Wow! Stunning game! I did find it pretty hard but managed to get a highscore of 3220. Idk where that ranks but I say pretty good :) This game was SOOOOO good and so well done. The visuals were stunning, gameplay was great, fun little story. I will say, a few of the attacks could be better telegraphed, but I bet balancing a game like this is a never ending battle (much like the game itself). I'm sure y'all play tested it a million and one times. I think attack where she throws out the ice leaves mixed with the little ice leaf spawner combo was the one that always got me. All the other ones were very well telegraphed and it was fun to learn the patterns of each one. I also like that the arena/color shifts throughout the fight. I wonder if I had gotten further if it would have done it more. I will say, and maybe I just missed this somewhere, I didn't know I could shoot until I read the comments. This might have been said somewhere and I'm just blind though. It also might be cool if the player had their own ability that charged up and could be some cool attack but that's asking a lot of a game jam. I like that the whole thing repeats each time, it gives a nice sense of the passing of the seasons as winter comes back around, but I do wish the repeat cutscene was shorter because I want to get back into the action! And the music! So good. Super job on this one. Y'all should be very proud of what you were able to make. Excellent entry and I hope more people get to play it!
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Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you liked it so much
3220 is pretty high, though the max difficulty spike is at 4000! It's already quite hard at this point though haha
I think the projectile attack should perhaps just have a half second pause after the giggle to give you a chance to dodge properly.
No it's not really written anywhere that you can shoot except in the controls page in the main menu. I'll think about it, might need another way of giving this information.
The charging attack was actually something we thought of doing at first, but yeah it wasn't on our list of priorities.
You can skip the cutscenes! There's a "hold to skip" prompt on the cutscene that starts from the main menu if you hold anything. I think the text doesn't show on the next cycle cinematic though, but if you hold it will still skip.
Thanks again for playing, I hope you give it another try after the jam when I add the stuffthat didnt't make it in time before the deadline!