I really enjoyed this one. Had a really interesting take on the theme though it wasn't clear to me why or if my number of steps mattered and what I was really using my life to trade for. I got stuck on the "level" where there was two altars and one goat as I couldn't figure out how to sacrifice the goat and myself (always told me to rewind whenever I sac'd myself). Definitely the deepest gameplay I've seen so far.
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I liked the take on the theme especially as you introduce more effects that can be triggered by the buttons, meaning I'm always left guessing what will happen when I press the next one! I thought the pixel art was nice but a little hard to distinguish what some objects were. I definitely didn't pick up on the number of items next to a button indicating what order to press them in until I read the comments here lol. Unfortunately I don't have a better suggestion though. Could have used some more variety in sounds and a background track but I assume that's just a casualty of the 48hr limitation.
Wow, I think the mechanics here are really well polished. Aesthetics are on point. The level design and pacing as you introduce each mechanic is really great as well. I think my only critique is it feels a bit loosely tied to the theme. I don't find myself wondering what any of the buttons do, I just have to collect the runes to unlock "standard" 2d platformer controls that are self-evident by the rune icons.
The game feels like it could have fit in with GMTK's 2020 Game Jam. In his recap video, Mark Brown even talks about a theme in some submissions where the controls are represented as in game entities @ ~3:49,