Aria's Dreamland Dissonance

Heya Roundkights!

I just have the extra set of keys as a backup just in case you accidentally rebound your keys to something uncomfortable while navigating the menus. Then you'd be able to rebind your keys using the backup. (The ones displayed on screen)

In terms of the 'no backtracking', that was intentional to try and keep the pace of the game moving forward. In the completed game it will have more unlockable movement mechanics to help with getting the collectibles. For example, one of the upgrades allows you to grab ledges in the current non-demo version of the game.

I'm unclear on what you mean with the intangible floors/walls. Some of them are intended to hide secret paths to reward you for exploring and the forest area the darker green tree branches should always support you while the lighter green bush-like canopies are meant to feel unsecured and unreliable so it feels like a risk to be in them and encourages you to instead rely on the dark green branches.

In regards to the melee, I do plan to rework it to feel less sluggish later down the road, but the intent to melee is the unique power of destroying some enemy weapons and armor in one hit. (Some enemies aren't staggered if they have armor on) I'm not sure if the demo has it, but melee can also destroy many projectiles. (In the current version at least)

Anyway, thank you very much for playing and leaving me some feedback! As I keep developing the game I'll try to improve it more!

Heya! Glad to hear you liked it!

In regards to the issues with the resolution, the settings in the demo are unfortunately a bit limited when I made it. The updated version of the game allows you to change aspect ratio to some of the more popular ratios and manually adjust the GUI size of the game. If you're a supporter on Patreon you can download the latest version.

Edit: Also you can only pick up new spells currently.

So the one boss in the demo (The recolored golem) isn't in the actual current version of the game, he's just a demo specific sort of boss. In the current build there is are two bosses, (Though they are one after the other deal where you fight one, then the other immediately after). They are significantly different, though I don't know if I would call them harder honestly. They have their own fight rooms and mechanics and such. (The second boss can also be hit with the wind power spell if you want them to be harder)

As for the actual level differences, the demo levels are arranged slightly different from the current version. In the current version there is the field area, the mountain area, the forest area, a beach area and a candy island area. There's also a few more puzzle shrine areas and some extra stuff. The current version is more fleshed out in general and includes the new power level system too.

那個敵人只是示範的結尾，所以他應該特別難
如果你能打敗他，還有更多的事情要做。少量
抱歉，如果這沒有意義，必須使用谷歌翻譯

I'm glad you like the temporary power ups! I will be adding a higher frequency to the power ups and also there will be at least one more different kind. I'd hope to be able to add more in the future too!

Thank you for the feedback!

So some of the collectible positioning was meant to be a minor bonus if you happened to use things like the wind inflation spell as a regular smart bomb. Meant to give you a little extra reward instead of only removing enemies. The currency will be balanced in a way to where you shouldn't have to worry about missing them as you can replay old sections to get more currency. I made sure that meaningful item unlocks won't just be randomly hiding in the treetops for example.

In regards to losing shards/power on death, I am going to add a system where if you fall off an edge, you will teleport back up, but it will have a max charge count and you'll get one charge every time you pick up a symbol.

In addition, I'll make it so that on easy mode you have infinite teleports and you just lose a small amount of health instead.

Thank you for playing it! I'm glad that the controller implementation works as well as it does.

There will be at least one more powerup based form and I will likely add a few more max boob sizes to the symbol system as well. As far as other more permanent TFs, I'll look into what I might be able to do when I am reworking the sprite system to accommodate the increased sizes. Though it's a lot more likely if I do other kinds of TFs that they would follow more in line with the blueberry/boobmilk powerups where they are temporary or semi-temporary. (Though I may add a TF/Expansion form as a spell you can cast) I think the biggest reason for limiting them though is having each TF serve some kind of purpose that keeps in line with the game design itself and won't hinder it.

Anyway, I really appreciate the feedback!

Thank you very much for your kind words! I will certainly be trying to complete it and there will definitely be more content.

In regards to the slowdown, I think I know the culprits. (Weather effects and lighting) I'll definitely be optimizing.

As for extra 'size', I am thinking I will add more that are purely cosmetic.I have to revamp how my sprites show to make it work, but I think itll be worth it to have more size. 

Thank you for playing it! I'm going to do some mild adjustments to the difficulty in that specific level for the demo. Seems quite a few people have had trouble with it.

Oh no the engine can support the key binds. I will make modifications to the system to resolve this and update the demo.

You can see your current default weapon (the one you have even after dying) by pressing esc. However, the current weapon I hadn't thought would be an issue. Ill see if I cant find a way to show what your weapon is without adding too many UI elements. I might just add something to Aria physically that shows what weapon she has.

Oh I didn't realize I could set my own custom tags. Ill add a few. Thanks for playing it!

Im gonna do that now. I didnt realize you could add custom tags.