Really interesting idea, though requires some time to get used to :) Also would really blossom with more time to balance, but I understand this is mostly the matter of limited time for all of us :) Anyway, very nice game! Congratulations on this one!

It took me a while to understand what's going on (including the health link - finally I understood what was killing me - it was me!), and even longer to somewhat master this game play (which is a good thing actually). So maybe the onboarding and user feedback (what's killing me?) can be improved, but I think it's very original, and there's a lot of game play depth and potential here, especially in Stage 4 where you can choose who to link with!

(By the way, if you want your screen shots to show up on your game page, click 'edit theme' while viewing the game page, and then choose 'two column format'.)

Very cool concept and a really solid execution on this one! There's some roughness around the edges, but I happily excused that once I figured out what exactly was going on.

My main gripe is that for how easy it was to die I would have really liked a one-key restart instead of having to return to the menu and back.

This concept would be really cool to expand post-jam, perhaps in a more linear puzzler-esque format?

Awesome job though! I really liked this one :)

I like it very much, solid game. By the way we have very similar mechanics :D

Hi CyberPRDX!

What an interesting mechanic! Once I realized that "syncing health" means that lighting up the dude my gaze is on is a bad idea, I had a lot of fun with the mechanic. It's also super cool that the gaze breaks when obstacles are involved. A really unique and intuitive idea!

I think one way to improve would be to have some sort of indicator that you are hurting yourself. Maybe like a pulsing particle effect that travels from your in-gaze enemy to you, before you take the damage. That way its 100% obvious its a bad idea, even without reading your description!

Overall great start to a very novel concept! Good luck in the jam!

Best,

Brandon from TheIndieDream

Fantastic polish, from sound effects to aesthetic to consistency! The core game idea is also fantastic, utilizing your enemy's attacks against them; especially the last level where all the enemy types come together, giving you choice on what kind of enemy you want to soullink with. Love the line of sight idea too!

My feedback is managing my partner's health as well as mine was somehow overwhelming to me, and I often died without really knowing why. That's probably me just being bad at the game, but I think something about the design could be tweaked to make that better for players.