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I agree that checkpoints would've been nice, especially so people can easily see more of the game ^^ Great work to everyone!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128567,"author_name":"Gaspar","author_uid":"gaspar","epoch":1744102032,"text":"The web version is cropped, and part of the controls is hidden for some reason. However, everything works fine in full-screen mode.\n![mysterious-cave.png](\/\/\/raw\/e10\/2\/z\/6b474.png)\n\nLovely pixel art and animations. However, the controls feel unresponsive, and upon dying you restart from the very beginning - I expected a bonfire checkpoint system instead.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128695,"author_name":"plidomo","author_uid":"plidomo","epoch":1744103485,"text":"The visuals are really special I think! Nice quick game, I like the additive effect of the pumpkin jumps. Once I got the hang of it I managed to complete it. Good effort!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1129664,"author_name":"LDJam user 398665","author_uid":"398665","epoch":1744112796,"text":"Those metal renderings are CRISP *-* Very nice art! And good work for your first project.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130294,"author_name":"Placeholders","author_uid":"placeholders","epoch":1744117638,"text":"Incredible art and animations! for a first unity project the is insane be proud! congrats :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130357,"author_name":"OttoBroccoli","author_uid":"ottobroccoli","epoch":1744118264,"text":"Very good, the game is very enjoyable. As already voted in the comments, I would like to have checkpoints by the campfire, but otherwise it's great. =)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130625,"author_name":"Toupaks","author_uid":"toupaks","epoch":1744120427,"text":"Pixelart is NEAT","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130894,"author_name":"Soul Grinder","author_uid":"soul-grinder","epoch":1744122661,"text":"Pretty fun hack n slash platformer and the graphics were pretty decent too!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1133931,"author_name":"LDJam user 413537","author_uid":"413537","epoch":1744143659,"text":"Solid game, I liked the vibe!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1134901,"author_name":"Civ92","author_uid":"civ92","epoch":1744151014,"text":"Enjoyed the game general mood and speed. I am not sure that the goblins were damaging me though, as I finished with my health bar still full, and only could die in spikes ?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136198,"author_name":"Vladimir ins","author_uid":"vladimir-ins","epoch":1744169365,"text":"@civ92 You can die from goblins and spikes. Thank you for the comment! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138936,"author_name":"HDVR02","author_uid":"hdvr02","epoch":1744214009,"text":"I like how the character sprites are drawn, very nice work. However, the controls aren't very nice, jumping on those trampolines was a bit problematic and the enemies attack when I attack, it feels a bit unfair.\nAlso I was a bit confused when sitting down at the campfires, and I didn't realize that you have to sit at them for a bit, it seemed a bit illogical. Anyway, good job you did a great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139290,"author_name":"Yanzhi","author_uid":"yanzhi","epoch":1744218149,"text":"visuals are so detailed! really love the art style and the little resting animation by the fire so petite so demure, would appreciate if there were save points so i dont have to go all the way back to the start :< ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139449,"author_name":"Airgameboys","author_uid":"airgameboys","epoch":1744220445,"text":"When trying to play it I get this message on itch.io (the embed one doesn't work for me) ![{7DA6E0F2-B5E7-46FB-9B5E-F2248CC0FDFB}.png](\/\/\/raw\/f6b\/46\/z\/6bc1b.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139763,"author_name":"GARYglhf","author_uid":"garyglhf","epoch":1744225246,"text":"It's very beautiful, it went through to the end, It's just super nice to play.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1140021,"author_name":"Vladimir ins","author_uid":"vladimir-ins","epoch":1744228244,"text":"@airgameboys couldn't tell you the reason as it works well for me. Sorry to see that.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143171,"author_name":"TheGreatCarpet","author_uid":"thegreatcarpet","epoch":1744301117,"text":"I REAAAALLY loved the visuals \u2014 it\u2019s amazing that you managed to draw and animate all of that in just 3 days! Just wow. As for the gameplay, the only downside was the sudden camera shifts \u2014 it feels like it would\u2019ve been better if the camera stayed at a fixed distance... Other than that, awesome job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145305,"author_name":"jscommander","author_uid":"jscommander","epoch":1744366680,"text":"Very decent pixel art graphics! Huge respect. The gameplay is interesting, but it's slightly frustrating to start over from the very beginning after dying\u0431 I expected bonfires to serve as checkpoints. Sometimes goblins kept moving even after dying, which was quite amusing to watch :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146000,"author_name":"xpoho","author_uid":"xpoho","epoch":1744393691,"text":"![\u0410\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f.gif](\/\/\/raw\/d14\/a3\/z\/6c030.gif)\n\n\u041d\u0435\u043f\u043b\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0435\u043b\u044c-\u0430\u0440\u0442 ^_^\n\n\n\u0410 \u0432\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435 - \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e. \u0416\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044e \u0434\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0438\u044f \u0438 \u0432\u0434\u043e\u0445\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f ^_^","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146045,"author_name":"Vladimir ins","author_uid":"vladimir-ins","epoch":1744394990,"text":"@xpoho \u0421\u043f\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0431\u043e \u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435, \u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c! 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Congratulations!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150734,"author_name":"PieRo_PBeS_studio","author_uid":"piero-pbes-studio","epoch":1744613693,"text":"The graphics are magnificent but for me the mouse + keyboard handling is really complicated I don't understand this choice...and despite the campfires I go back to the beginning of the cave...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151150,"author_name":"CircleOfLife","author_uid":"circleoflife","epoch":1744640236,"text":"The graphics look incredible. I intuitively figured out how to control, the platforming feels a little weird with the little pumpkin sprite that bounces you and the weird jumping physics. It also seems like the fire is supposed to save progress or heal you, but I still don't understand what it does? I also didn't take any damage from the goblins (maybe I did, but the HP bar didn't change). I'm really glad there's a menu, it's always a big plus for me when I can control the volume of the game and music.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151274,"author_name":"Vladimir ins","author_uid":"vladimir-ins","epoch":1744648376,"text":"@circleoflife fire heals you. Thanks for the comment!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151395,"author_name":"Vladimir ins","author_uid":"vladimir-ins","epoch":1744654659,"text":"@piero-pbes-studio I wanted to add gamepad control, but unfortunately we didn't have time to do it. Thanks for your suggestions.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1153112,"author_name":"atsh","author_uid":"atsh","epoch":1744828338,"text":"Some of the sprites are really fantastic. I wish hitting enemies will carry more impact though","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154045,"author_name":"oeueGHa","author_uid":"oeuegha","epoch":1744947998,"text":"Animations there are incredible, and like camera's approximation when u are afk, but i didn't get why didn't u add a checkpoint func to bonfire? Camera don't work quite well, cuz in jumping's segments u can't see where u need to jump. And i've found few bugs, first - if u kill goblin in a air, then his sprite will go out of bounds, second - once when i've been killing a goblin his sound were playing several times simultaneously. 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