertical slice though.

Nice entry!

Haven't gotten too far with it, and still have some other games to check out, but I'd like to come back and play more! (Got booted out of the game while responding to a message from someone, which is an unfortunate bug but I'll try and be more careful. Was in the middle of deciding level-up options so I couldn't stop and save (or can you? idk, they probably don't expect people to be as indecisive as me, lots of good options to take!

From what little I've gotten into so far it seems really good! I like the character variety and all the art is very nice,both the portraits and the environments, staying true to NES limitations while  being very stylish with a ton of character to them!

Liked having the option to name all of them too!

Only seen a bit of the enemies so far, but I enjoyed their designs greatly.

I'll need to play more to comment on the balance overall, but it felt real good so far!
I like the story so far, and I'm intrigued as to where it takes me.

 Only thing I didn't vibe with as much was the music, It's a bit too uncomfortable with the notes, and doesn't change up enough making the environment feel very unwelcoming and eerie. It's not that it doesn't fit the game's mood, more that it's just not the sort of thing I'd want to have in the background constantly. It's mostly the main instrument, the long (strings?), and since the combat music builds off of them, there's no break from it.

But aside from that, the whole things is very enjoyable so far, I'll need to play more into it!

Gotta admit, I'm not usually a big fan of this type of turn-based RPG, but this had enough cool ideas to keep me interested throughout. The goofy characters and enemies are very creative, lots of fun writing, and I like that each party member has their own unique set of perks. That interlacing effect when enemies are defeated is a nice touch. Very atmospheric town, although I feel the music doesn't match the mood, especially while fighting. I beat Toni. (Full disclosure: I played on easy mode.)

i like that almost each group of enemies has a description of the reason why they are attacking you
and the sprites are really cool

usually i hate this style of game because the menus feel slow and painful to move through, but this one felt really good to play, I appreciate how quick it is to navigate and do the things i want to do!

Why aer these guys picking fights with the whole town?  Why is everyone mad at them?  So many questions.  ...  This game is great.

Wow great entry, The mother 1 influence is there and you got it right! nice graphic, audio is fitting, I did the game a little overwhelming in term of information. It looks to me like a complete experience!

To be honest, your cover was not the most attractive, but I was immensely surprised by the game - perfect score from my side! So much personality in your art-style too. Makes me want to make an rpg next jam!

Very nice - getting Mother 1 and Dragon Warrior/ Quest vibes from this game! (I am a big fan of RPG games! :D)

I made a beeline to the "Diner" and got stomped by the stronger enemies (was expecting a tutorial fight or something lol) - was pleasantly surprised the game is much harder than expected! :D

Digging the RPG battle system - figuring out the timing and how long each character + attack takes to make is a nice touch to the usual turn-based systems. (Maybe more like a turn-based/ ATB hybrid?)

Not sure if my controller was acting up - I was able to confirm/ cancel actions but unable to move with my d-pad/ left analog stick. (But I'll check again later!)

It was an interesting premise - playing as a bunch of punks/ unsavory characters wrecking havoc through the town. Going to grind up a bit more in order to win the "Diner" battle.

Also, Toad is the best! She came in clutch during a few fights. XD

This game is way cooler than it has any right to be. Multiple characters that can be leveled up in different ways and items and stuff. Its like a whole jrpg, impressive. If I am to nitpick anything it would probably mostly be clarity. The text could use a little vertical padding between lines maybe and the world map isn't super clear. I spent much of my time playing avoiding the grass because I didn't realize I could walk through it. Overall, very well done

the game's art looks pretty good and very nes! and even tho i don't play rpg games i can say i had fun with the dialogue and going around collecting items, now idk if it's just me but most of the fights are kinda unwinnable, like maybe you can destroy 2 random weak enemies but most of them are def gonna destroy you early lol, also the party's move speed is a lil too high but it isn't really a big deal tbf, the music was a little bit lacking but the sound effects did the job even tho it could also be better, other than that i liked the graphics, and everyone here just keeps claiming that i'm in their bar XD

if you got some free time maybe you can check out my game, i'd love to hear your feedback on it :)

The game it's very well and it's funny

I don't like JRPGs and turn based combat. Never got into the genre. Played a bit, couldn't progress far. At one point, I forgot this was a jam game, tried to look up a guide. 

Beautiful game. The characters and portrait animations tell a story in itself. Well done!

A fellow one !

I like it.

Note: the pizza is a lie.

I really like your art style

nice game, great job!

Surprised to see an RPG in the jam! Nice!