Had a lot of fun with this! The upgrade loop was super satisfying, and the growing sword was hilarious. Great polish, nice work! 馃憦
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #1 | 4.208 | 4.208 |
| Controls | #2 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Gwizziness | #3 | 4.042 | 4.042 |
| Overall | #3 | 3.982 | 3.982 |
| Audio | #5 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
| Graphics | #7 | 4.292 | 4.292 |
| Originality | #26 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Theme | #76 | 3.292 | 3.292 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Such an adorable and well-made art style. The little intro was funny, and it reminded me of another metaphorical game about a knight slaying a dragon, but his sword grows lmao. Good job!
This game is so incredible! The music and graphics are just spot on—easily one of the best games in this jam!
If you have a moment, I鈥檇 love it if you could check out my game, Fever Knight, as well!
One of the most cohesive and well rounded games in this jam.
The style and sound are absolutely adorable, and goes to show how little things like wobbling animations can do so much for the game's look.
Gameplay is addictive and well balanced, i didn't feel like i was grinding but it wasn't too easy.
My only gripe with this is theme. The only thing burning is a star and that is a stretch, to be honest, because it has no gameplay effect on the game.
On the side note: you game runs in minimal resolution when playing in browser, which results in text that is too small and it is not convinient to use the mouse. I suggest you to change the resolution the game plays in browser by editing the game's embed options on itch.
Thanks! About the theme I didn't want to implement it too straightforwardly by adding burning chairs or something like that. The slowly burning progress and the plot-based theme interpretation, with the knight's burning heart and the star that literally burns while waiting for him, is what I wanted to do. Maybe it's not enough and the theme interpretation should be more gameplay-related, but that's how I saw it. Thanks for playing it, I'm happy that you liked it!
This Game is One of the best Game i played in the jam
It's Fun and the Sound's and the Graphics was So Great
I got to the sexy star no biggie. Great job on making such a smooth gameplay experience :)
Wow, what an absolute joy to play! :D
Things I loved:
- Really good incremental loop, well-balanced, perfect for the length!
- Fantastic art + sound design, especially impressive for a solo dev! The growing sword was seamless and all the assets felt very cohesive
- So damn wholesome, smiling ear-to-ear the entire time ^-^
- Performance was silky smooth
Things I'd love to see:
- The cost of the plots seemed a little out of whack with the rest of the economy - I feel like the berries / roses could've been more expensive to unlock! I had enough to unlock them all almost immediately which then made going around to grab them not as satisfying as I feel like it could've been
- I think the upgrade menu could be recooked a little - the UI looks great and the zoom-in is good, but as you upgrade so often it was kinda odd having to constantly open it to see if I had enough to get something, if that makes sense?
- Oh also had some weird white lines pop up every now and then on the background (almost like a broken TV screen? not sure)
Might be my fave of the jam, great work mate :)
we all gotta chop some wheat to get our swords longer some day lol. Very great game, and the motivation to play through it till the end is very clear - I love it!!!
Very fun. I get weirdly addicted to these kinds of games but thankfully this one was on the shorter side. I could definitely see myself playing something like this at a larger scale for hours.
I loved it, haven鈥檛 really played any incrementals before. The sword is hilarious later on. The Theme was meh. But very Fun. Very cool. Try ours? 馃憠馃憟馃ズ (web version on my profile)
So much style and personality, I love it!
The amount of feedback and juice made for a very satisfying little game loop.
Also, the "hot star" joke was really funny.
Very fun and satisfying game play loop.
Love watching some numbers go up.
I figure I didn't even need to but I got all the upgrades anyway because it was a nice time :)
Well done!







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