A very fun to play top-down shooter game!

I like the simply drawn graphics, the silent yet present sound effects, and the orchestral music. These elements combined, remind me of the old flash games that I've used to play as a kid in the late 2000's, and playing your game, honestly made me feel nostalgic to the good old days, which is a great plus in my opinion!

The gameplay, is also simple, it is your regular top-down shooter, where you need to defend yourself from the waves of monsters. To do so, you're equipped with three wands to choose from, and the ability to dash, which comes in useful when there are too many projectiles coming at you. You can also pickup randomly placed books, in order to get three random upgrades to choose from, though, the time doesn't pause when the options pop up, which needs to be fixed. All in all, it's nothing new, but all of the mechanics have been implemented well, and it is very much fun to play, so kudos for that!

Overall, this is a solid game, with a nostalgic feel, that only needs some minor fixes. Well done!

I enjoyed playing your game, but that second boss is super OP! Maybe I just didn't notice a weakness, but it seemed that his shield never drops for more than a fraction of a second at a time. I think a game like this would also be improved if you lowered the number of enemies, but got rid of most healing and gave the player a finite number of hits (say four or five) so that it doesn't devolve into seeing if you can just heal through all of the enemy damage.

Were you inspired at all by Ziggurat? It reminds me quite a bit of a top-down version of that.

fun game

oh.. so strong boss :P

Simple and fun game

Hey, Thank You for playing my game! I came by to try Your game as well and it's really fun! I especially like the upgrades the player can get, they really make You feel powerful and include some pretty creative mechanics with it! Good work! 👍

i really liked the crisp yet cartoony artstyle, and the fact that there are multiple firing methods to choose from.

Good work!

This is one nice little game. The vector graphic is certainly very cute, and the music is pretty soothing. Gameplay wise I really like it too

Innovation wise this is pretty lacking though... I think there are dozens of games of this genre that I have played before... and this seems to only very barely fit the theme (is this supposed to follow 'bound' as in the arena is just that small bounded area?). Also there is a spelling error ("Your jurney ends here" - is this intentional to make the game seem childish? Doesn't seem intentional to me; if it's not you should fix it)

Anyway this is pretty good. Great job!

Pretty challenging at first but I found it a lot easier when using the leaf staff that does the auto-focusing.  The triple fireballs were cool too

Hi, I played the game and this is my review of it. Let's start off by saying this game is very under-polished for a month long jam. The music is lovely and the art is okay, but the gameplay needs work. I'd recommend a wave system instead of random upgrades and a wave system would be nicer to introduce difficulty as time goes on so the player faces harder challenges, but he's actually prepared for it. Right away, when starting the game, ranged and melee units spawn at once, which proves my point of this game not being balanced. More buffs, debuffs and enemies would have been nice since it relies on those mechanics so much, but the combat mechanic is pretty cool. That being said the game need more work, like the issue of the game not pausing while choosing upgrades. All and all this is an average entry for me.

This is awesome! But I died at the fire stage.

But I did get killed once when I was choosing upgrades so it would be nice if the game was paused when choosing upgrades.

I was assailed by (an enemy hidden under) my HP bar!

Good basics of a twinstick here, but I found it difficult to track my shots, as they were too hard to see.