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A jam submission

ThistledownView game page

A short, hopefully cute, indie RPG about a boy on a quest to save a princess.
Submitted by CuteWolfGames — 1 hour, 3 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#1073.2664.000
Engagement#1342.4493.000
Overall#1442.3472.875
Theme#1642.0412.500
Gameplay#1711.6332.000

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Hello! I streamed the game, and found the start pretty promising: there is a cool artstyle (despite having art like portraits or chara outlines clashing a little against it) and an arcade-like progression that I found interesting. 

I found some problems elsewhere though. First, especially in the first battles, there is not a lot the player can do except the basic attack (with special moves only when they're ready). It didn't weight a lot since the resource management factor helped a little. I later discovered though that the defense command is broken: 2-3 turns of reduction and healing. Also with the 500 gold given from the king I didn't had problems buying A LOT of rations.

I had to stop since the walker battle felt very impossible to beat, since I don't do much damage and he does a move that oneshots after a number of turns, without any sign on how to avoid it.
Maybe I was supposed to find a mage, but I checked the only explorable area and I found nothing.
If you're interested here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2453389792