Lots of good stuff in the Metroidvania. The graphics, especially the backgrounds, are awesome and provide a great sense of place. I enjoyed the boss fights and collecting the new skills. Unfortunately, the ending glitched out for me and the slime king was just stuck in a daze.

My only major complaint is that I was fighting the controls quite a bit. When there are multiple mid-air maneuvers or near a wall, it felt like a bit of a crapshoot which one would come out. A few of the challenges felt like they were too precise for what the controls could reasonably expect (boss bat fight and a couple of the wall climb sections come to mind).

Overall great entry and it is quite impressive the amount of content you got into a jam game!

When there's three heart pickups before entering a castle, you know things are about to get real!

What a fantastic and complete game.

• I loved how you let us get a glimpse of unreachable areas before they become reachable later in the game.
• Lots of rewarding upgrades.
• The bosses were interesting and different from each other, but they were not too hard, which is very good for a jam game (you can't expect people to spend hours on a single game).
• The length of the game was much longer than expected, but I couldn't stop myself from playing. I managed to beat the slime king but couldn't continue from there.

You really hit all the right spots for a platformer/metroidvania.

Really well done!

Wow. There was a lot to this game!  The unlocks were cool and the level design played really well with them.  Adding shortcuts after boss fights so you dont have to back track is great and the game had a lot of gameboy feel.  

 It was a little tough to get started and the stop and go slow mo was really weird to get used to.  There were some inconsistencies with the graphics, where I couldn't easily tell if something would damage me or not (specifically the thorns and the mushrooms look similar, but one damages and the other doesn't) but then you have a mushroom boss that damages you even though you just taught the player to ignore mushrooms.  I also experienced a few bugs like others mentioned and a camera not moving issue after the mushroom fight (I killed myself and it fixed itself, so not a deal breaker thankfully) 

This was my first metroidvania in the jam and it was a good time!  Nice job!

There's a small lack of polish and some sound glitches with sound effects cutting off portions of ingame music until you use your attack again... but besides that this feels very much like a full length game with various bosses and upgrades. Bonus points for being an actual Gameboy game!

Stellar game! It felt very authentically Game Boy, the environments were all very cool and felt distinct, and the music is awesome. I unfortunately got filtered after getting the parachute, I couldn't progress where (I assumed) I had to go (left of the mid-point of the tree) but maybe I missed another section I needed it for. But still I enjoyed the game a lot!

EDIT: I did want to mention I experienced a lot of lag at the first boss, and I think maybe the damageable walls had something to do with it because I encountered a bit of lag later on in the shroom section where there are also some damageable walls. Not a game breaker but it did make the first boss a bit easy.

Took 2 people and more than an hour to complete the game...🤣 Maybe we're too bad at it. Even then, it's also because of how complete the game is, and a tiny bit because the next-to-last part is hidden and we were wandering around a bit too much. Actually pretty cool!

It has some bugs, though. E.g., near the end of the game we had the character randomly become completely invulnerable. The music was good but sometimes too intense. The graphics look fun. Gameboy soul, 10/10 as of what I can tell.

The end could have been a bit more rewarding. It felt a bit too static, even a bit confusing, I was not sure wether that was it.

Anyway, it's great work!

Good little metroidvania game with interesting bosses! There are some bugs and little tuning the game could use, but nothing offensive or really deal breaker!

Graphics wise the game look good, nothing really to complain about and I was surprised a bit because this was my first actual gameboy gameboy game!

MSX and SFX are good, some boss themes a bit too repetitive/high pitched, but everything else is cool!

Overall neat little metroidvania style platformer!

Really impressive amount of game packed into a jam entry. The level design does a great job making you notice paths, then come back once you unlock the right ability.

The bosses, music, and art all had Game Boy soul.

Overall this was one of the more complete entries I played. 

A full metroidvania experience in a bite-sized jam game. Game design on point, especially by having the player pass by paths they needed powerups to access. Right after getting dash, I thought I could cross the gap to the west of the tree, only to find out no, not yet, and go searching for secrets. It was rewarding to find the cloud area. Music is well done and together with the gameplay and art style elevates the Game Boy Soul to full marks from me.

Not much to criticize. There are bugs but no showstoppers, and forgiving respawns help to mitigate their severity. Gold coins could serve a more interesting purpose.

Some of my favorite gameplay I've found in the jam so far, good work!

Fun game, really enjoyed it!One small feedback: during the boss fights, the slow-motion effect lasts a bit long for me, and it makes the controls feel a bit sluggish. Maybe shortening it a little would keep the action feeling tighter?Nice work on the jam!

definitely, the game boy feels are strong on this one!!

Definitely gave me old school GameBoy vibes with the bosses and main character/abilities unlocked. The gold you got seemed under utilized but it was a nice way to help guide me where I need to go when playing! Nice work! 

A bit buggy in places, I was invulnerable to hits for most of the game but I liked all the different bosses and the level design was well done!

I do like metroidvanias, music and art are excellent... I'm not sure if I completed everything or not however, but great presentation. If the double jump, glide section with the tree was optional or not I am not sure but I wasn't able to complete that. Still, very cool entry! Good job!