Eternal Exploration

Cool music!

I don't have much to add to what other have said, but I feel like you didn't really use the fact that you control two character. Even something simple like pressure plates would have been a nice addition. Here the character is basically hiding while the ghost is attacking.

Great game! I liked the pace the characters moved at, I felt skilled when dodged my first eyeball bullet. the art while simple was consistent and gave the game a cohesive feel. The music was great and also matched the vibe of the game.

Only suggestion is to keep the door you entered a room unlocked to run away to if you get surprised even if there are enemies still in the room.

Only complaint is that the skull can slip beyond the door, and get stuck on the outside of the room.

The game starts out frustrating due to he difficulty however, as I quickly learned to become more cautious and hide behind cover while sending out my companion it actually became quite a fun game. I managed to get the the boss door but sadly the game crashed. (Is it possible to fight the boss at all, like some sort of way to avoid the bug? or will it always crash? I kind of want to see it now.)

Some criticisms would be.

• There really needs to be more health drops. And the ones in the game that you do have should really be a full heal.
• A few of the rooms have too many enemies directly in front of the area you appear making the death feel frustrating.
• The sort of recoil like effect you have going on when shooting is a bit weird and feels unnecessary, especially when there is no sound when firing.
• I feel the game and player moves too fast, it'd feel a bit better if everything slowed down just a bit.

What I enjoyed

• Good enemy variety, nice seeing new things added each floor
• The powerups were interesting from what I saw, not sure how many there are though. The shield powerup is a little overpowered ha, that's what got me to the boss door fairly easily.
• Nice variety in music and sprites too, which makes things feel fresh even if the level design doesn't change massively.
• randomness on the floor layout of the dungeons is nice.

Difficulty problems aside, it's a fun game and I enjoyed playing it. It's a shame I couldn't see the boss.

Nice music - particularly on level 2 - Really SoundBlaster 16-y 👌

I couldn't tell if this was rogue-like? If it was - well done! That must have been quite a lot of work.

I would say getting shot at a lot by stuff off screen that you couldn't fire back at was pretty tricky - doing a point_distance check from the player before deciding to shoot would have made those disk enemies on level 2 easier and more fun to fight.

I liked how the ghost was the real star of the game and the wizard was just basically ducking for cover until all the enemies were dead! Would be nice to have the wizard be able to do some stuff (like pulling levers or something) so that the ghostie didn't have to pick up all the slack.

Yeet dabs

The best part of the game is definitely the titlescreen, you should let the artist draw more stuff. Not only because she is an amazing person and artist, but because she is a god.

/definitely not Emelie