I absolutely love this! Took me 347 years to beat it. I don't really have anything to criticise here. The idea is creative and very fun, loved that the demons can't heal so you keep playing as more parties, and I love that you made use of that to make powers such as Karma, the one that deals damage based on how many heroes were killed before. The narrative is fun, I love how you kept including references to the theme lmao. The artwork is really cool (the demon reminded me a bit of Undertale). THE MUSIC. I LOVE THE MUSIC I WANT TO REMIX IT. Only thing to point out, this is a game that could've really used some sound effects. But I still rated audio 4/5 because I just love the music so much. Great job!

PS: I find it amusing that you can attack yourself. Curiosity killed the Dwarf Cleric... I guess...

interesting idea with a lovely retro art style! Very big intimidating healthbar though! (perhaps a bit too large)
Well executed, however, great work.

The game is a little long for my liking but the visuals, story, and music are great. It sucks when you've got multiple healers or no permanent debuffs but that's randomness for you.

That was such a cool concept! I really liked the idea of passing things down to the next generation of heroes throughout the game. I will never forget Zephyr's sacrifice for that last desperate life bomb attack!

Interesting idea and I like how the enemy keeps the debuffs you granted in earlier runs, meaning it's easier for you to dish out damage the more runs you do, but I do have to say that it feels quite inconsistent with how many opportunities you have to lower his defence or damage, if you're unlucky like me you can have your whole party end up with 3 healers. But still, it's a good game and with some balancing this could be a pretty fun game!

Such a great submission! I really like what you've ended up with, you took the theme and ran with it. One complaint I have is that I can't go back to reselect my spell after I choose it by accident, oh and maybe you could see how much damage you deal before doing the attack? Other than that, fantastic entry!

I beat him! I love me some good old fashioned turned based boss battles - impressive you built a system for a game jam! It was interesting how I didn't know who I'd get every time and it would change my strategy, and how my focus was on weakening him when I could. I think you could add more feedback ('juice') - I'd love to see characters flash or shake when attacking or being attacked, animations, sound effects etc. Sometimes I didn't know exactly what was happening and it would help communicate that, and take an already strong idea up a level. Great job!

It took me 392 years but I was finally able to defeat Count Dronodan! This was a very fun game and I think the scope was really great for a game jam game. I can see it being expanded in many different ways and I had a lot of fun with it! Great job!

Awesome idea for the game! It's one of the best takes on the theme that I have seen so far! If you would add some nice animations for the attacks and abilities as well as sound effects, then It would be amazing. Great game!

the art is story is cool and the pun is funny, only problem i see with that is it gets really repetitve once on you get to the third cycle 

Woo, so much HP! I really enjoyed playing it. It did feel a bit repetitive at times, but I can definitely see the potential, adding more abilities and features could make it much less repetitive. Great job, guys!!

Fun things:

• The lore and pun is absolutely marvelous. Thank you for once again contributing towards the running countdown jokes that I have seen in this year’s GMTK, it just is that funny to see that the count will count you down
• The heroes that I’m given do get skills that allow me to hit the count better, and this felt really fun because I feel that the count can “weaken” with time
• I get to see how many of my comrades died? And also those that defeated the count too???????
• Music choice was nice

Things I find mildly annoying:

• If a skill is called “Focus - Heal yourself” then shouldn’t you forgo the entire “character selection” thing and heal yourself? Why am I able to select heal other people but still heal myself?

Things that could be nice to have:

• Make it possible to see how much damage you deal or heal on skill

Overall, pretty fun short game to play, I loved how you executed it. Looking forward to see you in a future jam!

"In memory of the 16 heroes that gave their lives for a better tomorrow."

I had fun with the game. The randomized party members was a neat idea. Some sfx for the different attacks would make the game feel even better to play. Nice job in general though!

So many HP!!! Thankfully, Armor Break exists!

i liked the of the heros working together across generations, super cool!

oo this was one of my favorites. I love turn based games and this is a really cool way to set it up. Plus your artwork in the game is crazy good. Overall a super solid game!

Loved the game. I loved seeing an enemy with such high stats. Reminds me of elden ring. It's very engaging and the attack powers are awesome. Kudos.

If no one's got my back, I know Armor Break does. Every time it showed up, I was like, "YESSSSSSS!"

I don't know if I'm biased saying this since I'm really into turn-based games, but this was SO MUCH FUN! I love the randomized heroes with different classes and abilities, and the portrait art is sooooo cute. Mage is my GOAT, though, as a lightning strike was the very last thing the Count saw before his very... timely... demise.

Seriously, stellar work! I'd definitely play this again to try getting a lower hero count now that I understand how every skill works.

This is only to satisfy my curiosity, but is there a maximum hero count, or could you theoretically stack, like, a bajillion heroes and one-shot the Count with Life Bomb (if you had WAY too much time on your hands LOL)?

The game is really cute! Literally thought of the same phrase sometime in the middle of the jam haha ("TAKE DOWN THE COUNT"). Glad somebody did it! Why does he has so much hp though? T_T

lol i dont know if im just terrable at turnbased games but i found this game hard to play still was a fun time tho