Very impressive and polished entry! The main mechanic is a really clever idea that leads to a lot of unintended mayhem. :D I could see that working in a PvP multiplayer game as well. If I had one suggestion it would be to add a much longer cooldown to the cauldrons. As it is, if you're going to toggle their movement direction once, you're very likely to toggle it three or four times, which makes them very unpredictable and takes a little bit away from the "puzzle" part of the "action puzzler". ;)

Absolutely love the presentation! The way you control the laser is also really interesting, although I'm not sure if I fully grasped how to "effectively" control the laser. Spend lots of time running in circles befor switching to moving just in tiny increments^^” But I really like how you are your own worst enemy in this game, the second knight, accidentally awaking enemies, switching their movement direction etc. Fun game!

What a fun and challenging game! I included it in my GMTK compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)

This game is wild. I see two mechanics at play here: the shadow knight that's following your steps, and the perpendicular laser between you and the shadow. You put these two things together to create a gimmick that's really creative and super fun to play with, so top points for that. The graphics looks really nice and I like the time stop mechanic, this game would be impossible without it. I also like how you indicate the speed of time with those top and bottom black bars, it's a really nice touch.

I think the game could be a little easier, though. My biggest issue are the enemies that look like pots, because they seem to change direction at random when you hit them. It makes them difficult to predict and dodge, even with the time stopping. The ghosts could also be a little slower, I had a hard time outrunning those. You could trim down the number of enemies on the second-to-last level, I often found myself getting cornered by them with no way to move.

Overall though, amazing game. I beat all the levels and had a lot of fun playing through it. You owe me a treasure now :D

I honestly wasn't expecting the tether mechanic to be what controlled the laser, as well as the "shadow knight" being a thing, the presentation is through the roof in levels of quality, although I have to admit, the difficulty curve was a bit steep, from the mid levels onward I was having trouble getting my head around how the timing of everything could work, especially considering the control over the laser's direction is rather loose, I'd recommend making the ghosts slightly slower on the earlier levels and to ramp up the difficulty make them faster near the end of the game.

this is like a real game. I will be shocked if this doesn't end up in the top 20. 11/10 IGN

Really great art, and the mechanics are fun.

Feels great to play!

Very juicy, well done!

The game feels very chill, and so does the sound and graphics. The time slowing is a nice touch.

Overall, the game feels very polished and juicy (and weirdly like SuperHot)

(The theme song kinda sounds like Undertale OST - Uwa!! So Holiday♫)