simple and understandable game, it was interesting to play, but the boss could not be defeated

I defeated the boss at my first play and coincidently I think the game rocks!

Managed to finish the game first go :)

Love the art!

I think you should be able to see the card values when adding a new card to your deck.

There should be an incentive to choose stronger emotions when adding to your deck and fighting.

I absolutely love the art style of this! I'm a bit confused what the sword on the enemy cards means because I thought that was how much damage they would do every hit? I also wish I could see my stats, like how much my chance to critical is, or how much damage I'm going to deal. I put on some relaxing music in the background and played 5 runs before I beat it. I really like games where it takes a couple times to beat because then I have to learn more of the mechanics and use them to the best of my ability. I think it was mainly luck that I won on my last run because I got 2 life drain level ups and then +1 Speed and +1 Damage also so I would gain health from every enemy I fought. So I took on The Inevitable with 104 HP. It was an intense battle but I finally won!


I really enjoyed your entry and hopefully you make a game next jam in October! :smile:

Fantastic game! I love the theme interpretation, I've had this tab open for 4 days, just so I could see what you ended up with: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/swords-feelings/maybe-if-i-delay-the-inevitable-sleep-i-can-finish-this

And I was not disappointed, you did a really good job.

I liked how you turned the theme into a twist on the Loop Hero formula. Each enemy's behaviour really matches the corresponding emotion. I will also join the others in saying that your artstyle is genuinely superb.

me figuring out this game: Anxiety, Worry, Fear, Doubt, Anger

I did beat the inevitable after a few tries,,, and some good rng with lifedrain +3 and speeds, and there's a certain meta charm to the line "some of our toughest battles are internal" because hoo boy, i sure did lmao i kept going "damage no match the numbers????"

graphics and visual feedback \*chef's kiss\*

Wow! So cute! So cute! SO CUTE!!! implementation at the highest level! Wonderful job!

I love this game! The concept is great, art style is amazing and the really fun to play! After writing this review I'll keep playing until I defeat The Inevitable! I think that adding some music and sounds would make it even better. Also, I'd like to be able to see my stats. But besides that, amazing game! Keep it up ^^

A really good concept. If you have the drive to make something more of this, I'd really love to see this as a more fully fledged post-jam game. Something with a story, a more intricate levelling system, and maybe some minor control over the main character (perhaps items or something that can be acquired between combats). :thumbsup:

The "choose your enemy" approach was interesting and gelled really well with the idea of the combat being a metaphor for fighting back your fears before they can consume you.

Definitely needed some music and sound effects. The art was great (the main character gave me a real "Raft Wars" vibe for some reason) and really evocative, but it was let down a little by the utter silence I ended up playing in! :sweat_smile:

Great work--like I said, I'd be interested in seeing more, if it's something that you want to pursue further! :grin:

This was such a fun game! I loved the art style, the GUI had good UX, and there is a fair amount of strategy. It felt like an auto-battler version of Slay the Spire; what an interesting take! I played this through multiple times (which is rare!) to figure out how to win. My constructive feedback is that the upgrades are not balanced, (there are definitely superior choices)- I would have liked more variety in strategy, but that is totally understandable for a game jam entry! Well done!

Cool game, and I love the art! The gameplay is fun too - seems pretty polished. I played a couple runs, but couldn't beat it. On my second run I got to the point of needing to defeat 9 feelings, and has exactly 9 in the deck, including the inevitable. Unfortunately it was still a loss, even fighting it at the beginning before taking any daily damage. I guess it takes a certain combo of levelup choices for a good build. Nothing wrong with that.

I _did_ wish that the player health indicator included max health. That, and some indication of how much you'd heal at night - I couldn't really judge if the "heal more" sleep choice would ever be a good pick.

Adding music and audio effects would be a huge boost too. But even without them you've done a great job!

Cool concept, and great visuals. It was fun! Although I can't believe you misspelled "feelings" when the entire game was based on that word.

Took me two play-throughs to defeat the Inevitable. Graphics are really nice. Had to infer quite a bit about the mechanics, but I think that's fine. Though seeing the stats (and speed) on new card additions would be very helpful.

OMG I love the Game and the Art !
Obviously, I couldn't get through the inevitable ^^
I would have really liked to have sound :D

Really cool game. The idea and graphics are great. The only thing was about the stats of the cards. I really didn't understand what the sword means: is it attack speed, attack damage or DPS? This misunderstanding was at the peak when I summoned "Anger" and instead dealing lots of damage, it dealt lots of attack with 1 damage. But still, that's a great entry for jam!

Also made a fun of [screenshot](///raw/dea/91/z/4e1a3.png) what I got on first level up screen!

Fantastic work! I lost my first time through, but on my second playthrough I was able to stack attack speed and lifesteal. Kinda felt like cheating, but I was proud that it worked!

I liked that you kept drawing The Inevitable in your hand before you were strong enough to beat it. It helped drive the theme home. If there had been a way to opt into draw extra cards to _avoid_ fighting the boss, it would have really punched up the theme tie-in even more.

Really lovely art and animations!
Like the others, I would prefer to see the actual values related to the daily gains. I played through several times, and Lifesteal seems to be the only way to win (as far as I can tell). So I abandoned most runs if I didn't get it early enough, since a winning run altimately seemed to come down to RNG.
Regardless, a top notch entry (compo even!). Greatjob!

Really lovely art and animations!
Like the others, I would prefer to see the actual values related to the daily gains. I played through several times, and Lifesteal seems to be the only way to win (as far as I can tell). So I abandoned most runs if I didn't get it early enough, since a winning run altimately seemed to come down to RNG.
Regardless, a top notch entry (compo even!). Greatjob!

I really liked it. Bummer there is 0 audio. Even quick bleeps and bloops might have helped. But everything else about it is so polished I understand why there wasn't time.

Art was great, the feel was great, and just having that card in your deck from the beginning was great. While it was a bit easy, I think that fits the feel of the game being inspirational.

Really well done, this is one of my favorites.

Really nice game loop! i would love animation and sounds on a better version! Good job!

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