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Not sure if it's possible to beat the boss. It's definitely janky in almost every aspect :sweat_smile:. For where to start to improve, I'd suggest looking up better ways to handle collision as it goes a long way to give a better game feel. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143762,"author_name":"Anton Florey","author_uid":"anton-florey","epoch":1744311950,"text":"How do you beat the boss level? I cant hit the emenies with my sword without getting to close to them so I always die. The game was very fun up until this point :(\nWell anyways, great job on this game :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144729,"author_name":"Reyansh","author_uid":"reyansh","epoch":1744337887,"text":"for the boss level, I haven't tried myself(my teammates did most of the playtesting for later levels) so I am not 100% sure but from the little bit I have played myself you should just try going over and through the bos and ignoring the zombie spawns for the most part, you can also try baiting them off the platform","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145149,"author_name":"LDJam user 202408","author_uid":"202408","epoch":1744360030,"text":"I like the variety in levels and how some mechanics like spikes and falling arrows only show up for a brief time before moving to something different. The variety in weapons is cool although I couldn't figure out how to use the sword without taking damage from zombies. I couldn't get past the boss fight, I tried to gather the zombies together and then jump past them but that was easier said than done lol.\n\nOverall this was a nice change of pace.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149196,"author_name":"LDJam user 243193","author_uid":"243193","epoch":1744531036,"text":"Nice start with this game. It requires many fixes and polish to make it good but it has the basics.\nThat being said, it has unique shard reading mechanic.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150508,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1744592008,"text":"Nice entry with great graphics\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150561,"author_name":"Adhvik","author_uid":"adhvik","epoch":1744596839,"text":"thx","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150843,"author_name":"X2SHADOW","author_uid":"x2shadow","epoch":1744621019,"text":"I liked the sprites and the parallax effect of the background. 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