Fun gaem. Personally I think the falling pieces have too many walls, and I ran out of energy too fast (plus I wasn't sure how to get more energy), but besides that I had fun with this genre mash up!

Ooh boy, I said I'd play it, but this was rough. I found the division of what you're doing to be not great. If it was me personally, I'd look into playing Henry Hattsworth on DS. That game had it where normal gameplay was Mega Man Zeroish and it switched into a puzzle mode at times too. I honestly think trying to move pieces and the knight at the same time is way too much to ask of your player.

This is definitely a good game / concept but as others have mentioned, it takes a while to figure out. In my first game I went to clear a line as quickly as possible, because the 'tetris side' of the game is most prominent / obvious at a glance. Of course I ended up killing myself because I was standing in the cleared line. In the next game I died to a monster because I wasn't paying attention to my HP. Basically it took a while for me to figure out the 'dungeon crawler side' of the game to keep myself alive.

I guess that's the challenge of combining two completely different games into one, how do you marry them together so that it feels like one game instead of two?

Maybe an in-game reason why the cleared lines are dangerous? (like if they flooded with water or something before vanishing) Maybe as someone else suggested, a build phase where you take turns between a block falling and moving your knight? I played with the move-separately control scheme.

You did a really good job with this, and it might just need a good tutorial or introductory level to help new players "get it". Love the art style too by the way.

Not my cup of tea but seems like it could be a neat mobile/Switch game. I thought the default controls were very intuitive and easy to pick up though. I didn't realize I could break through walls so I thought I got stuck and retried a few times.

Very cool idea for your game. My thoughts are similar to the other 2 comments.

• The requirements to pass the level are a bit too difficult, especially for the very first level where people are learning to play. I almost managed to beat level 3 but the requirement to take 25 damage screwed me over as not many enemies were spawning, then I get sent back to the main menu.
•  It seems like the player has 3 lives before having to start over, but I didnt see that indicated anywhere so you don't know how many lives you have left. Being able to earn extra lives would be nice.
• Showing items and enemies in the red indicator would help a lot, its hard to focus on your character and the locations of the items that are coming.
• Certain items seem useless on earlier levels, such as the key  which I assume opens chests? Also other than the requirement on level 2, I'm not sure what the coins are for, is it just a highscore thing?
• I dont think this game really needs the AP meter, I died to this a few times because I dropped myself into the void not realizing I couldn't move away, thought it was just a bug at first before I realized my problem. I think the players movement is already limited enough from the layout of the blocks and walls. Having to stand still and wait for the next block to drop before moving or attacking doesnt really add much.
• There are lots of different enemy types but almost all of them seem to do the same thing, just melee attack. You added lots of cool stage hazards so Im sure you can think of ways to make more unique enemies.  How about a rock golem that requires hammer points to kill, or a mage that fires through walls?

Overall its a cool idea for a game.

The concept of the game is quite interesting! It's quite fun too. I think the design could use some polishing. Having to switch from using the knight back to tetris mode at the same time is a bit awkward. Maybe you could fix this by doing phases? Example: Place three or four blocks THEN only use the knight. And then repeat.

Aside from that:

• I noticed you can't click on the retry button when you die or the continue button after finishing the level.
• A warning when you're about to clear a line with your character on it would be useful.
• I would make the AP count pop out next to the character (like you do with the HP when you take a hit) every time you make a move so you can easily how much you have left.
• The hit sound that plays after attacking could be softer so it's easier on the ears. Add some random variation to it too.
• Add more music. I'm getting tired of this one song playing on loop as I'm writing this feedback.
• The aesthetics of the game aren't bad but all beige/gray/black is a bit boring. You should find a way to make the color scheme more pleasing to the eyes. Maybe add a colorful background instead of the black void.

How much time did this take you to do? If you fix these small issues the game isn't far away from being to ready to sell.