This might not be my preferred game but there are some good points:

1) Great concept delivery of having a very limited time that really pushes the use of the hyper shuriken. I imagine time as a common interpretation of the theme (didn't play much games as time of this writing) but this is a good use of it.

2) I'm going to commentate from the perspective of a beat-em-up/stylish combat enjoyer here: I feel like the hitbox of the hyper shuriken is not that intuitive especially when trying to chain multiple hits. Having to move towards the shuriken moves away some of my expectations going into this.

I imagine if the shuriken slightly moves towards the player, and if it doesn't fly as high vertically (if it arcs lower), and have a more forgiving hitbox (if you are inside the shuriken), it would make it so that the player was able to focus on aiming where the shuriken will go, rather than trying to position themselves better.

Otherwise, great concept delivery, but the actual gameplay itself can be hard to swallow for me. 

Well done movement and nice artstyle!  You should try to develop this further after the event, when you have more time :D

This remind me of ghostrunner. The movement is very smooth and i like the shuriken mechanic.
Great work.

Loved the game, so creative and fast paced.  Would love to play a longer version some day. I can't wait to see what it could become with more time to work on it. :) 

Looks like nobody posted a video of their best times in the tutorial levels. Hopefully the video I posted should get me on the leaderboards, and help give you a better idea of the issues with this game.

I'm able to hit the shuriken to stop time but then... where did the shuriken go? I eventually was able to chase after the shuriken to hit it a second time, but I certainly couldn't aim it precisely enough to do that AND beat enemies in multiple different directions...

The concept of stopping a countdown with your shuriken was very creative, though!

Combat felt good, feel like death animations could be nice though, as the enemies just disappearing felt a bit dissatisfying.

I did really like the melee fighting, it was pretty fun to play. Very hotline-miami esque almost. I think there for sure needed some more juice here, particles and more sound effects would go a long way. It also could use a bit of polish to make some things require less precision. The ranged attack was frustrating to use at times. Overall, great work, and a very impressive entry for a jam.