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Ernesto7 days ago

Nice game

What I liked:

Really liked the art and the sword mechanic, dashing is nice
Appreciate having numbers as hotkeys for actions
Cool font and text effects

What can do better:

The mechanic felt a bit awkward. Looks cool but was a bit hard to understand. Even after playing a few rounds not sure I get it. I was at first spreading my slashes between all enemies, but seems like multi hit a single one is more effective?
Thought an empty/gray background felt a bit weird. Maybe clouds or some fog.

I agree with both of your what-it-can-do-betters:

I ran out of time for the background -- I will add one.
I wanted position and facing to matter in combat. I also wanted the player to feel like they were moving around.
- But the current implementation doesn't give the player any meaningful reason to do that. It's on the simple side.
- Ultimately, I wanted it to feel like it looks: but there isn't a compelling combat mechanic in place to reinforce why they are doing it.

Appreciate the playthrough and the feedback! Cheers!