I played this probably a few hours of it being posted, so seeing all these changes and extras are amazing! I'm excited to play more of it tomorrow, but the aesthetics just brings me back to my childhood.  I'll update my comment tomorrow after more gameplay and pc suffering lol. This game gives me a lot of inspiration on my personal progress! 

Sound and Looks of the game are awesome. I like the Idea of "on Death/Hit"-Effects the player gains by combining potions. Unfortunately i didnt make it far enough to get a crazy Bullet Hell going

I really enjoyed this game. It took me awhile to realise that I had to use the mouse to aim, because it is not in the instructions, but it is otherwise designed really well.

The enemies in particular deserve mention, as they are tweaked in such a way that you have to position yourself right and have relatively good timing / reflexes to be able to get through them. This, however, does make the game less accessible to casual gamers as well, because a lot of what makes you successful in the game is proper positioning and movement of your character, which is a subtle thing that not everyone might notice at first.

The game could also benefit from the addition of sound effects for when the player hits and is hit by enemies, as it makes the combat even more satisfying than it is now.

Overall, it's a great piece of work. The game design is quite expertly done, and it is easy to fall into the trap of wanting to replay it continuously.

i think this game is a great starting game deffo would like to see a description on everything. i found myself being hella confused how i got a trident or a fireball lmao. also a different look when the characters hit and dodging i tend to not realize i was hit since the dodge does the same thing. i also would like a death screen since it doesnt feel like i lost anything. i love the idea of the game and honestly the play seemed really fun just a few UI tweaks and balancing tweak

Honestly, it’s super fun to play! I did notice the character movement feels a bit unresponsive, and I think decreasing the deadzone could make it smoother and more enjoyable. The soundtracks are absolutely amazing and really elevate the whole experience. The artwork could be better, but considering you made this in just 40 hours, it’s seriously impressive. I’m not a game reviewer or anything, but I wanted to share my honest thoughts. Overall, it’s a great game, and you’ve done an awesome job!

This game was amazing!!!

It would be nice if there were potions that froze enemies’ movement or more ways to upgrade / evolve potions I took a path and only got 1 throughout the run and got between 3 or 4 demolish nodes. I would also say that the movement was a little slow especially the dash, however it also made the game harder and more fun to play so a small buff to it would be appreciated.

In conclusion, this game was really good even with the limited time, and if you got more time I know that you could make it even more great.

Gota say its freaking FIRE!!!

The only thing missing for me was a litle more speed to teh player because you actually cant survive if more of the big fast guys attack you even with the dash...Otherwise great game: 9.5/10

was pretty cool, there were only a couple bugs but they didn't affect the gameplay

the game's visuals and sounds are often unresponsive, but you learn it soon enough

the gameplay is fun despite the slowness of the character; you learn to be strategic with where you stand when enemies spawn

i like the game map's randomness, variety, and appearance, though it could use a bit of an extension to account for learning and difficulty easing; it took multiple deaths to understand the enemies, and if this game were to expand, that might get annoying

i'm ready to dislike games i play when i encounter problems and i did get a bit annoyed in the middle, but once i got a strategy, this was really good all things considered

Just finished playing the latest update, this game is loads of fun, personally I'd rate it a 7.8/10, it still has some things to work out, but overall the game is really fun and just needs some polishing. The design document DEFINITELY helped with knowing which things I should merge, how I should order my potions, and added to the strategy aspect of the game. I can't wait to see where this game goes. :)

Hey, just tried your game! It seems like a lot of fun! The biggest thing I'd suggest adding before the jam ends would be explanations to the various potions, levels, etc. Because, personally, I couldn't tell what any potion did, especially since they all went out at once. Another feature that may be smart would be to add separate cooldowns for each potion, as it'd make this even more of a bullet hell

What I'd personally use for the explanations would be a void OnMouseHover(), then add some text boxes that contain text about what these buttons do :)