Very cute game!
It was the first one I was drawn to once the Rating Period started, and I enjoyed it a lot.
General Feedback:
The central mechanic of using the grapple and dash to get around was very fun. The cooldown broke my flow a bit, but I assume that's something that can be upgraded eventually.
I thought it was cool that the game showed off quite a few unreachable routes before ypou actually got the twine, though after I got it I accidentally skipped the climbing section to the left after swapping to controller. I might have also messed up the lever at the top, since I hit it later on, and closed off a path instead of opening it.
(I started out using Keyboard. For some reason it wouldn't register my Gamepad unless I connected it after opening the game. Might be because I'm using DS4 and a PS4 Controller by IDK.)
It took me a while to figure out how to pull off the Dash Attack. i know there's a temtation to stick to brevity, but the instruction/construction of teaching it could use a tweak.
Combat wise it was mostly fun. I found the parry too tricky to rely on, maybe because the telegraphs were a bit subtle or quick. I usually just relied on jumping and moving to avoid stuff. And I found the way it locks your direction if you're spamming attack to be kind of a hindrance in the heat of the moment. At least I didn't find a helpful situation for it. Maybe it just needs a tweak, like narrowing the release of the direction lock, or just having strafe be a button you have to hold.
Bugs:
For some reason the game crashes when entering the giant Golem Boss arena after they've been defeated. It's searching for some variables that aren't there or soemthing, and I got soft locked after the big cloud Boss after I went offscreen and got stuck between two gates.
QoL Changes:
Like I said, I had some trouble connecting the controller, and the game was a LOT more fun with a controller.
Could you make it so O (Dash) can back out of the map.
When equipping a pin using a controller, I think it's doing a check rather than a check_pressed, so it keeps rapidly selecting and deselecting the pin.
I'll link you my records when they're up.
