Thanks Human!

I greatly appreciate you playing through and taking the time to leave such detailed feedback, and that you dug the 'googoo gagas' and arts  :D

I really like your discoverable lore idea! Honestly the only reason the intro text even exists is because of the 'Writing' judgement criteria. My vision was to tell the story with sounds, symbols, and images, since the protagonist is a baby. But I didn't want to get 1-starred on writing so made a point to add a little. 

So far the most common request from players is some kind of a dodge/damage avoidance mechanic, so that is high on my list of possible improvements. As it stands damage is reduced significantly by the armor, but cannot be avoided completely.

Awesome!

Thanks so much for playing and making this recording!

That's right, Violet takes a lot of damage from combat before she gets armor (especially from the orange elite and laser). Armor reduces it quite a bit but she still takes some each fight. I figured she is a baby afterall, so is pretty squishy :)

Sorry the bear push puzzle locked you out - in the future I plan to set these up so that if the object is moved to a hopeless location, it'll do a pull back action so you can keep trying. I noticed Kat did this with the stool in her submission and it's a clever approach.

Thanks again!

Thanks for playing! I appreciate all of the kind words and feedback. 

Thanks for playing Nowis-337! Positive feedback means a lot coming from you, especially regarding the art, as I'm a big fan of your unique style.

Glad you dug the simple puzzles and sound design too!

I'm laughing to myself about the ABS now...it was the most time-consuming design and testing element, and alas the least favored by some players. The consensus is that RM is poorly suited for the mechanic, but it's so perfect for everything else I want to do I may forge foolishly ahead with trying to improve and build on the ABS in RM anyway :)

Thanks again!

Thanks for playing DJ990J! 

I'm glad you had fun slashing aliens with Violet :)

Thanks for playing VaroClaw! I'm glad you dug the art, the goofy concept made them fun to draw :)

I'm glad the length fit too; there are always so many games to try out in a Jam, I wanted to make sure players could get the whole experience relatively quickly.

Thank you for playing Starmage! I'm elated you liked the arts and baby noises. As soon as I had my initial vision of a goofy badass baby wielding a sword I was excited to turn it into a game, I'm glad Driftwood made 'babies' a theme lol :)

Thanks for taking the time to play Zabelnov! It was a fun and funny experience digging around for baby noise samples and editing them, like I was telling Gorgonage my neighbors must be wondering wth is going on in here the last few weeks lol. 

Really glad you liked the art too, a little custom artwork always adds a lot to other games I try, so I wanted to make sure to include some. 

Regarding the boss, I'll admit I did err on the side of easy there. I set it up so that if you're at full HP going into the fight, your final strike will vanquish it and leave you with just a few HP. I've made the mistake in the past of making a jam game way too difficult, so eased up a little with Starbaby. 

I just finished your entry too and will post in the comments soon, nice job!

Thanks for playing Toby Yasha! I'm glad Starbaby was an interesting experience for you.

I appreciate your feedback. Funny that you mention thinking the bear would become a ladder, that was my initial vision. I ran into numerous issues making that work though, so opted for a straight push puzzle. I'd just played KV_Kingdom's Elora's Quest so the mechanic was fresh in my mind.

lol yes, the medic bot in the MEDICAL ROOM can heal you :D

This was my first foray into action battles, so it is admittedly a simple system. Once you interact with baddies everything kicks off automatically, and although you can reduce damage significantly by donning the armor, it can't be avoided. What I learned engineering this one will provide a strong foundation for a more complex system in the future.

Good luck in the Jam!

Thanks for playing and for your feedback!

I'm glad you enjoyed the sound design, I spent a lot of time on freesound.org digging for baby sound samples, I wonder what my neighbors think is going on in here hah!

Regarding the sudden death at half life, the orange elite aliens (and the laser, if you trigger that) do hit you for half your HP before you get armored up. You can take 5 hits from the lesser brain aliens, but the elites hit hard pre-armor. You are a baby after all, and even a space diaper doesn't soak up much damage :)

Totally agree with you on not seeing hits, I'd like to add attack animations for the lesser baddies in a post-jam update.

Thanks again!