So far, this is my favorite. I fell in love with the heroine, even though her backstory was very brief, fast-paced, and lacking in any real depth. Perhaps I’d like to see more interactions in the game, and a little more focus on the heroine. I’d like to understand her a bit better. I also felt that the corridors were a bit empty. There was a great element where, at one point, when you approach a table, three drones can attack you, and it really felt like the heroine was just having terrible luck. Then, it might have been wonderful to stretch out the moment of defeat a bit, to add something more than just “she could no longer fight, only accept defeat.” To show the enemies’ dialogue—who they are and why they’re there… Just thinking out loud. And in the end, it evokes in me the same desire to explore as Didnapper 2 did during my first playthroughs.

Busa's Misadventures: The Game - an adventure about the unlucky warrior empress Busa. The game is essentially an escape from a laboratory where the heroine is subjected to brainwashing whenever she gets caught.

The location is nicely designed. Even though some objects (chairs, machines, cabinets) lack collision, it doesn’t really interfere. I understand that the first trap (I wanted to clear it with a clicker, but got lazy) is meant to force the first rollback to zone 2, but in zone 3 the trap can be safely disarmed, and because of that it doesn’t disappear. I realized this during my second playthrough when I wanted to see what would happen if I didn’t try to free myself - in that case, it disappeared. The gas room and the boss are buggy, as others have already mentioned. The boss doesn’t have time to leave, and the dialogue can be retriggered if you run around in circles. And if you stand right in front of the room, you get stuck in the doorway :D

Now let’s move on to combat and enemies. I love how during fights you gradually get restrained! It limits your attacks, but at the same time the most effective move is always the kick. That’s a bit disappointing - I’d like to see some attacks being less effective against certain enemies. For example, biting should deal more damage to humans than to robots or similar enemies. That would give a reason to sometimes free yourself in order to keep your stronger attacks. Also, enemies never (or at least I couldn’t manage it) fully restrain you. You’re never fully restrained there’s always a tail left, and eventually you lose due to HP depletion.

And yes, in 100% of cases you will lose and get sent back. However, enemy HP does not reset, and I really like that as a gameplay feature. Once you’re pushed back, you have to escape the restraints again, but this time with a timer, which adds tension. I checked all defeat variations and I’m glad they differ.

The main boss fight cannot be won, but since a proper defeat system isn’t implemented, you can technically “complete” it. Still, it feels like a fire attack is missing :D

Overall, I like the character design. Heels are a personal weakness of mine :3. The visual design of the enemy restraints is also well done, but the bugs slightly spoiled the overall impression - though that’s understandable for a game jam.

P.S. There was also a bug where I could freely move during QTEs and fights, but it only happened once

The game play issues take away from the strong art and theming...
I went through the game without encountering the RPG combat until the boss. Before that I would randomly get wrapped up and move to different parts of the map without even touching enemies. Enemies I did bump into went straight to QTE escapes. Some QTE are impossible to progress due to how slow the bar fills.

Nice art,pretty fun bad ends and writing in general. But it's a complete mess on the inside. Combat feels overly simple, enemies are imbalanced, and the code is a bit janky.

oooo cool game!, the battle system seems to need a bit more complex and have more skill/strategy involved,, maybe im just stupid but the combat seemed to devlolve into do kick and hope you win, but the art is cool! and the scenarios and story were nice!

I like the premise, but honestly I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if it just needs more time. Normal enemies just keeps multiplying and I have no idea what's going on with the human enemies. Randomly got caught for no reason.

So yeah, could be fun. Art was nice tho.

Great game! Loved the different bondage scenarios on it. Was not a fan of the button mashing but I wanted to keep going in the game. Very well made and a lot of thought was put into it.

Short and sweet, excellent art! Admaillus strikes again

Great job! Nice scenarios and drawings!