Ripjack

Excellent excellent excellent !!!!!! The music was phenomenal and really set the mood ! Excellent loop as well, I found it very captivating! The gameplay mechanics were smooth and polished, having a mix of top-down and platformer was really cool and reminded me of Oracle of Seasons/Ages, my fave Zelda games. Loved the puzzle aspect! I found it difficult BUT fair ! It was fun figuring it out and finally reaching the Big Boss! Wonderful art and palette too !!!!! 100000000000/100000000000000

I enjoyed this quite a bit! Thank you all for making it <3

The puzzles were well thought out and very fun to work through. I soft-locked a few times, but since this game is a) short and b) a game jam game, I'm not losing sleep over it. The UI was explained well enough and the mechanics were intuitive. Since I'm a lifelong gamer, I experimented and figured out you can push the crates (the square tiles telegraph it well enough), but I suspect a player without crate-pushing experience might need a bit more to clue them in.

The aesthetics were on-point and I found the game a joy to look at. I was initially a bit disoriented by what was and wasn't passable, interactable, etc. but it became clear very quickly. The music was *very* lovely. Not only was the melody fun to listen to (caught myself humming it a few times), but the "period-appropriate" binary waltz form made for a perfect aesthetic fit. The tempo and slight restlessness served to keep me in a focused mood throughout; perfect for a puzzle game!

Really, really solid, all of you!

(P.S. If there's an easter egg involving the shopkeeper zapping you ala Link's Awakening, I didn't find it, but I'll bet money that at least crossed one of your minds XD)