Cool game!

* I really LOVE the bg art, that is some GORGEOUS rendering for the limited color sets. I think the parallax can't be done (also are those mountains moving on their own? lol) on the NES but the art itself is all fantastic.

* I appreciate some of the small touches, like the READY at the start of the stage, really helps it feel like an NES game. Also the Megaman style room transitions.

* The combat certainly feels NES, with the knockbock, definitely tuned for that, although the jumps are committed ones.

* The camera had a lot of slight lerping whenever you stopped, I'm not sure it was necessary given how tight the frame on the character was.

* I think the HUD was very creative but maybe a little difficult to parse being cramped and unorthodox. I respect the effort though for sure.

* I like the music! Solid pumping beat in the day and a very well suited track for night.

* I ran into some clipping bugs where I got stuck in the wall and died, transitioning back and forth between two screens...

Overall nice entry!

I hadn't commented on this one yet in case I could eventually manage to go further into the game (I couldn't ;) ). I went a bit through the different paths after the first checkpoint but never managed to reach a second one I think.

The game is great, it's emulating its inspiration quite perfectly, with great music and controls which fit the right balance between sturdy and smooth. Granted the game is not easy the difficulty is right on point, from what've encountered no sequence is ridiculous, the level design is good.

One thing that's been troubling me is how when you reach the first checkpoint then you can go west, but if you die you can't anymore, I've been wondering if it's intentional.

I'm not the biggest fan of advanced parallax scrolling in games which want to emulate NES games.

Thanks for sharing!

im dying a lot

but the art is gorgeous, i love it!Feels like it could be a NES game

Pretty cool game, died a lot. The curse effecting the jump distance/height made the platforming a bit tricky. Was kind of shocked when I got a game over seemingly out of nowhere. I have a weakness for games like Castlevania so I'll probably be back to try this one again later to see if I can beat it!

Awesome video and visuals here. I'd be curious to see how your game would play differently if the hitboxes were matched more closely to the attack animation frames. While playing, I noticed that the hitboxes triggered immediately when the animation started playing, which made my hits land before my blade was even out. Thanks for flagging the transition issue, too! It's unfortunate when bugs like that land, but it's great when the devs provide the workaround upfront to avoid it!

I don't think I hit the transition error.  I kept jumping whenever I was moving between screens because I read the comments first.  It got dark and I was punching with this little dark attack instead of the sword and I couldn't pass the flying eyeball looking things.  I got to a point where they kept coming down from the sky but that's a skill issue.  I couldn't time the attack and jump properly to not get knocked back into the pits so I quit there.  The music and graphics were great!

Good game, despite the transition error, it was fun to play. 

I tried making the transitions myself once, but from what I remember, it didn't go so well, so Good Job. I didn't like the floor, but the animations and background are beautiful.

From what little I've played, this game is absurdly excellent. It's a shame it has such a critical bug. I was going to give up, but I saw a comment explaining how to avoid it, as it kept happening. I bypassed it and progressed in the game. It was the best decision; it's an extremely good game.

nice game!

I got stuck at some point at the start just going back and forth two screens, until the game suddenly killed for an unknown reason. I couldn't really get past it.

Other than that, the general idea is nice, probably needs a bit of polishing with the controls, and the music is really good.

I loved the strut and the backgrounds look great! I fell down many holes. Thank you!