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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #141 | 3.976 | 3.976 |
| Theme | #167 | 3.675 | 3.675 |
| Fun | #222 | 3.262 | 3.262 |
| Originality | #377 | 3.159 | 3.159 |
Ranked from 126 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Power"?
parry to gain more power, collect MAX POWER to unleash a powerful screenwiping SHOCK!
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A Progressive Hack 'n' Slash Survival! ⚔️🔥
Fast-paced and fun, with a catchy soundtrack 🎶! Once you master the controls and get giga buff, the game becomes truly exhilarating. The graphics are solid, and the core idea of using parries to gain power is really cool. The sense of progression is satisfying and engaging, though it seems to slow down over time. And wiping out waves of enemies solo? Absolutely badass. 💥
That said, the difficulty feels quite high from the start, and when enemies pile up, the player can feel powerless if they aren’t well-prepared. ⚠️ Maybe nerfing power loss from enemy attacks or making it more gradual would help, as the risk-reward dynamic didn’t always feel worth it. Also, the game feel could be snappier, as the controls and feedback feel a bit rigid at times.
Still, this is a great game with a lot of potential! With some balancing tweaks and a stronger sense of impact, it could turn even better in my opinion. Looking forward to future updates! 🚀🎮
Thank you! can’t wait to keep working on it and thanks for playing!
wow thank you so much for the praise! means a lot. yours was a joy too
cool twist on the survivors-like genre, excited to see what future updates have in store!
thanks! very excited to update it and very excited to play your game today
love the style. quite a great aesthetic. love the gameplay, the powertrip after parrying is great!
Game has great style. I like the idea of parrying enemies to gain power, but the power drain after one attack often left me feeling like I was just waiting for an enemy to attack me so I could start playing again. With a little bit of balancing I could see this becoming very addicting.
thanks for the feedback, I am excited to implement them and make it very addicting! your game was very fun too!
Super fun game! I missed the first 5 min of my work meeting because I was too locked in haha.Music, Graphics, overall vibe, just all on point! Great job!
haha that’s the best compliment! happy you enjoyed it
very neat game, wish there was a way to gain power off of the ranged enemies (unless i missed it), makes lategame pretty miserable. PPPmaxxing was my favorite build. Very nice sprites, enjoyable music and a satisfying gameplay loop. Good luck!
yea their timing is too punishing atm but if you parry right when the red circle spawns on you you will get power from it but it is very hard atm. thanks so much for playing! i’ll be sure to update after the jam
Pour all your points into health, anything else is a trap ;) Great game! Love the risk/reward mechanic. and the implementation of POWER!
this game is hard but in a good way but i am bad at video games :(
the look and feel is great, it feels very satisfying to pull off a parry or make a quick escape with the roll
Loved the aesthetics of the game, but I am really but at parrying. It took me a while to understand the parry to charge mechanic, but I think it is a good implementation of power, like in power up!
Loved the presentation!! I think some more feedback for swinging the sword and successfully parrying would go a long way as well!
This is a good all-rounder across the categories. Getting into the swing of things takes a little bit – maybe the first few enemies could telegraph how and when to parry a bit clearer? Once you get going though building the power and taking down a whole screen of enemies is fun
Oh my gosh it's this game! I tried out the in-development version that you posted in the Bigmode Discord when I was lurking, and I am impressed by the final product! The music is a good fit, and all of the game juice you added (e.g. the rainbow-colored damage numbers, the sound effects, etc.) really add an oomph to the result! The parry timing was kind of tricky to get the hang of, but once I kind of got the hang of it ulting big waves of enemies was fun!
thanks for the review! Your game is amazing!
solid, but I find the parry timing to quite hard
i remember seeing the early version of this and was very excited to see how it would turn out, i gotta say I'm absolutely impressed with the final product. solid game all around a must try.
thank you! that means a lot, excited to try your game out soon!
Really dig the art style and music! very cool indeed. I wanna make art and music like this!! :)
It was a bit hard to get the timing for the when to parry. I think I figured out the sword type enemy, other ones are harrrd
definitely noted. will check out your game later today, thanks for taking the time to rate and comment.
The game was so sleek, so well designed, i loved the enemies! it ran so smooth.
thanks! excited to try your game soon!
Fantastic style! Really liked the colors and the CRT effect along with the killer soundtrack B)
The concept was cool and well executed, would have liked a bit more anticipation for enemy attacks (an SFX cue for when they start to attack would have been great) but I was able to get used to their attack timing anyways! Great job :D
thank you! will play your game later today!
Super pretty game! I had a blast playing and will return just for those enemy death fx