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Hahaha thanks so much for putting yourself through that and leaving a review!

I also found it quite hard and was unsure, but I guess because I know how much harder it was before, I am not so terrible anymore! 😂

I was playing on Windows in Firefox, but also tried with the itch.io app and had the issue both times.

Like I mentioned though, it felt like voice recordings which were pretty cool on its own!

Duelling and Vampires are so down my alley!

I think you really nailed the aesthetic, and the music choice is such a great mash-up of the two…

Thank you for giving me this fantastic experience, I didn’t know how much I needed it!

Great job across the board, truly!

Lovely Benben! Lovely little game!

Wish I had more little games to play with him as well!

Not sure if there was supposed to be audio?

I loved the art, great job overall!

I really loved the message, but the delivery could do with some sanding.

Despite the platforming getting me down, I had a lovely time listening to the recordings (listening, because on web it is just a black screen).

The purity behind the parable here is really sweet.

Great job, it is a very thoughtful experience!

I like the minimalism, especially when there is mechanical depth.

Unfortunately I could not figure out the class system, selecting did not seem to work for me?

Nice work with everything you made in the time!

I really loved the aesthetic, art music and all!

I just could not figure out if I was supposed to click, mash buttons, do something else?

The swarms are pretty intimidating, and with the camera flying out of the rooms, I kept being surprised to find myself not dead, but also not sure what just happened!

I think there is a lot of charm here, and I would be keen to see the original idea realised.

Good job with your creation, it is really cute!

Oh man, I felt so bad, since the art is so cute, it feels like I’m hunting kids/babies!

I think there is an interesting idea here, and the bit that made it in the end are already pretty fun. I loved watching the target realise I can see them and then run off in the opposite direction!

Good job with finishing and submitting!

Hahaha, who knew repenting could be so cute, funny and absolutely anxiety inducing at the same time?

I love the aesthetic chosen for this, it works an absolute treat!

Outside of some scaling issues, this was an absolute joy to play.

Absolutely brilliant job!

That intro had me sooo keen for the game to start - smashing work!

I was very confused when I got into the game though, not least because my inputs seemed to have no effect, and there was no animation or noise or anything.

I could see feedback when I was being hit, and creatures would eventually die, but I could only guess if I was having any effect on them at all.

I think you have amazing aesthetic, but would have loved to see the basics get more love and care.

Good job overall though! This was really cool!

Oh man, the duality of needing to pew-pew into the sky, but the ground keeps hurting me randomly based on patterns I do not see because I am looking up? Brutal.

I think you have definitely got an interesting idea here, I just wish it started off a little easier, and clearer in game that the timer relates to the ground. From the start you are essentially looking up, so it is a weird shift.

I did have fun though, shifting between run & gun to jump & gun…

Good job, really interesting idea!

Oh my goodness the chaos…

I went in blind, letting the game teach me with a lot of trial and error, I eventually got the hang of things, and navigating is a pain but possible. Email says only one task has to be done twice? Imagine my surprise…

That was a lot of fun, albeit in a strangely masochistic way.

I only had one major bug, where I would not be able to rotate full 360 after a while. Pausing and unpacking seemed to fix it for some reason!

Great job, that launch timer absolutely made me more anxious than any other game thusfar!

That was very enjoyable despite not being finished! Loving the music and aesthetic.

I’m terrified to think what mental gymnastics I would have to do if you did finish it, the last actual level had some interesting calculations to do!

Good job*** with what you managed to make, it is a game after all!

I love the simplicity in all ways!

Also, if you misstime the couuntdown, no happy happy for you!

Honestly, good job with the execution! It’s a good lesson in minimalism achieving the goal, whilst not being brutalisticly basic.

Man the amount of times I died between waves because I forgot to keep my core warm…

Really well made, with the Kenney visuals really working well in this minimal setup!

I found myself playing “just one more” quite a bit, due to it being so quick to get into the good stuff…

Great job, this is really nice!

This was pretty interesting, and though I survived, I am not sure at what cost… It feels so rough deciding to leave people behind, capacity is a pain

Very cool take on the theme, and pretty well executed! The atmosphere is solid, the aesthetic very interesting and the, uhm, people?, are very… Unsettling.

Even when I trusted, or found out they were normal, I was never quite sure…

You hit that part pretty well. Great job!

Fascinating take on the theme, but damn did it make my brain feel smooth…

Really well executed in atmosphere and design, and the gameplay is very captivating. I think it is indeed a bit hard to get into, but that is part of the appeal after all!

Good job, this was a good challenge and submission!

Dang, why did I have to be Jeremy?

Man, this is another level - polished and all, it will give me nightmares for sure. Never has a simple captcha answering premise felt soooo damn stressful!

Really good job with the entire design, visuals and audio and all come together super cleanly to deliver an absolutely brutal experience!

The only things I would comment on is:

• no in-game tutorial (you figure things out fast enough though!)
• my poor ear holes - those booms are loud, and there’s no in-game volume slider

All in all, fantastic entry, brilliantly done. Great job!

Thank you for the play, I hope you enjoyed putting that pesky Count in his place!

It is unfortunate that you did not get to spend as much time as you wanted, as there is a real nugget in there!

I like the interesting duality between dice that have slightly better moves (but limited lifetime) against a traditional chess board & pieces.

It is a little hard to follow, with it not being traditionally turn-based (not being sure how many moves the opponent can make) and it felt a bit like a free for all in the end.

Despite that, I think I can see what you were aiming for, and I would like to try it again in the future if you do decide to work on it further!

Good job with what you did achieve though!

Thanks so much for the detailed review!

I agree, this is way more challenging than I expected, and a couple of times I wondered if humanity had strayed too far… (It will not help at all to inform you that this was a gradual increase in difficulty - I would love for you to experience the later levels in comparison! =P)

There actually is controller support, but we redesigned parts of the mechanics to make it easier (I know it does not seem that way) and I forgot to update the controller inputs to support this… As it currently stands, both grabbing and flapping is mapped to buttons on the right side, and it is near impossible to do both! So to save people extra frustration, I decided not to list it. BUT, I will update it after the jam so that people can try again with proper controller mappings!

I truly appreciate the play and thorough feedback! Though I know we lost you today, I hope to see you come back when the controller mappings are fixed! There is so much more to experience!

Not me slowing time down like a badass and then epicly crashing straight into the first crawling attacker…

The minimal and friendly aesthetic definitely intrigues and hides how hard but darn “unputdownable” this is! I kept coming back for more, even after telling myself “I suck at this, let’s stop” countless times!

I absolutely had a bop to the music though, it nails the atmosphere down perfectly!

Nicely executed! I had a lot of fun playing this!

Thank you for playing and leaving a review!

I have been pondering how to make this more accessible, with the mechanics being what it is… Good to know at least one person might be interested!

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Your game looks delectable, but sadly refuses to run on my Linux machine regardless of which way I try do spin it a yarn. I will try to play it on another machine soon!

My condolences to your spacebar, may it also rest in peace.

As for the Count, I’m glad he’s asleep and didn’t hear the second part of that!

Thanks a lot for playing!

Damn, I did not expect to need my brain this much!

I love the soothing music, minimal, non-imposing graphics and atmosphere. It completely belies how ruthless the math and random “obstacles” can be!

Really solidly done, it is well executed and hooked (and took) me for far longer than I expected.

Great job, truly!

I will be sure to take a look again when you update it! Good luck!

Hahaha, thanks a lot for the review!

I think maybe our “helping” is keeping him down for the count? ;)

Really glad to hear you had fun! Thanks again for playing!

Thank you for the play and review!

I am glad to hear that you found the challenge fun! I also think there is a certain kind of enjoyment with finishing each level!

Thanks again for giving it a go!

There is some nostalgia being triggered by this, good job!

I like the minimal approach, though I feel you could have gone even further - I almost never paid attention to the data in the top right, the “crystal balls” on the top and side were all the info I needed!

Besides a bug where I could not click on cards on the lower right of the screen (maybe an issue because I am playing on Linux?), I had lots of fun, but I still couldn’t complete a run!

Really well done!

Thank you so much!

It is refreshing to hear some enjoyment of the movement (albeit a bit tricky for sure).

That sleepy Count is truly a joy to behold, I just hope he does not recall anything that happened to his poor body!

Thanks a lot for the play and review!

Please, I don’t want to become a gambling addict!

This is really nicely done for a solo entry (I did see the AI disclosure, so thanks for honesty!) in 4 days, so great job!

There really is a lot of satisfaction when “number go up!”, so well executed!

Good job, very nice game.

Super glad to hear you found the difficulty just hard enough to want to come back! In also found things a bit punishing, but everytime I got just a little bit closer, it gave me the motivation to try and get it done!

Thank you so much for persevering and leaving a review, it means a lot!

Has grave-digging ever been this adorable?

I honestly don’t know why I was collecting teeth (or if I could even lose the game?), but I had a lot of anxious fun doing so!

It took me a little while to figure out the zombies were my friends, and also to even switch my molds (so much action on the left, I never got my eyes to settle far enough on the right to figure out everything).

That being said, I had a lot of fun once the rhythm set in, and found it all tied together really nicely!

Great job, this was really cool!

Thank you for the feedback!

It did end up feeling a bit like a “rage platformer”, and ultimately we had to choose between making it super hard to carry the ragdoll (dragging up slopes and such) and adding a time limit for grabbing.

Longer levels were on the table, but ultimately they were the biggest crunch, so quality in short won over longer/bigger but less polished.

Despite not being entirely up your alley, we really appreciate the play and great feedback, thank you so much!

This is real pretty looking, but I had to jump through a few hoops to playtest on my machine (the dreaded “I use linux” mention).

I enjoyed the aesthetic, though I felt like I would have enjoyed a speed boost, or a change in tool (rather than just an increase in size or length).

It did feel like the bars being on opposite sides was a bit frustrating, and it would benefit from centering them on the top, or bundled on one side.

Good job overall though!

Thank you so much for playing!

The bat is very hard to figure out, I agree, but the Count has to get into the coffin somehow…

Super glad to hear you enjoyed the level design, I was worried about a couple of them, but they all have a safe, soft place in my heart now.

Thanks again for the play and review!

Man, did not expect to get my heart strings plucked here… Alas, dear Elena, I am not good enough to save you unfortunately!

In fact, I struggled to get past the first drop at all, once I defeat the first three bots I am dead, every single time. Upgrades or not.

I also found myself get stuck on or in the walls quite often, but that is no excuse for my performance…

I would have loved to see more, though I might just really suck at this.

It looks really nice though, and there seems to be a decent amount of depth here. Great job!

Haha, thank you, the ragdoll surely was a lot of fun to make, although it caused many issues and very nearly did not make it to the final package…

Indeed there is an element of “rage game” DNA in here, I myself wondered a couple of times if the Count could truly have designed his castle in even more unfriendly ways? Then again, he is THE Vampire Lord, so maybe he just likes things that way.

It is slightly saddening to hear you did not persevere a bit longer, there are some fun level designs later on! ;)

I completely agree though, I find this a bit hard myself, but I strangely enjoyed finally making it through all the “impossible tasks”!

Thanks a ton for playing and reviewing, we truly appreciate it!

Damn, this was a ton of fun!

Visuals? Smashed it. Audio? Ambience for days. Stress? Yes please Mr. Old One, I’m not the Warlock you’re looking for!

This had me sucked in, of course “I want to be the very best like no one ever was!”

Really, amazing job across the board! The first run floored me entirely, but then I realised that playing in full screen cut off a ton of stuff (top progress bar, bottom info on cards and knowledge), and once I left that I was in it to win it!

Except, the Old Ones didn’t let me seize power (like I truly desire and deserve, thank you very much) that easily…

I eventually got there, ascended! But I still felt hollow, because the experience I had lived through to get there was truly beyond compare…

In truth, I think you nailed it. Great job man!

Thanks for the play and review!

This is indeed a hard little platformer, though I appreciate giving it a whirl!

Truly, the difficulty cannot be worse than how punishing your mega-skeletons are?

Thanks again for playing!