Hello devs! Just wanna say that I really really enjoyed this game, hope yall enjoyed the making of it!

I really enjoyed the fast and challenging aspect of the game, specially in the last couple of rounds of the final level. 

The music was good and represented the music you'd hear in NES games and things like that, however I feel that speeding it up (albeit makes sense with the mechanics), plays up with the pitch of the song a bit too much and sometimes felt a bit dissonant, but that's just me nitpicking.

Love the artstyle too! You did a great job, Pixeliivii! Can't comment too much on it, I'm not that well versed in pixel art things

All in all, great job to you guys for the work you put in!

Really fun, fast bullet hell, lot's of old school NES vibes from this one, I like the take on the theme to make every last bullet count, it gives some strategy depth above the fast dodging and shooting, really good job.

Cool minimalist game with smooth controls and right amount of balance. Great game artistically as well as atmospherically.

I just couldn't feel how less is more was implemented, I have read it changes speed, damage etc. but I think some visual clues could be better. I didn't get where my health was as well, I just figured "I am faster maybe I'm low on hp?"

i love the artwork, music is suttle but also sinister, good pick!

well done.

This was fun! I think the difficulty was chosen really well, because towards the end as the projectiles increased I was afraid of dying, but I was able to survive, which made it exciting. I mostly used a strategy of moving around the perimeter and aiming towards the center. I also like how each level had a different setting and enemy types. My favorite was Death Step :)

Great concept, great art, and great sound.  I really enjoyed this!!!

This was very stylish! I loved the art and the mood of it all. I want to have that skelleton guy on T-shirt! Well done guys!

A really strong game! 🙂

The visual style fits the minimalism, the different levels each feel different, and the many enemies that felt unique!

It got a little bullet-hell like towards the end, so I was a little worried I would not be able to get to the end (especially because I did not know where the health bar is), but I managed to survive.

The integration of the theme was nicely done, although I did not play any different from a normal shooter, because each bullet was only marginally stronger than the previous. Maybe if the difference were exponential and there were a cool effect on the last shot, I would definitely have chosen more closely where to shoot it.

Perhaps you could also add a scoring system (less bullets used = more score 😉).

Overall, this is one of the most fun games I have played in this jam. Very well done!

A solid entry! I won the game, it's quite simple, but looks great with a high quality retro vibe. Good job, I loved the game

Nice looking pixel art everywhere. I didn't notice such damage changes. Even if the damage display as numbers I didn't give much attention. I did notice speed changes.

Nice pixel art, well done.

Cool game, I like it

Really nice game: the take on the time is quite solid (and how couldn't it be, with that many interpretations hahaha).  It reminded me of Enter the Gungeon. The graphics are obviously quite good, and I think the minimalist aesthetic was done quite well.

 For me, the low point was the music... I'm no composer, far from it in fact, but I found that it looped too early, and was a bit too dissonant (specially the second stage). 

 Took me two tries to beat. Good job! As I said, this is one good entry :)

Nice, really reminds me of Prairie king in Stardew Valley (but better :)

I'm really not good at playing such type of games. :-P But I liked it! The graphic style is nice!

Wonderful pixel art, great character controller, engaging combat, and impressive array of enemies!

I had a bunch of fun with this game and think you did a great job with the theme.

Some improvements I think you could make: 1) I had a hard time telling when I got hit as (especially as it started getting more chaotic) maybe you could add a hit noise to your character when you get hit? 2) it might be nice to have some powerups / a dash to deal with cluttered screens?

Overall this was a charming and fun to play game that honored the theme of the jam! Great work!

Really well made art, especially the bigger stuff like the end screen and itch background. Enemy variety is nice and the core gameplay feels satisfying. Good job!

Nice mechanics and beautiful graphics! 

Very clever theme usage; it's very original. 

Congrats! 

Damn, first time around I died on the last stage. But hey, second time's the charm: Evil Banished!

It's a really solid game, love the artwork!

Awesome job! Keep up the good work!

Evil Banished!

I had some C64 vibes, also really like the colors. Extension idea: another type of weapon or shooting mode? But I understand that then the levels have to be redesigned, because it might be too easy