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I did feel like the audio was a little loud but none the less felt like a cool little game to play and the stakes felt high!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1034013,"author_name":"ViniFlores","author_uid":"viniflores","epoch":1713185587,"text":"Fun little survival game, amazing graphics, gameplay loops satisfying although a bit short","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1035331,"author_name":"LDJam user 383212","author_uid":"383212","epoch":1713205478,"text":"Short but very engaging gameplay loop. The particle effects and polish make the game feel very smooth to play!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1036802,"author_name":"tomi-vahamaki","author_uid":"tomi-vahamaki","epoch":1713222555,"text":"Really nice visuals and sound effects. It feels like polished and satisfying. Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038093,"author_name":"goodwincek","author_uid":"goodwincek","epoch":1713233437,"text":"The variety of summoning spells was really cool and unique. I had a blast playing. Survived till 0:52 in my best run, so definitely a short and sweet game. There was definitely some loudness factor with all the sounds overlapping, but I dig the retro sound FX. Sometimes adding some low or high passes to sounds can separate them better when they'll be overlapping a bunch, or just soften them overall.\n\nLove the pixel art and all the crazy particle effects!! The kicking felt really good how it slows down a bit during the kick. Nice gameplay loop. Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1041689,"author_name":"LDJam user 368051","author_uid":"368051","epoch":1713263514,"text":"Really cool game. My suggestion would be to have a combo system when you destroyed multiple enemies in a time frame. Gg","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1044357,"author_name":"Conrad Etherton","author_uid":"conrad-etherton","epoch":1713279671,"text":"Really awesome visuals and gameplay! I could definitely see myself playing a lot of this with just a bit of updating and expanding!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1044675,"author_name":"onqdll","author_uid":"onqdll","epoch":1713281338,"text":"Played for 15 minutes without even noticing. Sliding after a kick is super satisfying! I wish altar abilities had just a little bit more predictability. Maybe the direction from which you drop bones could control the spell direction or something of that kind.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1045034,"author_name":"LDJam user 141701","author_uid":"141701","epoch":1713283134,"text":"Really nice! I got to ~52 seconds I think. \n\nIt took me a bit to realize that the player didn't have a healthbar so much as a 'two-hits-in-1-second-death-effect'. I think this is communicated well enough by the players opacity, but I missed it on the first two plays. \n\nThe level of polish is really good! I think if I would tweak one thing, it would be some way for me to decide what effects the bones would create.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1045126,"author_name":"Hot Noggin Studios","author_uid":"hot-noggin-studios","epoch":1713283573,"text":"@sirlich There is a healthbar, though, it's shown by the level of destruction on the altar, but I can see how you'd miss that. I've got a little idea for how to give the player more control of the altar for the post-jam version.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1046401,"author_name":"torcado","author_uid":"torcado","epoch":1713289581,"text":"oh man this is super fun!!! really engaging gameplay, i got in a perfect flow state of moving and dodging. nice and challenging.  \nthe art is really nice, everything is clear and easy to pick up. no complaints here, nice entry!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1046488,"author_name":"Gulcar","author_uid":"gulcar","epoch":1713290019,"text":"Great game! Played it almost 10 times before getting to about 50s. Sometimes its very hard to not get hit. Also nice art!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1046798,"author_name":"Harmadillo","author_uid":"harmadillo","epoch":1713291465,"text":"Nice game. Visuals and sound effects set the mood of the game nicely. My best run was 47 seconds. 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Maybe we should lower the difficulty curve which climbs quite quickly but hey it's a point of view. I'm curious about what happens next.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1049837,"author_name":"HolySparks","author_uid":"holysparks","epoch":1713306369,"text":"It gets pretty frantic pretty fast! I like it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1050196,"author_name":"CourtneyLapin","author_uid":"courtneylapin","epoch":1713308071,"text":"Had a lot of fun with this! Everything is very cohesive and well made. My best run was 1:53. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1051420,"author_name":"LDJam user 352490","author_uid":"352490","epoch":1713319907,"text":"This was fun, and super stylish. It was a bit hard to predict exactly where I'd end up after a kick, so I usually ended up holding the opposite direction as soon as I started kicking. Not sure if that was the intended style of play. The Scarecrow tutorial at the beginning was perfect.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1052970,"author_name":"dardasaba","author_uid":"dardasaba","epoch":1713344143,"text":"Loved this, especially impressive since it's for compo! The graphics were really good with the red particles over the background (great color combo!) and the gameplay was fun! (even if pretty hard xD)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1054346,"author_name":"LDJam user 147386","author_uid":"147386","epoch":1713358658,"text":"Some of the sfx are a little loud, but this is an awesome, simple and clean game. Nice work!\nI know it's not part of the judging criteria, but I like the theme on the itch page!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1054427,"author_name":"congusbongus","author_uid":"congusbongus","epoch":1713359813,"text":"Gameplay was smooth and juicy, nice simple fun. It's a cool take on the theme!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1060705,"author_name":"Hot Noggin Studios","author_uid":"hot-noggin-studios","epoch":1713453765,"text":"@sudocoffee Yep, kicking itself is sort of a risk-reward attack, and sliding backwards is something I do a lot too! The timing is generous, but I think it works out nicely.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1060707,"author_name":"Hot Noggin Studios","author_uid":"hot-noggin-studios","epoch":1713453792,"text":"@cananaman The itch.io page is a part of the game to me, even if it's not rated! :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1066808,"author_name":"Roroto Sic","author_uid":"roroto-sic","epoch":1713618564,"text":"very good aesthetic ! 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