Andrey
Fun 7/10
Functionality 9 / 10
Creativity 7 / 10
Theme 5 / 10
As a standalone game, not bad though feels unfinished. As a game that is tasked with delighting and instructing on the hero's journey, it is falling short. Fun wise, the beginning was interesting with the overworld, and the exploration aspect was fun though contradicting the hero's journey (at least on the character motivational aspect as the character expresses no interest in deviating from the path to get to the town). Creativity wise, there's quite a bit here, it just ends rather suddenly. I wish there was more. What's not really great is how many gimmicky deaths are in here. This is supposed to represent the classic hero's journey. If instead, these roads introduced various paths to eventually becoming a hero, that would have been much more interesting rather than just dying. Which leads to the theme. It starts off well, but then stumbles. The throwaway death areas both feel cheap, unfortunately, and feel like they have no narrative use. And just as it picks up, the game ends. Even ignoring the hero's journey alone, it is lacking in a 3 act structure to tell its story.
Anyway, thank you for the attempt. There's good stuff here. But I belive you can do better to fulfill the requirements of both the jam and the assignment :)