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[THE LEGEND OF BUBBLE BOBBLE]

Not too shabby; fun to get my bubb on once again! All in all it was a decent romp: only things I would address would be 1) change the tile set from floor to floor, maybe as simple as changing the color to make it feel like progress, 2) tweak the hitboxes so that they are a bit smaller, was having some collisions that felt like they shouldn't have hit and 3) add respawn invincibility or something to prevent insta-respawn death in some rooms (or ensure all enemies move in the same pattern when a room is reset to avoid them crashing into you instantly).

[Winter Falling: Prototype One]

A little tough to comprehend at first, but in the end it felt like a short and sweet strategy challenge! Felt like it had a lot of polish in how the UI and graphics were put together with smooth transitions and eases, among other things. Also thought the interesting choices you can make before battle were neat and gave it a lot more heart than usual games, where all you can do is place units. It can be difficult to balance things like this; tutorialize it too much and people feel babied, let them run free and people are lost and frustrated. I think it was balanced right on the middle, since I could win after a few attempts, especially considering that I've never played a strategy game with mechanics like this. Would be nice to maybe see more scenarios with this engine; get a whole story and set of campaigns going!

Rarykos responds:

Thank you very much for this detailed review!
I've been struggling to present this the right way for a long while but it's still got problems.
Glad you enjoyed it, I'm working on a full version since many people wanted it so that's a relief!

[TentaCat: The Lost Lineage]

Well-put together platformer! Was surprised at the amount of polish and nice little touches the game has, and I'm excited to see more. Only problems I had were that I felt like the jumping mechanics were a little bit awkward in how upward momentum is instantly zeroed when you let go of the jump button, the game could stand to tutorialize some of the mechanics like walljumping which I totally forgot existed (you can do this by making the level have a safe spot where you need to traverse it in a certain way, like by walljumping), and the boss was a bit of a difficulty jump (though I love the difficulty of it personally haha)

[Swordface]

Really trippy and wacky game with a great concept built around it. Had a lot of fun wrestling the controls to slash aliens all over the planet. It's got a great presentation all-around which really shows the confidence in the design. Would love to see more like this, and could be polished a little further to really make it awesome (like more feedback on slashes, for example)

Fishlicka responds:

Thank you very much!

I agree, I could add in some particles or better audio. A swoosh sound maybe. I had to adjust the knockback down because it wasn't fun chasing down the monsters that you sent flying.

[The Ranger with the magic bow]

Really fun puzzler with some surprising challenges to it! Some of that is due to the crazy difficulty spike in the last few levels, but still, I rose above it in the end, haha. Solid all-around with good intuitive design.

[DroworD]

The initial tutorial was a bit confusing as it went by so fast. I was really lost, especially since I was unable to do the tutorial again! Once I did get into the game and figure it out, however, I had a lot of fun! Could use a little work on the onboarding process, as said before, could use some more juice (like make the word completions pop more and the transitions smoother), and make it more prevalent what column you have selected (yellow isn't bright enough, easy to lose track of current column when it gets fast).

HealliesGames responds:

A pop animation could be interesting! Even a custom column colour.
Actually I'm experimenting with other projects, but I'm going to update this.
Thanks for your feedback, FuturecopLGF!

[Gappy]

A really fun challenge to get through! I had a blast and I'm looking forward to playing the B-sides. Only complaint is sometimes the jumps can be frustrating when it comes to those one-tile-wide platforms; considering adding some leeway for those.

[Great Sword]

I'm really looking forward to this game; feels great to combo things with the great sword! Was very impressed with the nice amount of moves you can get going and how they flow into each other (though I think the flow can be worked to be even better, especially with the air combos). With a little more polish, variation and content, this could really go places.

[Overlord's New Mansion]

Had a lotta fun with this game! Loved the characters and the humor you had going; made every death very fun instead of frustrating. Platforming felt pretty solid as well, and it was a decent challenge.

saantonandre responds:

Thanks, I enjoyed your gameplay/critique too, you did really good at my game! :)

[Big Bash Bolt]

A really incredible concept that I had a lot of fun with (with a hiccups, to be fair). Was amazed at the AI for all the rule-keeping and it felt great being a dirty cheat, haha. Haven't beaten it yet, to be fair, but I enjoyed my time on the track.