I'm a fan of the character designs, and it feels like it's pretty easy to tell which role each character plays just from their visuals. I think in general though, the game struggles with the length. The opening crawl felt like it was going on for way too long, and most of it wasn't even about the characters we played as. I was scared to try to speed it up cause I might have skipped the whole thing, which I didn't want to do. The combat felt like there was a lot of complexity and depth, but it also took so long to complete, that when I got wiped after almost beating the second boss, I couldn't bring myself to try again, knowing I'd have to go through the whole other 4 waves again before I had another shot. 

I think the character tutorials were a pretty interesting way to get people used to each of the characters as well, especially considering otherwise we'd be thrown into it without a lot of context to the different abilities. I did have a bug though - I did the first wave without the tutorial, then did Shaeli's tutorial, and when I entered the next wave I only had Shaeli in my party. 

I played the initial version, so some of the points here might have already been addressed.

The intro is way, way too long, especially for a jam game. There's too much text and the scroll speed is too slow. There is a way to speed it up by holding spacebar, but I didn't know about that ahead of time and was afraid to push buttons lest I skip the intro entirely. I'd prefer if the backstory was presented differently, like in cutscenes, but time was probably a constraint here.

The story itself was pretty cliched and generic. As an excuse plot for a boss rush it's no big deal. If the game was longer or more story-driven I'd come down harder on it. Depending on where you plan to take this in the future that may or may be something you'll want to address.

I only played one set of battles, but it was pretty fun. It's mostly stock assets (with some custom scripts?) but the effects are pretty, the animations are fluid, and the sound effects have plenty of impact. It had some challenge, but wasn't super difficult. The battles were definitely on the long side, but they didn't get frustrating or repetitive. Both of those things may change in later battles, but I can only comment on what I actually played.

I found myself overwhelmed at the overall complexity. I never even understood what the icons for elements or attack types meant, I had no idea what the default attacks did until I tried them, I still have no idea which element is weak to which, I only discovered what "Lore" meant in the last battle and I never developed a good grasp on which character was good for what. I think in a full game where mechanics and powers are introduced more gradually, this wouldn't be a problem (or at least not as much of a problem) but as it stands the game just throws way too much at you at once.

Part of this is on me for not even looking at the character tutorials. I'm not sure if there's a manual, but if there is, I didn't read that, either. I can't speak for everyone, but for me, learning a whole bunch of complex systems is a bridge too far for a jam game.

I also found it weird that limit break is in the same category as the normal attack. Reading the changelogs, I think that's addressed in a later version?

Overall, I think the core of this game is good. There's lots of complex RPG mechanics that seem to work pretty well, and though the art is mostly stock it works well. The one thing that's sorely missing is progression; it needs to start off a lot simpler and perhaps a bit easier before gradually introducing complex mechanics that the player needs to master to finish the final battles.

The game looks great and I like how it looks. I obviously can't give full stars though since it is mainly stock assets.

To me though, the main draw of Turn based RPGs is the adventure and not the battles. While your battle mechanics are very fleshed out and  a lot of fun to play with I can't really say that the loop in and of it self is that fun.

Also for some reason I cannot clear the blue girls tutorial. When retrying she only starts with 1 hp and when continuing to the main battle the rest of the party is absent. Maybe also make the text crawl in the beginning skipable.

Overall it's a good entry.

Wish I had roll over sfx. The music is super fun though! Could be mixed a little better. I am finding that the music is masking the sfx and really commands the attention of the player.

Art is really lovely!

The combat is good, but I feel like I'm doing a lot of clicking. I'm not terribly familiar with this style of gameplay, but it was fun. It doe's feel a bit repetitive, but I'm sure if you had more time that would of been addressed.

It took me till wave 4 to figure out how the magic option worked... silly ne.

OMG THE METEOR SOUND. Hahaha so loud! Also hurricane is so loud. Both sfx are redlining or distorting haha.

What you did in 7 days is impressive. I know you said you used a lot of stock assets, but nicely done!

Couldn't open a 7z file would it be possible to change file format to zip?