This entry has had love put into the small things, from changing default sfx, jingles, to the font and its own little logo to boot.

I played with battles turned off which i really appreciated.

There was a few typos and errors in the dialogue throughout but nothing too inconsistent.

Light comical journey with some funny moments and good use of comical timing, music and sfx.

The play on words for 'stealsmith' and 'steelsmith' was quite funny. Or ‘roam’ and the emperors name.

It felt like i was playing on godmode when Harold would smite all who stood in his path, truly the power of no battles.

The game really runs its course and is too long, even without battles i racked up to an hours worth of play time and stuck with it until they end as i wanted to do that for all entries. The overall story was amusing and I liked the interpretation of being a hero at the end and what it all meant but some sections  could have been condensed.

Overall solid entry.

This is THE long entry for this game jam. You almost have yourself a full-featured game here, yo. I enjoyed Harold’s reactions every time he got a not-quite sword. Only real thought I have about it is this:

• Not every skill/spell felt useful. There’s some I just ignored completely after trying them once or twice. That’s not really a big deal though.

This was a super fun game. I can't believe you made all that during a month. I played without battles and this game still took an hour to complete! The writing and cutscenes were top notch. Solid pick of music as well. Maps were fine, though I do detest the one tile high houses.

All in all great game!

Solid fun little classic rm styled game,  some nice laughs.  Good job

An amusing adventure with some funny moments. Good job! Felt a little long in the context of a jam game, but I overall liked it.

Now when I think of a good HAROLD game this is very close to perfect. Very close.
 

The game play was well balanced and felt like a well thought out, pre-planned adventure. The pacing was good most of the time.

Combat was actually engaging for me. I liked the fact that it made me think about how to use who I had and why. Nothing we too hard to soon yet I still felt challenged. 

A few things were amusing, nothing made me really lough out loud.

I think for what you had to work with you used the sounds well enough.

THOSE TREES! Those trees. Other than THOSE TREES I thought the mapping was competent, easy to read and helped progress the game forward well enough. The sprites and faces and enemies all felt used well. But you just had to go and use... those trees....

How dare.

Lets talk a bit about the story it's self. While the over all pacing was very good, meaning that everything progressed rather smoothly a narrative stall hurt the game for more than 75% of the play through. Harold's growth happens in to short a time near the end.  It might have been better, I think, if in every town he had to make a choice (even if the player can't make that choice for him) between getting mad and saying NO to some one, or learning a lesson and relenting, even if reluctantly.
Thus, over time, we see a gradual change in him. Then when he gets to the supernatural creatures we have seen him ALMOST there, but then I would have worked it so the lady was far more demanding and pushed Harold's fears and insecurities to far.
Then the pep talk would have had more weight.

Also the end DUNGEON felt out of left field. You had those slimes all over as well as the minotaurs, that would have been a perfect place to give THEM a capital. It would have fit the theme a lot better, and felt like a conclusion to those creatures as well.

I feel cheated out of true Marsha joining the party. What you got against my lil girl mage? Huh?

Overall I really liked this game. It felt like a REAL GAME. It played to hard into the trope of Harold being dumb, it could have been neater around it's over all theming, but it was good.

I hope to see more good work from you in the future!