Beautiful graphics, fun idea. Love the flash sales to break up the combat. Very well done.

How is this so good?

The graphics for this game were nice, I also liked the battle system.

this game was so coooool. the graphics were fantastic, best pixelart i've seen so far in this jam. and i love the timing-based rpg mechanics, not to mention the 5-second fire-sale shopkeeper. fantastic jam game.

Fantastic distillation of an RPG into a two-button control scheme -- and at the same time incredibly sprawling. Great art, music, everything. Amazing!

Pretty dang good. I played it over and over again but kept dying in the second world.

I found it very hard to block the non-projectile attacks because it was hard to tell when exactly the impact happened.

Superb art and animation, really liked the music, too!

Super good entry, with kick-ass pixelart, and really nice mechanics!

Wow! Simple and smart control system, great visuals and interesting playing. Great work!

Excellent! A two button RPG really well made, wish you had more time to polish the art, but it's still pretty nice!

Marvellous, such a great work in 3 days! Great system, graphics and music. Like andrewkennedy said, only the the non-projectile attacks are hard to read.
You deserve the 5 stars!

Very well made entry, great concept!

Nice and solid entry. But gameover is so much punitive (;_;) Save points please !

Really slick, simple and fun. Good work all of you.

One of the best entries so far.

Pretty fantastic game with a really cool battle system. Everything from graphics, sound, and gameplay is very well-made.

Awesome entry, good luck!

Very very very cool game. It's interesting, it looks awesome, music and sounds are veery good! Wish you a lot of luck, guys. You are awwesome!

Very nice game i love the art style. The gameplay is a bit addictive

Awesome implementation of the control scheme. Very fun to play! The balance between guarding and striking never feels off, can't commend you enough on that!

Every bit of this game is good, the only thing I might want more of is life / healing items, especially for the branching paths. It makes choosing the more dangerous path worth it.

Great game!!

Gorgeous art and well-polished game. Great work guys!

Very nice game. Soo fun and cool !

Very nice game!

Maybe because I am used to reading left-to-right, traveling in the opposite direction was disorientating haha

Pretty good game and great work on the graphic side. Obviously the characters are great but I liked the background-style even more!

Nice games !
Graphics are really cool, and the use of the theme is actually fun :)

Love the combat! So many great ideas in this little game. Good job guys.

Love the pixel art execution! Had to really work to get the timing on casting/defending.

Why does enemy attack only when I press 'K' (block attack)?

Wow, this is a great entry. Graphics are very polished, audio fits the game and combat gameplay, besides fitting the two-button theme, has a very classical JRPG feeling. Congrats!

Amazing. Congrats guys for this work of art

72 hours? Really? This is fantastic

Very nice art style! Combat gets a little bit repetive, would be nice with more attack options.

Best entry I've seen all day, the level of polish, especially on the art and animation really sells this game. a beautiful distillation of a Rpg, really well done :D

Nice art style, fun game, the equipment could be clearer tho.

The artwork and animation for this game is amazing for a 72 hour run. It's a wonderful game.

This one has amazing art. I love that the items you buy actually show up on the character. The mechanics were really nicely done and fun as well. Since the maps are random it has a lot of replay value. One of the greatest features is the multiplayer. It was lots of fun playing it with my girlfriend.

I knew the art was amazing, but the quality of the game design took me by surprise. Simply put, I'd play hours of this.

woahh so polished, so much fun, so many great mechanics. really good use of the 2 buttons. I really like how the energy bar worked in 2 ways for attacking and blocking. the art is super good and sound design was nice. the background loop was just a bit short. it also surprised me how much content there was, even a second world woah. maybe even more idk. I died at the 2nd, too bad I have to play the same parts again. I probably will try again tommorow, but a continue option would've been nice. apart from that, I'm impressed! so much cool stuff in so litte time

this is a great game. i like the use of the 2 button mouse the best.

Really great idea, it will be make a good mobile game :)

Mmmmmmmm I'm really in two minds about this! Presentation is top notch, the sounds are good, great graphics and animation, but:

- Gameplay feels stunted... Feels like there's just not quite enough to keep me engaged beyond pressing block when I see stuff coming. Some attacks are hard to read, but overall there's not much in reading the enemy, which should be the case since it's a game about watching incoming attacks.

- I feel the singular use of the charge bar was a missed opportunity - maybe releasing at different lengths of it does a different attack, and maybe a heal, or something more tactical, to give me choice.

- The pickups and equipments are a nice touch, but I never know if they do anything (I'm guessing no) and thus it's just a case of pressing the button more.

Lots of great detail, but I wish all of it conspired towards a better game rather than more pixels to push!

Good game! Like the game mechanics you implemeted! It's so simple and so impressive! Reach the 3-d location and died, because I spend meny HP and money at beginning when I don't understand anything. Will try this one later =)

wow! just awesome! a great simplification of a rpg

Looking at number of people collaborated, the amount of work is not unbelievable but you did great job creating the graphical style and combat. Also noticed there is some kind of randomization.

I think the result is expected from Sparklin Labs :)
This could become a larger game easily btw, do it!

My god you guys. This is amazing! I hope you win!

(btw its me RatCasket hiiii)

Awsome!

Amazing game guys. Can't believe you did this in only three days ... Insane. Loved it.

I'm definitely coming back to play more of this later, fantastic work, and great job to everyone involved.

art = lovely, sound = perfect, gameplay = excellent

there's so many systems in this, and they all work super well, seriously, great work!

Really liked it. Possibly, one of the best games I've played. And the 2 player options is a neat idea, too.

Absolutely loved this. Give player some checkpoints would be better.

The art of the game is wonderful. It reminded me of the classic PS1 games.
The game mechanics Idea is great, but it was too simple, in my view. Maybe if the execution did not include the issue of the two buttons would look better. But still is a great job. Great, great job! :)

Very polished entry! Very impressive that you were able to get in so much. The battle system was nice, though it was tough to catch on to the attack patterns of enemies before it was too late. Awesome job.

Very solid game!! Great pixel-art!
With an enhanced gameplay (ie. Tuism ideas), it could become a longer, more interesting RPG

Very cool entry!!! So much love for your art and style. This is super polished and ambitious. But I think you pulled it off. Well done

super job. I like the graphics and the combat system.
I bookmarked it.

Really awesome pixel-art (music didn't work for me). The combat becomes really tiresome, especially when fighting a boss and only dealing 3 damage and not seeing how much life he has left. The lack of healing items makes it really damn difficult. Died in the third world because it's really hard to judge when some attacks will hit, and there is no animation for when enemies will shoot.

Really funny, good idea, and very good graphics. Nice entry

Funny RPG, even if the block mechanics is a bit hard to catch.
What I liked is the accumulation of stuff on the guy (hood+helm+bag+...)

Great work. Love the effort that you obviously put into this one. Great simplified RPG.

This entry is amazing! The mechanic is so simple and feels so natural, it really makes the game shine as unique and fun. I am blown away by the amount of content and polish here, really fantastic job. The art style and animations were excellent. This would be a really fun game to play on mobile, as well. Great job!

Seems very polished and old school, which is great. This style of game was never really my thing though. The art is great. Animations too! It wasn't really a "2 button" game, but still cool. You can see a lot of hard work went into it.

Great graphics and simple addicting gameplay. It was much harder than I expected it to be and I love it for that.

Very nice! Really cool control scheme, so simple but it works great. Awesome job guys.

Full stars all across! Brilliant mechanics and beautiful execution. I love it!

I love the battle system! The Sound and graphics are so cool! Nice job guys!

Wow, the production levels on this are outstanding! Gorgeous and polished feel. Went from very easy to very hard very quickly, but that's okay. Amazing work guys, you should be really proud!

Awesome game guys! My Firefox can't run it though due to outdated laptop gfx drivers but on Chrome it runs fine. Love the graphics, the sound and the idea!

Great graphics and game!Congratulations

5/5. very polished for a game jam. Simple but awesome gameplay. Beautiful pixel art also. Great job!!

Gameplay is very nice. I loved the how to shop in the game. Beautiful graphics. You should make a mobile version!

Interesting use of theme. Works nice with map. Those charge attack mechanics is something to look into for some mobile games.

This is really impressive! I don't normally like block mechanisms like that, but in this case they were really well integrated into the two button gameplay. Great work!

Amazing, would play it over and over on mobile

Excellent game, loved the timing attacks.

Everything is so perfect, I have nothing to say except that I personally think you should be the winner of this Ludum Dare. Congratulations for what you've made and good luck!

Great game.

I love the Fire Emblem-like graphic and the two button control concept is really great. I love how you implemented a real time battle with a neat attack/defense style. Somehow I missed healing items, so I had to master the defense to keep alive for the stronger enemies. Really like the pixelated art style and the items are really reflected on the heroes.

Man, this game is incredible!
And very lasting too! o0
Awesome job!

Tough as nail, but really well made and fun!
As expected from you guys, it's really well done. Congrats for making something so nice. :)

Thanks everybody for all this positive feedback :)