Amazing little pixel art game!
I love the small sprites style. I will play a bit more and let you know more comments.
Some times the game text switch to Cyrillic, I guess Russian.
Some things I found:
- performance: some times it slows down a like x8 for 10 seconds
- would be nice to have a way to use only keyboard in some places where the mouse is not really necessary. Also, maybe set ENTER as go-back, because ESC is taking the full screen out.
- the bridge crossing could be smoother is the y-coordinate change automatically
- I would put much less items with more power difference between them; now there are too many, too similar. I think finding a new weapon should feel awesome power, not just incremental; also: too many items and the bag gets difficult to manage, too many things.
- in the inventory, I would like to know where each inventory item belongs (is it the arm? chest?)
- I can't find a way to see all the quests... I only see the last one, I think... is this a feature or a bug? :D
I got like 4 magic powers... I will continue playing soon.
Very nice!
Thank you for coming back with such detailed feedback! Four spells already — glad you're exploring that far.
The long slowdowns are especially useful to know about. Do they happen in a particular location or after a specific action? Which browser are you using?
I agree that keyboard navigation needs to be more consistent, especially when Esc exits fullscreen. The bridge transition and clearer equipment slot labels also deserve attention. Your point about loot makes sense too: finding a new weapon should feel more meaningful, and lots of similar items make the inventory harder to manage.
I'll also check the quest display and the upgrade you couldn't select in your screenshot. I don't want to guess at the cause before checking them.
Thanks for spending time with the game and writing all this down — it gives me concrete things to investigate. I'd love to hear how the rest of your playthrough goes!
Thanks for the Chrome details, gbagur — and for taking the time to write all this up! Update 0.8.20 is now live. It adds a Quests tab to the journal (H), lets you choose the Current Oath, clarifies equipment slots, improves keyboard navigation with Backspace as an alternative to Esc, smooths the crossings, and fixes the clipped spell-upgrade cards. I also checked both upgrade schools for all eight spells, including saving and reloading them.
The update reduces several measured performance bottlenecks, especially offscreen fire lighting and long enemy path searches. I cannot promise that your random slowdown is completely gone, so please let me know if it still happens. Loot balance is unchanged for now.
Full notes and a quest-journal screenshot: https://valentusss.itch.io/ashentrail/devlog/1756577/0820-quest-tracking-smoothe...
Thank you again for helping improve the game!