It took me a while to understand that the hand twisting animation represented the telegraphing of his attacks but after I learned that, the game became really fun! You have to manage your stamina so that you can go up close to him to punch him if he unblocks, but you also need to kinda reserve it so you can dash if he does the hand twisting thing. Would be perfect if there was some extra effects (e.g. successfully punching, hurt tint, etc.). Also love the music!

I could see a mullet madjack mechanic inspired to make a boss rush version of this game, where you need to beat your opponents in order to stay alive - Great Game!

Nice game. I'd like to be able to hit his chest when he's guarding his face. Got genuinely jump scared when he started stretching when I beat him.

Fun idea and I liked how the game looks!

Haha i love the glitchy K.O! This is amazing. Also really easy to learn. Good job man, this was very entertaining

I enjoyed it! The opponent went all janky when I beat it, but that was actually a pretty cool effect tbh. Fun idea :)

Style good, sound good, fun . 

Simple but very fun, it would be great if have some special animation punch that when enemy knockout.

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Nice Idea for time being health, the combat system is really fun. Good Job!

This game is super interesting, I really had a blast with the combat system.

enemy doesn’t always telegraph attacks, which is fine, just caught me off guard

life as time works well here! Irl there are stalling penalties so I feel this thematically works. Combat is okay, very baseline, but is functional!