Wow, this game is great! The dash reminds me of a magic item in Shovel Knight which allows you to dash mid-air to break blocks. Honestly this was pretty darn good. Great job!
The game has some bugs, like not being able to jump on slopes and getting a game over randomly even though I had full water, which is to be expected from a jam game tbf, but aside from that this was quite a charming game, great job!
1) (First boss being drawn out and not fun) Yeah... a bunch of people complained about the first boss's difficulty, which is why I plan to make it easier once the jam is done
2) (One of the first boss's attacks don't end when the boss is hit) Oh which one? I never noticed it.
3) (First boss's bounce attack respite) I'll see what we can come up with as a replacement for the sprite. ( Consider it done now)
4) (Third boss's projectiles not easily visible) I don't see how the projectiles blend in with the background... Though the boss blocking the projectiles is somewhat intentional, but not entirely. I don't think I can really fix that unfortunately without a whole respite of the boss or having the projectiles render on top of the boss, which would look weird when first spawned.
5) (Enemy choreography) Yeah I wanted to do that (and you can see that I did for some of the more deadly attacks), but the animator was really busy so we weren't able to do that unfortunately.
6) (Touhou) Yeah I suck at it too lol, I've only beaten 1 game on normal iirc
7) (Hitbox) The hitbox is 1/4th the width of the entity (this goes for everything), and yes that's where the player stops moving when it overlaps with the mouse. I wanted to have a way to show the hitbox, similar to touhou, but I had no clue how and forgot about it lol.
Ah I see, for that I think I'm going to add a way to change your speed, probably via scrolling the scroll wheel or something. I don't want to add keyboard controls to the game.
I removed the ability to dash while moving and vice versa in order to make the code slightly easier on myself (less if checks and math) 😅 Though wdym by imprecise?
I see, I'd love to play the game once it's fully completed though, so please lmk when it's ready (via a reply ig or discord if you're in axo's server) :
Yeah I considered lowering the first boss's difficulty 2 days ago, but I guess that'll be done after the jam. The 4th boss won't change though, because I think its difficulty is on-point and fits with its design tbw.
And yes the reason there are no checkpoints was because it'd make the game easier and I didn't think it'd be an issue considering the game is quite short.
And in terms of the need of holding left click, probably a toggle (which I'll add once the jam is over) would've been better but the player does need to stop eventually, so this gives him more control.
I may have gone a but too much for the first boss lol, but thanks for trying out the game! (Also tip: focus on the enemy's stamina, this is your cue for when you should attack or flee)
Ah, do you have any audio device connected? If not then that could be the reason behind the crash. Otherwise I may have messed up with initializing the audio, causing it to work with certain devices 😅
Oh sorry if I sounded rude, didn't mean to. It's simply that the skip button kinda skips the whole game alongside the training section (not the main event though).
I great game! Though I wish it was faster-paced, harder, and the player not being so much of a cushion of damage (you have a lot of HP that you can basically tank throughout the whole game)
