Skaart And The Cursed Woods

Lovely graphics! I included it in my compilation video series of all of the GM48 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/po4FqYmf9EQ

I like the idea of the slot gun on paper a whole lot, but in practice it falls a little flat. It would be cool if you could somehow influence the slots you get, maybe even with some kinda deckbuilding-like mechanic? So you could pick and choose which slotties to "equip" into the slot gun instead of it being random? I don't remember what you've said about how you want to take this further, maybe you've already thought about that idea haha in which case ignore this lol

So all in all, content, and to an extent gameplay, is obviously lacking in this jam version, but I mean, at least it's real pretty~~

Feels more like a proof of concept, but it's looks and sounds sooo good! (except for the spirits sound which I kinda hated, definitely too loud compared to the music)

There seems to be some stability issues though? I had the game slow down on shots/hits, and in full screen the game runs half as slow for some reasons.

Edit: I'll check again later

This is a really cool idea that seems like it has a lot of potential. I can imagine a customisation or upgrade system where you can unlock abilities and add/remove them to/from the list of slots in your gun. However, in the game's current state it feels like too much of a hassle to actually use the gun. Most of the enemies can be ran past (it doesn't help that the movement speed is a bit too high), they take a long time to kill and you get nothing for doing so.

The visuals are great (obviously). The parallax background effect is very cool and the characters are well designed and animated. There's a lot of polish overall (perhaps a bit too much considering that effort could have been spent on more content). The music and sound effects are also well done. I particularity like the death theme.

PS: I like how elegantly you combined the GM48 and Ludum Dare themes. I've seen a couple of games on here that were clearly primarily made for LD but yours works well for both.

The mechanics work beautifully together. Really well done, and a really great idea!

This game is really beautiful, as expected of you as the amazing artist you are. The gameplay is really nice but sometimes I felt a lack of bullets on my slots, making it very difficult to shoot an enemy. Besides that, I really had fun. Great work!

Fantastic art and sound, animations are really beautiful.

It's a pity that you couldn't add more content.

The art and animation were excellent and I really liked the idea of the slot gun (obviously, it would be cool to have more effects!) The sound the spirits make is adorable as well :) I need to go learn how to make parallax scrolling backgrounds now...

10/10 Art as always, even though the game feels a bit too short and lacking in level design

I found the gameplay mechanics pretty interesting until I realized that you can complete the game just by heading straight forward. I even finished the game without using the gun nor taking damage.

The jumping feels a bit loose. Maybe a bit more gravity would make it feel better.

Very nice graphics. I mean, I take it for granted by now. The sound and atmoshere is also very nice. Keep it up!

I enjoyed this entry! I think the slot-machine gun was very original and fit the theme really well. The art is amazing and the sound is great as well!

The gameplay itself is certainly original and satisfying to a degree, however I feel like if the delay before and after the slot machine appears was smaller, it'd feel a lot better. I would also like to see more items in the slot machine, but I understand you ran out of time. The game is definitely fun though, I really like the idea.

In summary, I think this entry nailed the theme the best out of the ones I've played so far and it looks and sounds beautiful!

This is a fantastic game that I feel really embraced the theme. The art was excellent, gameplay was enjoyable. I would hope that at a future time the coins may have some impact on the game rather than just to make it more difficult. I eagerly look forward to your continuation of this project.

You have a place in my heart for sure!!!! :) haha Fantastic Jam game! Excellent use of the "sign post" too. I went with the old fashion DRAW GUI and hated it but ran out of time to change it. You nailed the theme for sure. I think I killed myself 15 times before reaching the end. :) It would have been awesome to have a "death" counter at the top next to your health. Like how many times a player died before reaching the end but probably would have taken too much time to implement. Seriously tho fantastic job!!!!!!

Very unique game idea with great art & sound. The only thing i didn't like was the delay on the slot gun, it feels very frustrating.

So the game looks fantastic, the animations and art are beautiful for a 48 hour jam, sadly it seems like you ran out of time for most of the rest, as the sprites ingame said. on the technical side as far as what made it in the game, it all runs very smoothly and feels nice, the background and parallax effect are a nice touch (although the character feels perhaps a bit too fast for the running animation).

Sadly the gameplay is mostly bare with not much to talk about. With the bullet being the only real useful slot in the game as it is, once you master landing on the right slot it is mostly just a delay mechanic in shooting and not much else.

Had you more time, what I would have liked to see was a use for the bomb other than hitting enemies, such as destroying objects. One or two more slot types, perhaps something to heal like a leech bullet and a bit more length added to the game.

Still, art is a 10 from me, and the characters were very nice and creative for what was there.

The game is a visual novel and falls short of being anything more. The theme is very well implemented but in doing so it has made the core gameplay very boring. Standing there and rolling a slot machine hoping to get a bullet and then continually getting bombs ending your life. From what I played there was a lack of a way for the player to gain health which made even more infuriating when you got a bomb.

Please note: Audio is broken on my computer so I cant rate the music