Love it ! :smiley: The concept to respawn and duplicate yourself is a very nice idea, congrats ! A special congrats for the design and the music,:clap: how did you create such amazing animation when attacking ?
Huh, that was super polished to be sure. Could use some rethinking re: the keyboard bindings though, since you need to use both attack keys (z, x) and the reset key (r) while navigating (regular wasd). Maybe bind attack to mouse one, reset to mouse 2..something like that :) Food for thought!
I mean, screw you! haha. Your game is bloody awesome! honestly surprised this is a jam game. I think you could turn it into a pretty sweet mobile title if you were inclined.
Never felt more like a bey-blade, gotta love those attacks. On top of the combat also little bit of a puzzle to line up the swords. Had it hardest when fighting enemies and needed the duplicates for later in the lvl so they needed to stay alive, tough they are quite squishy, definitely against the boss was it really tough. Really nice visual that felt great!
This was a great game! What drew me into playing this one was the title art so HUGE props to that.
I love how you also gain new abilities as you progress throughout the levels. Furthermore, the way you allow the player to quit the game with just a simple click is great! Smooth transition and something I can go back to when I'm ready.
I'm still stuck on the final boss, but I think everything else you had was great! If you need some original music for this Hmu and I'll be down to do it for ya ;D
Really a great game! I had a lot of fun with this one! The music slaps, the gameplay feels fun, the game has nice art and generally a great visual aesthetic. Really a great job to the creators of this one!
Wow, what a pretty game! Loved this. That second level was super strange to figure out though. I think you might want to say something about how to do the power in the description because I thought everytime it said "restart" that I had failed and locked myself in a room. I had no idea the shadow sword could win for me. Great game though!
This game is beautiful. Excellently done, good controls, interesting puzzles. I'd almost not believe it was a jam game with this level of polish.
Have to agree that the second level was really hard to figure out. Even once I realized there was a shadow sword, I couldn't figure out how to get it on the other side of the barrier. I'm still not sure what I did differently on the run that worked.
Wow!! Doesn't look like a jam game at all! Good job. My only sugestion (that I dont know if would work well) would be to make the characters look at the mouse position
Whaaaaat, alone in 72h?? This game was sooooo good. (Took some time to beat the boss).
I'm not gonna repeat everything everyone is saying above but just know that I agree with them.
In an attempt to make this comment useful I will just say I would have much prefered the attacks buttons to be something like "I, O, P". It is a bit uncomfortable to have the right hand on "Z,X,C". The absolute best would be a gamepad controller option :p
Loved the game! I couldn't stop until I finished it, so good job! ;-) The attacks and the levels had an amazing design too. If I would complain of something it would be that the transition between levels was too bright ^^U
YEEEEES, I finally beat Dark Edge ! Awesome mood on the game, great use of the "restart" button, quite cool last boss, great controls and the graphics were awesome too ! The only downside is : I want to play more !!
Great work! Controls are really smooth and the 'reset' mechanic fits really well with the theme. Really like the graphics as well - the moving layers in the background along with the flashing lights really add to the chaotic feeling of controlling multiple characters at once. My only issue is that I'd sometimes die and restart a level before even knowing what happened. Overall really impressive game!
Holy crap that was jaw dropping. Those particle effects were amazing, the music was great, the graphics were great. This was one of the most polished LD games I've ever played. Great work!!
I actually had a lot of fun with this game. What a tasteful, yet effective use of particle effects and screen shakes. The last few levels, including the boss, I thought used the after-image to boost fire-power mechanic quite cleverly, and would love to see this game expanded upon with more unique puzzle ideas like that.
There were parts in the game I was really confused with, such as the behavior of lasers in relation to cyclone attack, and how much health after images have. For example, in the level with split paths, I kept dying because I couldn't tell which direction the lasers came from, and thought I had to have 2 after image, with one protecting me in one lane. From experimentation, it turned out my main sword could deflect the laser with its own cyclone attack, so I though maybe I only needed one after image and cyclone laser. But even that took multiple tries because for some reason, my after image died faster dealing with lasers *even though it was using cyclone,* and my main sword didn't lose health doing the same thing. I've had similar technical problems for the burst fire attack, as sometimes the blocks didn't disappear when struck by either the main sword or the after image sword's fireball. I did find this less frustrating since most levels with these obstacles didn't require twitch reactions.
It might be interesting to explore other methods of "aligning" the after-images, instead of requiring the player to utilize the environment geometry to make it happen. I feel that was a bit time-consuming.
Very nice game, I enjoyed it! Visually the game is beautiful, with all the effects and all. Soundtracks were well picked, although the boss music could've been heavier for me. I liked the afterimage mechanic. The afterimages felt slightly too weak, dying very fast. I didn't find much use for them outside clearing the level obstacles. I tried using them in the boss fight, but they didn't last long... :D
my gosh, amazing entry! played through to the end-- pretty spectacular display the over-the-top particle effects really seal the deal for me honestly i'm a sucker for that kinda stuff -- satisfying, mechanically fun, honestly i have to dig to find anything i can criticize about this it's awesome, all i can say is i suppose the occasional pixelated assets clash a little with the otherwise pristine high resolution aesthetic, and that's about it!
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A special congrats for the design and the music,:clap: how did you create such amazing animation when attacking ?
small enemies need a bit work, they feel kinda wired, maybe make them have less health or smth to increase the overall speed of the game
I love how you also gain new abilities as you progress throughout the levels. Furthermore, the way you allow the player to quit the game with just a simple click is great! Smooth transition and something I can go back to when I'm ready.
I'm still stuck on the final boss, but I think everything else you had was great! If you need some original music for this Hmu and I'll be down to do it for ya ;D
Have to agree that the second level was really hard to figure out. Even once I realized there was a shadow sword, I couldn't figure out how to get it on the other side of the barrier. I'm still not sure what I did differently on the run that worked.
I'm not gonna repeat everything everyone is saying above but just know that I agree with them.
In an attempt to make this comment useful I will just say I would have much prefered the attacks buttons to be something like "I, O, P". It is a bit uncomfortable to have the right hand on "Z,X,C". The absolute best would be a gamepad controller option :p
Great blend of action and puzzle mechanics and really well polished!
Awesome mood on the game, great use of the "restart" button, quite cool last boss, great controls and the graphics were awesome too !
The only downside is : I want to play more !!
Congratulations, it was a lot of fun mate !
A little inconfortable to play on a AZERTY keyboard, but really coll!
For me : One the best entry of the LD47.
Why ?
>graphics
>Art direction
>Sound
>Ideas
>gamelay
>Leveldesign
>Nervous
>Feel
Too good
One of the best entry! I loved it
There were parts in the game I was really confused with, such as the behavior of lasers in relation to cyclone attack, and how much health after images have. For example, in the level with split paths, I kept dying because I couldn't tell which direction the lasers came from, and thought I had to have 2 after image, with one protecting me in one lane. From experimentation, it turned out my main sword could deflect the laser with its own cyclone attack, so I though maybe I only needed one after image and cyclone laser. But even that took multiple tries because for some reason, my after image died faster dealing with lasers *even though it was using cyclone,* and my main sword didn't lose health doing the same thing. I've had similar technical problems for the burst fire attack, as sometimes the blocks didn't disappear when struck by either the main sword or the after image sword's fireball. I did find this less frustrating since most levels with these obstacles didn't require twitch reactions.
It might be interesting to explore other methods of "aligning" the after-images, instead of requiring the player to utilize the environment geometry to make it happen. I feel that was a bit time-consuming.
Overall polished game, good job!
pretty spectacular display the over-the-top particle effects really seal the deal for me honestly i'm a sucker for that kinda stuff -- satisfying, mechanically fun, honestly i have to dig to find anything i can criticize about this it's awesome, all i can say is i suppose the occasional pixelated assets clash a little with the otherwise pristine high resolution aesthetic, and that's about it!