I've played for about 10 minutes, and I found that sometimes the timing to parry was very precise and there were points where I just couldn't react in time, and this timing differed greatly from enemy to enemy. Also, I'm pretty sure the shop always has the same items, but I've only been to two so far.

Game ran pretty well for me, I didn't encounter any game breaking bugs. Art is really polished and by far the most stand out part of the game. It is also a fun concept for a rouge like game, could be awesome. Combat was a little rough for me, at this point in time it feels more like a quick time event than a fight. You essentially have to hit the button at the correct time to win. The window for hitting the button did not feel very forgiving and enemy attacks don't feel like they were telegraphed well enough. Having the correct buttons pop up on screen is nice for learning new enemies but could also trivialize combat later in the game. I do feel like this is a well polished game and has a lot of potential, looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

Hello,

I played it for a while and your art style feels quite nice. Did you do all the pixel art for the game?

My biggest issue with the game was the controls. if I am pressing space and then I long press any other input, my expectation was that the attack will be registered. meaning as soon as the current animation is complete, the next one will start. This never happened and it was quite frustrating. SO not only did I have to time the enemy counter but also my own attack animations. At one point I just gave up attacking near to when I knew the enemies would attack.

Apart from this I found the HP bar to be too short visually. You might have a game design reason for that, but it did not feel to intuitive as a player. Also, I noticed HP wen tot negative. (maybe just clamp it to zero?)

Apart from this I like the roguelite element of the game. Looking forward to see where you take this!

I am playing on Linux, in the Vivaldi browser, my monitor is using 4K resolution.

I was having constant locking up of the game when I tried to play on fullscreen. I started playing non-fullscreen and it was fine.

There is a issue with the merchant/shop, once you enter one, when you next enter it will try to auto purchase one of the items.

When you merge items that increase your Max Hp the item shown afterwards does not have the Hp max number increased, however when you look at the item in your slots it does read the correct number.

Sometimes when I started a combat I could not press space to attack until I had done a counter attack. This happened most on the less powerful water enemies.

I cannot seem to be able to use my consumables, even when I am pressing the key they have flashing beneath them nothing is happening.

I wish that there was a practice area where you could get your timing down before trying to go and fight the tougher enemies.

I think it would be nice to have some items that increase your weapon's durability, be it the weapons you have when you collect the item get +1 durability, regular consumable logic, or multi-use, auto increasing a weapon's durability when you get them.

I feel that the balance of combats to other things might need to be slightly adjusted, as I regularly get long stretches of positives with no combat, sometimes it even spans the entirety of a zone. I also think that the zones are a little short.

The down attacks of most enemies and bosses are too hard to dodge, some I have yet to be able to dodge (most notably Hades' down attack), I feel like these should be re-balanced to fit more with the difficulty of the up and right attacks.

I think that either bonfires should be a little bit more common at the beginning of the game, or there should be more things that heal you early on.

I think that the sand effect in the deep desert should be below the path.

I feel like the zoom in when the high tier enemies get angry throws off the timing too much and should either be reduced or go away entirely.

I wish that you could reach the mastery screen more easily, instead of needing to end your run and go back to the character select.

I played and continued until I beat the second boss. After beating the game I went back and beat Hades. My final loadout was: Cursed Blade, Chief's Shield, Hermes Feather, Rusty Clover Amulet, and Ebony Earrings +3.

My Mastery tree had everything except for the extra amulet slots upgrades, which I only had two of.

Overall while it is tough, and very punishing if I don't get my timing right, I like this game so far and enjoyed playing it.

-R

When starting on the web, the menu was not centered, and things did not react properly based on the mouse position. Going into full screen worked, and when I exited fullscreen it was properly centered and worked. Whenever I return to the menu it again has the issue with being misaligned. Adjusting the browser's zoom level also fixes it, so I have been zooming in once and then back out once every time I need to return to it.

Sometimes the screen zooms in for an enemy attack. It usually ends up being a killing blow. The zooming in messes with my timing, which isn't great to begin with. The Merfolk are the ones I've seen do this, and in general I find them to be the most trouble for me. Their down low attacks are the ones I most have issues with timing properly.

Sometimes when combat starts I was not able to attack with Space until after one or more blocks/parries. I'm not sure if it was after a counter attack, or just blocking, that I could then attack.

After I started playing and got into the game map I forgot it was a Roguelite. When I died it would bring me back to the start & I just kept retrying. It would be nice if there was a quick way to get to the Mastery screen after dying to spend points, rather than needing to return to the main menu and starting a new game. Even if it takes you out of the current game, and is only shown at the start of a run after dying, just having a direct way to go there would be convenient. It would be even nicer if this could be done in a way that the main game did not need to be unloaded such that it causes the alignment issue that the menu has. Just go buy the upgrades, and then return right to the combat map, possibly reloading the same as if you had died.

I had 2 shops in a row, and they had the exact same content. It would be nice if each was unique so I did not have to pay for a refresh on first visiting a new one. I'd have picked a different path and refreshed the first shop, if I'd known they'd be the same.

I made it to the first god twice. The second time I had a sword that could cause freeze. With that I was able to get him down to 75 HP, but I did not react fast enough when he wasn't frozen.

I got the 3 initial Mastery upgrades on the main path along with some 5 point upgrades for HP & Attack, but none of the higher cost ones. It seems that saving is implemented, so I may try again later. When I first played it was tough. My timing is not great, and I got a lot of the Merfolk who loved to do the tail attack that I especially do badly with. Before I acknowledged the Roguelite currency and went back to spend it, I was getting ready to be done. As is typical for a Roguelite, it was properly tough without getting the upgrades. Afterward the difficulty became far more reasonable. I also got more used to the timing. I still don't do well with low attacks, but was comfortable enough with combat that I chose to fight bosses, instead of avoiding them.