Leviatron II

This feels very polished for a game jam game! The character has lots of fluid animations, the boss look great and has tons of attacks, there's some nice satisfying effects when you hit the boss, etc.

The audio is no slouch either, giving it the epic boss battle feeling. The dynamic music wasn't implemented the best though - it kept cutting back and forth in a very obvious manner.

The gameplay feels good too, though its perhaps a bit on the difficult side. Dying to the boss in one hit made me hesitant to get near it. It was a bit of an awkward dance of trying to get close enough to hit it without dying, especially since the attack locks you in place. Still, I enjoyed the game and managed to (eventually) complete it.

This seems familiiiiaaaaaar! :P

It's a good sequel to the first one! The boss fight has evolved well. I'm not usually into boss fight type games but I had fun playing through the stages of the boss. I do wish your movement wasn't stopped when you attacked though - made it a bit awkward when you missed by like a pixel and had to readjust lol. The random attack speed felt a bit strange too (if that is what it was?). The hitboxes felt a bit wonky sometimes but, jam game so, doesn't matter that much! The art / sound was great - I liked the contrast between the two tracks.

So, when is Leviatron III coming?!

This game really made me git gud. Which I always love :D Jokes aside, it is a hard game, that sometimes feels a bit unfair. Like other mentioned, hitboxes were a bit off, like sometimes I could have sworn my slash got through the dragon but it didn't register a hit. This was even more a problem because once you chose your spot and started attacking, you couldn't change you position at all.

Other than that I think this is a reeaaly cool game, pretty polished nonetheless and just plain fun to play. The animations look awesome! Like the slashing, the hit indicator...just great. The concept was very interesting and small details (like the lighting on the floor when it got closer to lava) are just such a nice touch.

Keep it up! Awesome work!

EDIT: Oh yeah and the music was siiick!

Visuals were good overall and they had that epic boss battle feeling there, music also fitted. Though music's volume varied a bit(?). As in screenshots game looks cool and makes you want to play it. But as playing game itself, it didn't feel as good, need polishing there.

I think problems in gameplay boils to player attacking, and game's relatively slow pace. You don't feel tension, but you are most of the time waiting to boss come out. In gameplay waiting boss would not be as bad, but you die from one hit, and hitboxes felt bit unfair. Now after death you need to play (and wait) all over to get same point as before. When rock gets on platform, it's pretty tricky to destroy it, as you need to close, but rock is dipping in lava (once died when got too close).

As for attacking, I think it wasn't dynamic. Attacking stops your momentum, which make player feel 'stiff', and maybe some momentum should be left when attacking (though speed can be reduced to 0 if kept attacking). But if player keeps attacking, you could move a bit in parallel to held directional key, like make small nudge at the beginning of the attack (when just pressing attack without holding directional keys, stay still). I don't think randomizing wait between attacks was good idea, as then attacking feels inconsistent.

But yeah, polishing boss pattern and attacking are what this entry needs, I am not saying they are bad, but can be made better :)

Top tiep graphics and music, good gameplay, with a few small issues:

• I had a hard time understanding the boss' hitbox, sometimes it felt like I was safe but wasn't and sometimes I survived even though I though I would die.
• The sound effects weren't that good, but the lava sound (I'm guessing) acted like a constant buzz (even on the ending screen!)
• Sometimes the wait between each attack was a little long.

This was extremely cool! I didn't finish it because I am a goober at boss games but I enjoyed every second of trying to beat that skelly snake dragon hybrid. The game is very well made and the only thing I can really comment on was during the tutorial; it took me a hot minute to realise I had to jump off of the table to begin the game.

Artistically the game is incredible for something made in such a short time. I love the pixel art style and the animations, transitions and overall presentation is very slick. I found the game quite hard and switched to easy, but that might just be because I'm not very good at this type of game. Really cool.

Awesome game, Just like I expected from playing the first leviatron. Fun idea and excellent art. I love it. I kept pressing space to jump and then would just die. I hope y'all make a game later because that would be a money maker. Great job guys!

Amazing visuals and feel but I couldn't get anywhere with the snake boss, it felt more like a tech demo than a game. But what you have there is a really great foundation and I hope you turn it into a full game.

Phenomenal aesthetic, great animations for the player! The tilting platform is also very cool. However, I think the sound design was lacking - it felt more like i was clicking plastic forks together than slamming a heavy weapon into a giant monster. That, in addition to the general lack of feedback (other than the startlingly good and flashy animations when you land a hit) made it feel like I wasn't actually making any progress in the fight. Every time I died I had no sense that I had done anything meaningful in the last attempt, which can easily become discouraging for players. Other than that, I love boss fights, so I think the game is overall really cool.

I like the tipping platform and the snake like segmentation of the monster, and the variety of different attacks made the fight feel full.

I can't really see the Small World theme present anywhere except a couple sprites in the intro being bigger than you.

Visually stunning and great music. This was a game that immediately put a smile on my face. I was confused about how I went from

<details> <summary>Spoiler warning</summary> the kitchen bench to battling a bone monster in a lava pit, </details>

but after playing a second time and paying more attention, it made a lot more sense! :)

The dipping and rising platform was a really nice touch that particularly impressed me.

I did find the controls a little difficult; movement was a bit too sensitive; but maybe I just need to git good!

Edit: Spoiler tag works in "Preview" but not as an actual comment? shrugs

Awesome game, great sense of scale, choice of colors, sprites, music. It would have been a perfect experience for game jam, if it weren't for a few small details.

Those details would be the lack of a health bar for example, which means one can't really know how far they've or how far they have left to go. There were also some quirks with the controls (nothing gamebreaking) but I'm not really sure how to describe them.

Overall though, really well done and enjoyable. Congratulations :)

I actually really liked this one, although it's short. I didn't use the enemy centralization thingy at all actually. I also felt like the sound effects didn't quite match the level of juice the game deserves.

This is a very well made challenge of a game with decent polish, good job! :)

Everything feels really in place and very satisfying to play. Visuals and sounds are amazing and landing each attack feels great. Good job!

Wow,! While it is short, it's so beautifully designed and well executed. Super polished and definitely the groundwork for a fun game.

EDIT: Also, thank you for including the project files! I use GMS1.4 so I can't actually open the project but just looking at the scripts/objects in notepad has been very educational for me.

The camera system you put together on this is amazing, and the artwork both in-game and in-menu is great too. Felt like I was playing as a pixel version of hollow knight. Wish it was longer so I could battle some more.

Nice work!

This was really cool! Well done