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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics - Is the game aesthetically pleasing? | #11 | 4.382 | 4.382 |
| Overall | #14 | 3.912 | 3.912 |
| Completeness - Is it an unfinished tech-demo, prototype or a complete game? | #16 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
| Gameplay - How fun is it to play? | #17 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
| Audio - Does the game have nice sfx and music? | #28 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Theme - How well does it incorporate the theme? | #44 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Excellent game!
I loved both the gameplay and design!
The only problem I had was a bug which prevented me to win : the 8 legged demon. I killed it in both plans and the Oracle still act like if it wasn't dead. Thinking it just meant I was able to kill the necromancer, well, I did and killed him... and nothing happened. But well, in my head canon I consider myself victorious anyway haha
Good work!
Your head canon is correct, you did win! I ran out of time to implement "important monsters staying dead", the "game over: you win screen" and new lines for the Oracle. So yes you did all the things you were supposed to, it's just the game didn't acknowledge your greatness.
I am not a fan of dark games. I think it is a little too dark but it is your game design after all. I wish I could see just one more tile away.
Overall, the game is so damn polished and well-made.
Thank you! Yeah it was too dark, especially in the "good world".
This is a fantastic entry! Very classic feel, good graphics, good combat, action/movement is fast-paced and doesn't feel tiring, navigation is easy even without a map, good theme and story. Very well done, impressive!
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was playable without a map, I planned for one but didn't get around to it.
this game is amazing, really strong entry, great visuals, great audio and very cool story line! the movement feels great, the controls are well thought out and there is a fair bit of content! all this with the added benefit of being extremely polished! well done!
Thank you so much
Really neat, and a lot of content! I love the visual style of the enemies. I was unable to defeat the Necromancer though, despite trying many times. The oracle kept mentioning the 8-legged, which I had killed both versions of, but they kept coming back whenever I reloaded the game, so I'm not sure if that was a bug or something I was missing... I also never found any armor, which seems like it might be related to me being unable to beat the presumed big bad ^_^.
Thank you! The Oracle didn't have any further text content written so after killing the 8 Legged Ones the Oracle doesn't say anything different. You're not missing anything there. The Big Bad is very hard to defeat regardless, but I've done it with nothing but Ceremonial Robes, Relic Shield and Relic Sword. Tough fight though, requires careful use of attack moves and momentum.
Really strong entry I'd say. Really liked the fact that it feels really polished and it just packs a crap ton of playtime in it (never completed it actually i need to rate other entries too gonna play it later). The only thing that i found unbalanced on this game was the fact that i could just easily spam through every single enemy by hard-hitting them.
TL:DR: This game was super fun i really enjoyed and gonna finish it later.
Thank you so much! Yes, the spam attack bug is unfortunate. I didn't learn about it until the jam was over but it ended up being a 1 minute fix. Oh well.
This is a great entry. The game feels very polished and professional. The ui, the graphics, it plays very well in that regard. The athmosphere is also really great, the world feels creepy and frightening. Gameplay-wise it plays like an old school crawler and thats really cool. Navigating is a bit disorientating though, got lost several times, haha. Fighting is a bit hard at times, but its a dangerous world(s) I guess. :D
I like that you made effort and put quite a bit of story and dialogue in the game, this always enhances an experience in my opinion. Story is a quite a bit important for me. Overall I really liked this experience. Nice game. :)
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. You're not the only one that gets lost, I had to cut the map sadly. It would be better with one for sure.
The story was very easy to do, I just leveraged the Ink (Inkle Studio's open-source dialog language and system) which gives me loads of flexibility and power.
Really impressed with this: technically sound, atmospheric graphics and audio, starts off like a simple hack-and-slash but quickly opens out into a much deeper game with an engaging story. Particularly like the way the combat system is explained in the menus but can be ignored by those who want a more casual game.
Ran fine in Wine on Linux. Only minor technical problem (possibly Wine's fault) is that the in-game return to main menu button gives a "not implemented" message, so no way to quit gracefully. Happy to say the game starts up again okay and my saved game loads fine, so it's really no problem.
Also I think you are being kind, as once my health got down to 53% the monsters always seemed to miss. I'm definitely not complaining about that! ;-)
I'm glad you liked it, thank you for the kind words! I'm glad to hear it runs on Wine, I didn't test that myself. As for the "Not Implemented" message that was my bad, I forgot to implement the "return to main menu" button. As for the monsters not hitting you when your health was low, that's a coincidence. They don't go easy on you at all. :)
I loved this game, gg !
Thank you!