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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #2 | 4.545 | 4.545 |
| Audio | #5 | 4.068 | 4.068 |
| Overall | #35 | 3.697 | 3.697 |
| Fun | #48 | 3.705 | 3.705 |
| Game Design | #81 | 3.659 | 3.659 |
| Theme | #121 | 3.409 | 3.409 |
| Innovation | #290 | 2.795 | 2.795 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game is about a phoenix, the creature of resurection. The phoenix resurrects at the start of the dungeon each time, starting a little stronger, BUT from the very beginning!
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes!
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Super satisfying gameplay and good use if physics. The graphics was also really good, well done on this game.
Great game! I love the reference to pheonixes being reborn after they die
Amazing game! I love the audio and the art. The movement feels nice, and the levels are fun. The only critique I can say is the checkpoints. I feel like starting from the beggining after you die is a little discouraging. I know that's to fit the theme, but I just felt kinda downhearted after dying. Overall, probably the best game I have played so far :). Check out my game too!
This game has excellent visuals and great sound. I was interested to see how many people would make games about Phoenixes once the theme was revealed. The game is a bit hard to make progress, having to clear so many levels to get to an upgrade station. I think it would be nice to have a little bit of healing between levels. Also, the description says something about getting stronger whenever you die, which is a great idea but I didn't notice a huge change between deaths.
Overall, the game has a few small issues but it is an epic submission nonetheless.
Awesome graphics and sound effects, really nice gameplay, I wasn't sure about the upgrades though, maybe some info would be useful. As I understood the theme was implemented by the mechanism of death and re-build of the level. But in most cases I phased the same or very similar level. Maybe a rebalancing there would be nice. Really nice game overall!
Graphics and audio really solid and well done. Sometimes felt similar to commercially polished metroidvania / roguelike.
Character movement was a bit off however, the jump felt a bit awkward as did the dash.
All in all, a fun very pretty entry to the jam.
Well done!
Things that I noticed onboarding is that the beautiful graphics. Lovely music, and very cool VFX. Things that IMO need to improve is the character movement on jumping. Level design for Lava (It seems like very punishing and need some very precise jump here. I don't think it is a good idea with this kind of concept.) Please try and check out my game too.
I loved the the atmosphere, the colors work great together and the music and sounds are on point.
The combat was good for the most part, I feel like the dash can be more snappy and fast, and while jumping the player falls too fast and it feels strange. I died at the boss and needed to restart, so I came back for one more try but fell into lava near the end and got instakilled, that felt bad. maybe falling into lava should be less punishing.
the upgrades really pushed me to try again, and I also felt like I was improving my skills every try.
loved the game, it was good fun. great job :)
Hi, there is boss skip implemented at the start area :) so after you reach boss once, you can skip with the cage there. As for the movement, seems most likely to be webgl problem.
Love the level design! Great visuals and lighting and the game was really enjoyable to play as well.
Good job! :)
Really nice art and lights!
Loved the artwork and character design but I couldn't figure out how to upgrade myself again (maybe didn't play for long enough) and I had a tough time with those lava pools. Really cool atmosphere though with the art, music, and sound effects, all together it works really well
Love the artwork and the atmosphere
Great work!
Great game, loved the artwork, the theme, everything... Unfortunately I got stuck with an invincible enemy in one of the rooms, the attacks didn't register on him and I got stuck, but besides that loved everything, great job.
love the flame and weapon effects!
Nice one! Love the pixel art feel, and the 2D lighting used well to create atmosphere and depth. The way the music comes in and out also creates islands of tension.
Art and design are very cool! Character controller is a bit slow, but with speed upgrades it feels nice :D
Nice art everything fit well together :)
That is quite nice! The vertical velocity is a bit janky, the character rise and falls a bit too fast, but otherwise the movement is really clean! It is quite satisfying to manoeuver, even if the dash is not obvious to use at first glance ^^.
The graphics are amazing, and the sound when you are near a statue really sets the mood!
Overall, I really liked the concept, but I got softlocked in the room right after the second statue : the doors didn't open when I killed the enemy ^^'. But nonetheless a very good entry, congratulations!