Anatine

is this a Metroidvania?!

just realized this got released, please let me know!

Edit; oh wait, is it not released? I can’t find a purchase button for some reason

I cant seem to get past the first gate where you have to play your instrument, I do the tune it tells me to do but it says I did something wrong, can someone help plz?

what are the controls?

E seems to do something but when trying to talk to people by pressing E, only a short text box or soemthign tries to open but immediately closes down before it is even fully displayed :-/

I played the demo and you know I enjoyed it! My video has all the critiques I had! Quack.

The Video:

I really enjoyed the demo! It took me a bit to realize jump was a note but other than that I really enjoyed the music mechanic! The art is beautiful and so are the environments! I'm excited to see the full game!

Here's the VOD if you're interested Twitch VOD

Made a video

Just played the demo, superb job. I’m really looking forward to this game. Some thoughts:

• I LOVE the flute mechanic. Tbh I haven’t played many of the games this game is inspired by (though I’ve played a lot of recent metroidvanias), so I don’t know if the flute mechanic has been done before but wow it was really cool. The idea of accruing new songs that have unique abilities over the course of the game is awesome, I’m sure there’s a lot of puzzle potential with the flute as well.
• The map feels good, I know it’s just a demo so there’s not a ton to go off of, but it felt like a good mix of vertical and horizontal.
• The platforming is well done. The character feels responsive, didn’t run into any issues jumping around. My only feedback on the platforming is sometimes I found it tough to differentiate actual platforms from background art (some platforms blended in with the background a bit).

I have a few thoughts on the combat but this is totally subjective. As a fellow dev, I know it’s easy to tunnel-vision on a piece of feedback and try to “address” everything, but my opinion is just mine and it’s likely many others will have opposite or conflicting thoughts.

• It felt a little stiff to not move at all during melee attacks. I think it’s common for melee attacks in other metroidvanias to have a tiny bit of forward momentum. Learning the spacing of my own attacks is definitely rewarding, but it felt a little awkward fighting the boss and feeling like many of my attacks weren’t connecting due to my spacing being just a tiny bit off; might have been helpful to have a small step forward when attacking while holding a direction.

• For the boss fight, it felt like the windows for me to safely attack were a little short. In the end I just traded hits with the boss since the boss’s damage was low enough for that to work. The boss difficulty felt good for an intro boss (was able to win on try #1 but used all 3 heals). Also love the added lighting attack when the boss gets to half HP, I always love a good phase 2 mixup.

All-in-all this game looks great so far. The demo was a blast and I didn’t want it to end.

I’m really excited for this game. I really love what I saw so far and I’ll certainly buy it on release.

Spear Man.

The demo was solid, and there's allot I liked, but a few things I noticed held it back from being really really great. 

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Really Good Stuff First:  The exploration is really nice here. Not a ton of backtracking in minor areas, doesnt feel like a chore to explore. My favorite thing is still playing the music. Really like this mechanic, and somehow it just works. Adds tension to the boss fight especially when your trying to heal. I can see a ton of awsome potential for this.

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Everything below is not a con, just things I think needed work overall.

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Graphics:  The art is good, but sometimes its a bit overwhelming and makes it hard to read the room, enemies coming at you etc. Because the colors in the background obscure the enemies somewhat. Mainly talking about the flying enemies here. 

Combat:  And when it comes to attacking, I'm not sure if it was intentional to allow the flying enemy get inside your sword swing, but they can, and not being able to defend yourself from above can get annoying somtimes. Maybe make the hitbox a bit bigger on the sword? Another thing I noticed is you cant hit two enemies at the same time. Again not sure if that was intentional or not. As for the boss, I liked his movesets, right in the middle for difficulty. My biggest problem with him is his center/weak spot is a bit to small, I dont even mind not being able to stand inside him without taking damage, as long as I'm able to hit him without being a pixel perfect distance. 

Movement:  The issue I have here is the speed of the character feels to fast, just a little. The roll could stay the same, being its the same speed as the walk. 

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Bugs:  Only one bug, that I could find, when I went back to the knight "after I'd already beaten the demo" in the beginning and talked to him I got stuck in a loop of diolague that I couldnt exit out of. Also Enemies can still attack you while the "you collected an item" box is up.

Anyways, Awesome Demo, really liked it and can't wait to see more from this game.

That final boss killed me multiple times but I overall enjoyed this game. It was absolutely beautiful and I hope to see more despite my poor platforming skills.

the bg traps sometimes blend to well whit the bg it can be complicated for noobs where to go next since bg blends very well whit the area elements on where to jump or not the controls work very well here is my run no boss damage 

The pixelart is AMAZING!

I love the feel of the game so much, the green-white-dark_green palette combined with the soundtrack makes it a great gaming experience!

And well, the sounds of dying goose will haunt me forever I guess. :D 

(Also I didnt seem to find a fullscreen option, did I miss it or is it not yet implemented in the game ?)

Anyway, keep up the good work! Can't wait for the full game to come out! (and I am yet to finish the demo)

I love the art style! Keyboard controls are a bit weird, but you get used to it.

I just love this! fabulos!

It's a nice and cool game, although the direction we must go is kinda confusing, similar to Castlevania, but in Castlevania there are a lot of new and interesting things to do, so even though you're lost, you still feels interested. I recommend playing Symphony of the Night or Aria of Sorrow for reference.

Also for a demo, its kinda too long. But that's okay.

i loved your game <3 its cute