Nice art and mechanics!

That title screen is one of the most beautiful in the jam. Detailed pixel art of a red haired ninja with a high ponytail, black mask and huge Wolverine style claws, the title in letters that each have their own colour, and her silhouette repeating as a background pattern. It looks like a Mega Drive box. The character sprite is excellent.

And the name is the thesis. DOPEAMINOYD with the combo as a survival mechanic is a joke about addictive game design itself: you don't hold the combo to score, you hold it to NOT DIE. The dopamine loop became a life requirement. That's a smart bit of framing and the rainbow combo counter under the white SCORE, each digit a different colour, is tacky in exactly the right way. It says "this is the number that gives you pleasure" without a word.

The HUD is clean too, health in red, SCORE, the coloured combo, level in cyan, the ability icon on the side and a discreet "Z - help" in the corner. The dark grey pixel art cave with hanging green vines is well made and the character stands out against it. Controller support with the triggers documented on the page is a nice extra.

Three notes. I walked a fair distance and didn't find a single enemy in the first stretch, so my score stayed at 0. In a game built entirely around holding a combo, opening with nothing to attack empties out the first impression, which is the one most jam voters will get. It also wasn't clear which key attacks, I tried X and saw no animation, and only noticed the "Z - help" afterwards. And the cave is dark and monotonous, the grey platforms against the grey background blur together a bit.

The art and the concept are above average here. It mainly needs to drop the player into the action faster.

Oooh I like a lot the JUICE this game has! How the attack animation looks, the hurt and dust particles, even the text color and moving effects. It’s all very juicy and makes me want to kill more more and more! And obtain an even higher score!

You got the NES style perfectly.. I think the music is what contributes more to this with the chiptune song. I wonder if it was designed with the sound limitations of a real NES? IDK maybe I’m exagerating, but I think it fits very well and is also quite catchy. The selection for SFX are also quite good.

Also I dont really know why, but i like the way everything moves xd. Definitely one of the best polished games!!

It took me like 3 attempts to beat the first boss, and the time I did beat it a died a couple rooms forward. It sucks not getting little to no opportunities to heal, the only times would be in upgrades, and including that you are not ensured to get a heal upgrade (or at least I think so), I would also lose all my new gained health within a couple seconds xd. Or in the boss. It was complicated for me to get near the boss to hit him but also get hurt.

its reay fun i like Graphics and movement !👍😊

Nice and tight mechanically, cool visual style too

Would be neat to see a meter building for when the next upgrade choice unlocks (also might be good to add a confirmation or something cuz I accidentally clicked an option because I was spamming an attack lol)

Nice game, the platforming is good

Love this game! The graphics feel very classic metal gear solid! Nice work very juicy! <3

Very nice, not much to say. Solid.

cool game

Loved this one!