when i was very young my quintessential bird was probably american crow/northern cardinal because they stood out so much against the landscape. As I got older it probably more like american robin/carolina wren/northern mockingbird. but the crows will always have my heart
The boss took me about 4 attempts, I ended it with like 38? or so MP, all of it was spent by the time I got out of the dungeon. I was so relieved when I got to the exit from the vine cliff area, only to have a sinking feeling when I realized there was more lol. I was convinced the run was cooked but I somehow made it.
Reading through the other replies here and I'm shocked to learn that there's supposedly drops because I don't think i got ANY drops after the boss lmao. I saved all my MP for christs love and faith, didn't even realize quote scripture might do different stuff to enemies. That's cool
The jumping off the cliff to meet the dragon in the middle is hype. good scene
By the Six Christs I have somehow passed through the shadow of the southern ravine of death. It got tense at the end there but thank you for letting me slay
There's a lot going on here! The main premise is obviously a cool idea, the way the story is structured is smart and even when moving backwards in time it feels like new info is revealed in a natural way that builds toward the ending in a satisfying way where everything really comes together. The end is nice and I got a kick out of one particular bit of it.
At first the high encounter rate seemed intimidating, especially coming off a bunch of low-resource management focused games, but I eventually realized that stats and items are generous enough to encourage being fast and aggressive with magic and attacks, and the escape rate is pretty consistent if you get stuck, at the cost of not getting any money. So that definitely streamlines things and lets you feel cool and powerful while doing them, while not quite slipping into it just feeling free. You did a good job making those later bosses feel more tense despite them technically taking place "earlier" in the timeline (which in a way makes sense since the characters have less experience - why wouldn't it be harder?)
All in all you made a very cool thing and I'm so glad you pushed through and got something in for the jam!!!
