The top down beat em up style is very good, I like the pixel art of your game a lot. I immediately though of Hotline Miami when I saw the level design.

I think the level is a bit too big, you spend a bit of time looking for the last enemy, which is surely the point, but it's not really tense, just annoying. and yeah, like gammamuse said, a bit more juice. But it's a very good game, especially since we had a short deadline (it's feedback if you want to keep working on this game)!

The idea and the narrative is quite cute. I was able to beat the game, but it was a close call! That first boss in particular was actually very good I think and kept me on my toes.

Main things holding this game back for me are the SFX and VFX. I need some juicy particles when destroying the baddies. I need some juicy sounds when shooting my weapon scythe thing. Some of the enemy projectiles are just too fast to dodge at times, so I ended up tanking many hits, mainly from the dragons lol.

Thanks for sharing!

pleasant pixel art, reminded hotline miami about gameplay and visuals. liked that we were playing, although not obviously, for death with a bone. But here is what I would like to change, it is that we are shown too small an area. So I want to distance.

Pixel art was nice, and music was very good.

Boss fights were very cool, but first two had too little health so were over a bit fast.

Last one maybe had a bit too much health, but I think mainly could be improved by making the damage you take greater, but also giving you heals. That way if you have a bad first phase its more recoverable.

Would also be nice to have an indicator for where the last enemies are since its a bit tricky to find them in the level.

Although the theme is present, it would be nice if it impacted the gameplay more actively as it's mostly in the story.

One thing that is missing in this game is SFX and VFX. These are used not just to make the game more atmospheric, but to communicate to the player that a bullet was fired or if an enemy was hit. I like that the enemy had a health bar above them, but this was confusing at first and the enemy taking damage can also be indicated by the enemy turning red. With that said, I did really like the theming of this game. Having the grim reaper in an office setting is funny. Especially when I am going to be counting down the clock when I am at work tomorrow lol. Overall good job on your first jam :)

really loved the grim reaper art! was hoping for him to be melee though