Ronin Blade by joni-jarvinen

The villagers need your help! Go deeper and deeper into the demon-infested town and defeat all the invaders, including the vile Demon Leader. Hack, slash and dash your way through the horde and save the village from certain doom!
| Link | https://jonjarv.itch.io/ronin-blade |
| Link | https://jonjarv.itch.io/ronin-blade |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/ronin-blade |
Ratings
| Overall | 809th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 431th | 3.682⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1380th | 2.864⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1819th | 2.523⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 822th | 3.75⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 643th | 3.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1236th | 2.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 900th | 3.5⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 9🗳️ | 13🗨️ |

This way the combat would be more satisfying.
Also I noticed a minor bug, I think? From stage 6 the player doesn't need to beat all the enemies to proceed to the next stage.
Anyway, great job!
What you noticed is actually not a bug. You do not have to kill all enemies on the screen to proceed once you reach the cave.
The visuals are really cool, you managed to give they this "pureness" feeling that goes really well with the context. Good job. One thing though: I don't know how you could have made it otherwise, but to me the crates appeared as breakable - so it was a bit disappointing there...
I think you could have worked a bit more with the theme. It seems a bit "too easy" as for an interpration of it. Anyway, theme isn't the most important part.
The music is really nice and the sword sound effects are perfect!
Good job, nice entry !
Greetings ;)