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Finally got to try your game!

First impression was very nice. The controls feel great and intuitive for the most part, and I love how the main character is animated and how he changes expressions when doing stuff like jumping or walking slow.

Played with autocam. Didn't have any major trouble with it besides getting stuck a few times, but that only happened when I was actually trying to get it stuck.

Since the controls underwater are inverted by default, everytime I ran into a body of water while running I would instantly dive to the bottom. I was playing with run toggle off because that seemed more natural to me, but it caused that issue (for me). Changing it to not-inverted fixed the issue.

Also, I wasn't able to get the hang of wall-running for the life of me in TTC, but I did manage it on Mt. Energy without too much trouble. Still, I'd suggest a little tutorial for that, didn't feel intuitive at first.

Some things I loved:

• The level design of My. Energy. Spaced enough to allow me to run, explore and experiment with the moveset, but not spaced enough to make it feel empty.
• Being able to do air dashes. That's always fun.
• The way the MC comes out of the water like a dolphin.
• Platform challenges are varied and FUN.

Suggestions:

• Send enemies flying when they die. Right now kill them is not satisfying.
• When landing on a body of water, don't set the vertical velocity to 0 but instead make the player keep some of that momentum as it goes underwater and float back up. Would feel much more natural and satisfying.
• Ledge grabbing seems to have a delay between grabbing the ledge and being able to climb at. This kills the pace a bit when climbing boxes in TTC, for example.

Things I've missed:

• A switch to fullscreen mode.
• Enemies whenever you make me wait for some platform to come, like in the Energy Plant on those lava geisers. Waiting for platforms is always boring, and having a few enemies on those could help with that.

Bugs?

• The "Goal get!" jingle seems to not be related to the Music Volume slider. That almost blew up my eardrums, but I was happy for having got a goal so it compensates. :)
• When dashing mid air, the collision on some wall failed and I glitched through the scenario. Ended up here, and I was stuck so I had to restart the level.
  
• And this is the wall I went through by air dashing into it:
  

Also clipped through this little limiter and ended up here:

Game ran perfectly the whole time and, while some aspects like me not knowing how to properly wall run at first frustrated me a bit, I still had a lot of fun with the Energy Plant being my favorite part by far. The responsiveness of the character controller is great and the music is catchy, specially inside the power plant where I had to turn the volume up again lol. I got 4 Goals on TTC (I saw a 5th one but didn't know how to get it) and 11 in Mt. Energy. Missed the one that seems related to invisible walls and platforms, didn't figure that one out.

I'm itching to see where you take this. The core is fun for sure, and I'd say I had a great time while playing your game. Keep at it, and good job man!

Lovely game, sounds just as good as it looks and plays even better. Good job!

Some suggestions:

• Add 144 on frame cap options.
• Platforms blend a little bit, like sometimes it's not 100% clear what's a platform and what's the background.
• On the bus stop fight, I was expecting to be able to climb up to the roof by attacking an enemy multiple times but I wasn't able to.
• Missed having more SFX on the boss fight, specially when being grabbed by it's tongue. Fight itself is quite fun but felt a bit bland because of that.

Some bugs:

• Paloo is cute but still reacts to my inputs while I'm on the pause menu, jumping when I press the confirm button. I played with an Xbox gamepad on Windows 10.
• Something's going on with your pixel. Not noticeable when moving or fighting, but when coming to a stop it's as if I could see the pixels "fall in place" so to speak, like they take a little moment to reposition themselves.  It's hard to explain, so I recorded a video: https://streamable.com/06p4wq
  It's specially noticeable on the little Paloos that are below the input helpers.
• Another one was this:
  

Notice the thin line between the arrows. It appeared and disappeared while I went through that section. Might be related to the other bug? I was playing on full screen, vsync enabled and at 2560x1440.

Overall, a very well done game. Gameplay's super fun and I loved the visuals, specially all of Paloo's facial expressions. Great job, will play again.

Game kicked my ass.

It's a very cool game idea that kept reminding me of Magicka and it's spell system the whole way. I think the game could be even cooler with more elemental interactions but maybe I haven't seen them all.

Had no trouble with the tutorial, but the first room of the first level sure made me feel retarded. I think you should leave the enemies inflicting status effects until just a little bit later, and let the players focus on learning how to play. Once I got used to the game (took me a while but it wasn't frustrating at all) I didn't have a lot of trouble with it. Oh, love the small slowdown when killing enemies, that felt nice.

Something that really sucks is that I can't break barrels with the pistol. Why? That caught me off guard a few times. Also took me a while to realize I can mix the same element a few times, but maybe I was just being dumb there lol.

Visuals are nice and so is the music. Played on Ultra and the framerate never dropped from 144.

Overall I'd say I liked this one qutie a bit. Here are some suggestions:

• Make the map generation result in less empty hallways since those kill the pacing a little bit, but that might be personal preference.
• Play around with the zoom level, I believe zooming out a little bit would be nice.
• You have many elements but aside from the elemental effect, they all feel the same. Why not make it so each element is a different attack? That would make mixing them way more fun. Think of Gunstar Heroes and how you can combine two weapons into one.

The shooting feels very nice, you've nailed that! It's fun to play andthe  sound of the shots somehow blends nicely with the music.

Some ideas to improve the game:

• Make the level up a bar instead of numbers. Filling bars is nice for dopamine.
• Game's super easy. All the wizards do is walk towards you and shoot at where you are, so it's very easy to group them all together and circle-strafe them until they are all dead. Some ideas to fix this:
  • Make them move as a flock. That way, they'll avoid grouping together and might even be able to surround the player.
  • Red wizards that shoot less often but shoot at where the player will be, not where the player is. That will make circle-strafing much more difficult and fun.
• Maybe add green wizards that shoot homing projectiles that you have to take down.
• If the level would change as the game goes on that would be very cool. Columns, lava pits, moving platforms, etc.

I played it for about 15 minutes. Found no bugs and had a fun time!

Played your game on Windows.

First try with a gamepad connected: The mouse doesn't move from the center of the screen, and the gamepad barely lets me control the camera. I went back to the main menu, pumped up the sensitivity but it didn't fix a thing. Had to exit the game, turn off the gamepad and try again.

Played with the graphics on ultra and keyboard + mouse. First impression was nice, the game can look nice and your style is quite unique. The camera itself made a bad impression tho, as it kept snapping to those pillas in the hallway that leads you to the training room, although it was fine for the rest of the game as the scenarios were simpler. Adding some lerping to the zoom might help. 

The game could use an "always run" toggle. The fire worm deals a ton of damage and I'd love to be able to enter combat mode by just clicking the left mouse button.

Main problem the game has is the combat, since it's quite mindless and button mashy. I'd try making Fygoon attack slower by adding some delay to the sword attack. That'd make his attacks get some weight and look stronger, while making each attack count more.

Aside from that, I was impressed at all the effort you've put into this. The cutscenes are cool and have nice dialogue, the levels are big and not too linear. My favorite part was bonking a dog with a mace and he having an animation just to react to that followed by funny cartoon sounds. Very charming.

Found no bugs nor performance problems.

Nice job! I wonder how it'll turn out. It's quite promising and I'm amazed that some so young is able to pull this off.

Weapons are all made of foam, so don't worry they are all just pretending!

He will be missed! Altough he might still appear in the final game... mistery!

Many thanks for the encouraging word man, and also glad that you keep making progress with your games!

Pretty coool puzzle game. The music and the graphics fit the vibe of the game quite nicely.

Nothing to complain about.

I agree that the controls feel a bit weird.

Aside from that, my only complain is that I wish there were more things to do in this demo because I was having fun just removing and placing blocks. The smooth animations + the FOV stuff make it very comfy. Good job!

Found two weird things while trying your demo:

First, something's up with the "origin" of the character you control: when facing down, the attack seems to come from it's feet, but when facing up, it comes from the head. This makes it hard to aim the attack.

Second, the hitbox seems to be set to be all of the character's body, instead of just the origin point which imho should be set at it's feet. Currently you can step into the bottom's blue tiles without an issue, but not so much into the upper ones because the head hit's the red tiles before you are able to step into the blue ones.

Aside from that it seems to work well, and I like the character sprite.

Liked:

• Very cool main menu, really appreciate all the effort put into the options menu.
• Transitions between screens (like from game to map) are pretty cool.
• Character animations are very well done too.

Didn't like:

• The controls and their feel. Imho the jump is too fast, and the attack as a very long wind up. Those two things combined made it impossible for me to land a punch on an airborne enemy, which was kinda frustrating.
• A lot of "press D to interact" on objects that seemed decoration more than something I could interact with, like those pipes. Maybe you could remove the text prompt and instead make those blink or something?

Overall I think it has potential, specially with more polish put in the controls.

Very charming FTL-like!

Things I liked:

• Overall gameplay is fun.
• Creature design is great, reminds me of Star Control II.
• Being able to change the radio is a very charming touch.

Things I didn't like:

• Weapons charge way to slow with only one crew member. This made the tutorial an absolute slog.
• Text fonts are very inconsistent, I'd say stick to one and use it everywhere.
• UI could be better.

Overall I liked my time with it, and with more polish I could see myself playing the final version. Good job!

Thanks for trying it out! Glad you liked it. :)

Thanks for trying it out! Glad you liked it. Main sources of inspiration have in fact been Fallout and Live A Live, so I'm happy to read that some of their DNA is present in the game.

I'll try to respond to all your feedback! If I skip a point just assume I'm adding it to my backlog of tasks.

Options! I just need a sound slider at least please.

Sure! Next demo will have a proper title screen with Options and all that stuff. I just didn't have enough time before DD to implement it. ^^u

Would be nice if enemies (maybe only some) would wander around

Indeed! I'd like to implement some sort of stealth system, maybe by using invisibility scrolls, smoke bombs or some skills that let you go unnoticed. Having the enemies being able to move around or even patrol would add a lot to that.

Keys to move?

Yes, numpad keys are a must, and I'm also considering arrow keys + some key held down for diagonals.

Are animations like attack planned? Just the two frame animations are already better than many other RLs though

No. I'm planning to have the player sprite reflect the equipment you have equipped at that moment. If I had to animate all that that would be way too much work, specially for someone who's really bad at drawing.

I'd like to be able to look at what a weapon's skills (I know you can see the skills) do without having to equip it first

That'll be displayed when you inspect an item, by right clicking it to open the context menu and selecting inspect. That window, which still has to be implemented, will also show some extra info on enemies, like which status effects / passive effects they have and some more stuff.

Shield block seems incredibly strong, but I suspect it wouldn't be that simple later

I'm considering putting a cool down on some skills to avoid abuse. Or maybe adding some unblockable attacks, I still have to think more about it.

About the goblins: I noticed the AI might be bugged when it comes to targeting the player with stones, since they don't seem to check if they are in range before doing so. Should be an esay fix, so I hope they are a bit less annoying on the next demo.

So yeah, thanks again for all your feedback and the time you put into playing the game! See ya!

Great game, felt like a mix of Nuclear Throne and Serious Sam, which obviously is fun as hell.

I like the visuals, the spritework is very nice and so is the enemy design. Sound design feels on point specially when it comes to killing stuff, since the weapon firing sound + the splash sound of an enemy dying makes it feel meaty and satisfying. Music is great too.

Only minor complaint is that sometimes at the end of the level items would get stuck on walls trying to get closer to the door, but it wasn't really a problem. Another thing is that the map screen could auto-scroll to were you are, instead of asking the player to press the W or S buttons when selecting an stage.

Very good work! I'll keep playing this one.

Very cool and fun game! I loved the art for the characters (why is the blue fairy SO smug?) and the tutorial screens, and the music is relaxing and fits perfectly with the rest of the game.

Only complaint I can think about is the constant switching between fairies, specially when it involves multiple red strong fairies, since it meant:

• Having to switch from blue to red.
• Manually grabbing the blue one with the red one.
• Having to switch back to the blue after she has been thrown.

Makes some stages more tedious than anything else. If the red fairy could grab the blue one when the blue one pokes the red one, that'll make it much more straight forward, since it'll be:

• Blue pokes red.
• Red grabs blue, then throws her.
• You are automatically back to controlling the blue one (since you really never switched fairies) and are ready to keep poking around.

Aside from that, I really enjoyed my time with the game. Puzzles were becoming more complex at a nice pace, and I never felt bored or frustrated. Hope to see you making it, the game deserves it.

Very cool roguelike game, had a hard time at the beggining not knowing how it controls, but after a while it felt fine. One thing about the controls is that I don't like having to press ESC to cancel a skill, but maybe that's because I'm used to right click for that in my game. ^^u

Another minor complaint is that there's times when you can't click to move to the next room and have to use the arrow keys. Or that was my impression at least.

But yeah, aside from all that I had fun. Music is nice, animations are well done and I like the overall vibe of the game. The "resource management" aspect between MP and SP is fun too and it makes the game feel like a puzzle game of sorts at times.

So yeah, had a good time with your demo. Keep it up!

Pretty fun game. I loved the graphics and overall atmosphere, and specially the spritework. Good job!

Only minor complaints are that the camera feels not very smooth, and that the game elements look a bit too small on a 1440p monitor. I tried the web version btw.

Had a lot of fun playing this. Combat feels better than what I expected by the looks of it, and some nice details like the equipment appearing on your character or the first person mode are the cherry on top.

My only and minor complaints is that I'm not a fan of that artstyle for the 2D sprites, although I appreciate how you have managed to have them telegraph their attacks. I also think it'd be cool if the mages had some alert sound like the other enemies, they caught me by surprise more than once.

Aside from that I had a great experience, it's a game I'd definetly recommend.

Edit: forgot to mention, some text is hard to read while playing at 1440p.

Not much to say aside that I've loved it, and will probably play some more.

I had a few laughs in between all the frustration, which is a very good thing for a game like this.

So yeah, sorry for not having any useful feedback. Here's a video of my playthough, which was the first time I tried your game:

Pretty cool game even if a bit too hard for me, and this comes from someone who's used to playing retro shooters on high difficulties. I think it needs some balancing, imo:

• Melee enemies are way too fast.
• Enemy AI for normal and big baddies is kinda meh, they seem very dumb. Try to have them have better reaction times and pathfinding and it should be much better.
• The pistol really sucks, not very fun to use. Could it have just a bit of a higher fire rate?
• Introducing multiple new enemies in the same room and having some of those lunge at you at high speed is not a good design choice imo. Makes it so either you know the level by memory or you die.
• Since everything is grey, I had a bit of trouble spotting the shotgun.

Now, onto the cool stuff:

• I liked the music.
• The shotgun, it feels punchy and it's quite nice to use. The spread is, imo, as it should. Very fine weapon.
• Level design made sense to me. Never felt lost or like I needed an automap.
• I like the tone and humor. Having the tutorial being some posters for the enemies is a cool idea.
• No hitscanners? Nice.

Overall I had some fun! I've uploaded a video of one of my playthoughs: 

As others have stated, you can "win" the game by holding down any of the two available keys.

How about having it so some daggers need to be hit from one direction, and other daggers need to be hit from the other? That'd make it more fun I think.

Anyway, minor complaint since I guess this is a mobile focused game, where I can see it being far more fun. Just add some background music and a bit more of variety and you'll have a pretty cool game. :)

Hey, many thanks for trying out the game and leaving some feedback!

Glad to read you had some fun. I've been thinking about having some skills have a cooldown so you can't spam them, but I'm still thinking about it. Might be a good solution to avoid the shield block spam. Also, I don't think I mind having a low level player being able to beat a high level enemy, as long as it's very hard to do but still possible. I'll have that in mind when balancing the game in the future.

The difficulty being as it is is more or less done on purpose. I didn't have the time to put an actual boss fight in this demo so I made the goblins difficult to beat. Glad you were able to make it to the end tho! Not many have been able to do so, so I'm glad to read it's possible for a new player.

So yeah, many thanks! I'll try to put more work in the areas you mentioned, specially the skills management. Hope to see you at the next demo! :)

Had a go at your game, even if I'm not into into porn games and know nothing about the source material.

Cool things:

• Overall art, seems quite well done to me. I specially liked all the different face animations during conversations, which gave the girls a lot of personality.
• Writting. It's funny and lighthearted, at least what I saw of it. Random convos after combat is a big plus.
• Music is nice. Comfy during exploration and fast paced during combat, as it should be.
• Stats are well explained, and so is the tutorial. Short, but filled with useful information.
• Combat is cool, I like that it seems to have a focus on buffs/debuffs. Reminded me of SMT a bit in that regard.

Not so cool things:

• Is there no fullscreen option in the desktop version? Maybe I missed it?
• Is there no way to check which icon represents which buff/debuff during combat? Those became obvious after a while, but during the first fights I just didn't know what each one represents.
• Minor thing, but I think it'd be cool if you showed the name of the skill you have selected when aiming it at an enemy.

Overall I think this is a pretty cool game which any fan of the genre could enjoy, specially thanks to the not-mindless combat system and the fun dialogue. Good job! Too bad I'm not into H games. ^^u

Thanks for trying out the game! Sorry to hear you had a bad time because of the skills menu being kinda hidden.

I'll try adding a button to make it more easy to spot, and also add a proper tutorial to explain all the stuff related to skills.

Hope you try out the next demo, and many thansk for the bug report! I didn't see that one, so it'll be quite useful.

Hey, thanks for the review! Glad you had fun exploring the dungeon while getting to know how to make the most of the available skills. Armor Crush kinda sucks yeah, I'll probably make it so maces put a debuff on enemy's defense just with the normal attack instead of needed a skill for that.

Also yeah, you are not alone when it comes to almost missing out on skills. I really need to put a button in the UI for that, one that's easy to spot. A dedicated rest button was something I was going to implement but somehow forgot about. ^^u

I've added some stuff from your comment to my tasks backlog, so many thanks for the feedback!

Yeah I can imagine you had a bad, or at least quite difficult time the first time around, specially not being able to dash around. Hope you had more fun this time around!

And yeah, numkeys don't work since those will be used for movement, for those that don't like having to click to move around. Apparently it's quite common in roguelikes.

I'll take your feedback on skills filling automatically, good idea.

Performance was perfect, but I have a kinda beefy PC so I was expecting it.

5800x, 3070 RTX, 16Gb of RAM. Ran the game with no issues at all at 1440p.

Press S to show the skills panel! From there you can assign skills to the bottom bar, or just use them from there.

It's stated on the itch page and the ingame help section, but still, I should add a proper tutorial on the next demo. ^^u

Thanks for trying it out, and even more for leaving so much feedback.

• I'll try making inventory management more consistent. I didn't allow easy drag & drop when unequipping to avoid the player doing that by accident, but maybe that's not necessary and it's more confusing that anything else.
• Diagonal movement costing the same is on purpose, it adds some strategic value (I guess lol)
• I'll make the disengagement cost more clear by turning to red the AP point it's going to take before moving, just like with the skills.
• Final game will let you see your current equipment on your character sprite, but that's still a bit far away. ^^u

About your other points, I'll try balancing stuff better for the next demo. Giant Bat will probably get a color swap to make it clear that it's different from normal bats, and yeah the whole demo should be beatable without taking damage. Goblins are hard yeah, but that's because I want the player to explore the whole cave section before entering the sewers, since with any good weapon the Goblins fall with 3 hits. What do you mean you missed the skills? If you found the longsword, broadsword or mace, those come with skills. Also, a tip for Goblins, they are weak to fire!

Anyway, many thanks again for trying it out! :)

Pretty cool! Reminds me a lot of the first Diablo game.

The game makes a great first impression, with it's animated loading screens and nice 3D models. Loved the atmosphere and the music.

Just one complaint: when you are asked with "pressing any key" if you press S or I the game will show the stats menu or the item menu right from the get go.

It's also quite hard, I died a lot, but I'm not too much into this kind of games so that might be on me.