Confusing, difficult, yet fun? I think this game somehow clicks with me, the frantic eying up of my keyboard as I type with one hand and then onto the screen to dodge, I really vibe with the gameplay and the art and music was fantastic. But it was confusing. I think the biggest problem is the lack of feedback, when I typed a word out, I didn't know what it was doing, there was no sound effect or graphical effect that played that showed that I was doing something, And with most things in the game there was no real feedback like that. Also as I mentioned, the game was really difficult, I managed to get to level 2 after a while but died pretty quickly after that. I felt like their should be some kind of mistake protection, one typo doesn't reset all progress but 2 do kind of thing. You could also make longer word chains but still allow one mistake. And finally, please zip your file up and upload that, a lot of people (including me) are wary of straight .exe files. Also when you zip your files you can add in extra stuff like .txt files and whatnot. Despite how I may sound, I thoroughly enjoyed this game, easily one of the most fun games I've played in this jam so far. Great job!
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hey man, thanks for writing this out, and yeah definitely need to add more feedback for doing damage, I did add a sound que for correct words but I think there needs to be a more direct emphasis on doing damage to the boss. (I might clean up some of it after the jam and add 1 more update before finishing up with it), probably will add an animation, strong sound or a screen clear for a phase change to really articulate your making progress.
also yeah figured out the exe thing kinda sus, have to remember for next time, was basically awake for 30 hours by that point so I didn't really think about it.
I'm really glad you saw the vision and enjoyed the game, it means alot.