I got to the end of the game and was like, "Wow, that was short and didn't really fit the theme very well." Then the screen faded out and back in, and I saw the twist. Very nice, and clever level design to keep it interesting despite the twist. It made great use of the theme, too.

Unfortunately, I got in a death loop after falling in the water with the jumping fish. And that was fine, and I replayed the game and got back to the same spot again, but then I fell again (after getting a bit farther) and got in the same loop again. I'd love to see the rest of the game, but I don't really want to replay it a third time just to potentially get in that same loop again.

All that said, even from the bit of the game I could play, it looked and felt great. The animations on the knight and goblin especially were top-notch, and the platforming felt very good. Solid submission.

The art is great and i really like the twist!

Very pretty, excellent pixel art and savvy use of resources with the twist!

Unfortunately a bug (couldn't use attack button after dying) prevented me from getting very far, the visuals are great.

A very nice looking platformer. Interesting ideas with how you implemented the theme. It really has potential. Don't worry about the bug it happens. Had a great time playing it.

Apart from the bug, the game was very enjoyable to play. Most submissions went for a mechanic reversal, not a narrative one. Extra points for originality xD

It could use more polish, but 48 hours is really too short for that. I would definitely play a more polished version, if you work on it a bit more. Cheers.

had an issue where Id die on respawn. but I still had fun. Great job. the art is fantastic!

Probably the most well done platformer style game I've gone through so far for this jam, super clean presentation too, Well done. Bummer about the bug!

CRAZY ARTWOOORK so pretty

Such a cool game idea! I really like your take on the Reversed Roles theme, allowing the player to actually experience both roles back to back. I think you could do a lot of cool things with this formula, if you decide to do a post-jam version. It might be interesting to try something like Mario 2 where you control a variety of different characters and each one has their own movement style, jump height, weapon style, etc. Great work getting all this done in 48 hours, and even designing unique music and very nice pixel art!

Looks like a lot of effort went into this, shame about the softlock but I can at least give honest feedback about the first part!

The sprites are well made and aesthetically pleasing, the level design is interesting and fun - I particularly liked that the “reversal” included literally traversing the first level backward as the other character, was hoping that might be a recurring thing later! - and although I have to say that M is definitely an odd choice for the attack button imo, it was suitably challenging to actually defeat enemies and time movement with attacking, when combat was necessary to continue.

Very well done in spite of the softlock bug, would love to see this get updated at some point in the future to fix and see how it ends! Saving it for later. 😎👍

Fun, though i couldn't get to the end, due to a glitch that softlocks you if you fall in the water and die.