I really like this game! It has beautiful graphics and the gameplay mechanics are really fun once you get the hang of them. I found some small bugs that don't really hurt the game but I felt like they were worth mentioning.

-When you press c to emote, you can no longer move afterwards for some reason.

-On boss 5, sometimes the boss glitches and is stuck in his block pose permanently with the only way to fix it to reset the level.

-Also on boss 5, sometimes it says I block his dash attack but I also take damage at the same time.

-For most of the bosses, you can still hit them once their health has gone to 0, however sometimes they still block you even though they are already dead.

If you could add a game mode where you have to fight waves of smaller enemies I think it would work really well with this game's mechanics. Other than that, great job with this game! Can't wait to see what other levels you have in store for the future!

Edit: I found another glitch where if you're fighting the third boss and you back him into a corner, he may try to flip backwards, which makes him glitch off of the screen. The only way to fix this is to reload the level.

I really really love the idea of this game, its simple and has great visuals. but the game difficulty just doesnt do it for me, I do not know if im the only one but i could not beat any boss in the game despite trying over and over, and belive me i tried a lot. I would personaly love to see either a healing potion or bigger health bar. also one thing that was really frustrating is that every time i died (which was fairly quick considering it takes like three hits for a boss to kill you) the intro before the boss played again, so i would suggest having it there the first time and then just have the letters apear on the screen with not interupted gameplay. Sorry if this sounds like a rant i really love this game and the general concept, its just so simple and loveable. i will keep following this game for future updates, but i would really apreciate easy mode or something. sorry for my english, and thank you for bringing this game to life

looks very nice, but i can't play the demo

Finally managed the beat the demo. Level 1 felt frustrating at first, but Level 2 showed me the benefits of parrying and pattern recognition. After that, Level 1 felt much easier... and I was thinking of trying the full game out.

Question for the people: what things does the download have that the web version does not?

wo this is very nice but vey hard to play, i cant even kill the first enemy... but vey cool!

How do I deal with lvl 1's instant attack (teleport)? I tried hitting, didn't work half the time, tried parrying, not possible.

Edit: ok so apparently the trick is to attack before the little circle closes, any later and your screwed.

Edit 2: After watching ezez_game's video, it seems it is possible, but you need to run a bit so you are ahead of where boss 1 lands.

I have brought honour upon my name, FOUR TIMES OVER!

i love this pixelated look of Sekiro, and the game is so much fun, i'd love to see this develop more over time and grow into a even greater game, is there patreon?

Sorry if this sounds dumb, but how do you unlock the boss wearing yellow clothing in the second last image?

been loading for 5 min's for chromebook is there a another way??

I defeated all 3 bosses, but with number 3 I could take each soldier one at a time. Is that intended?

Help: always stay as close to the enemy as possible. Get in a rhythm, usually: parry, parry attack, parry, parry attack etc.

The jump kinda removes the challenge from the game, other than that it was a good game

Really fun game. I dont know if anyone has done this already but im trying to nohit all the bosses. The only one I could nohit was the third one, but ill keep trying.

Update 1: First boss down

It's like my first time fighting Genichiro again... This is surprisingly really hard since boss 1 and boss 2 seem to not have lots of cooldown. Also I do feel the attack range is a bit short so counterattacking just narrowly misses lots of the time.

Really cool though!

I beat the first boss only, but already like the concept. I think you may develop this prototype into a good full game.

Awesome game! I finally beat all 3 levels. It's extremely hard though lol.

Enemies have like no attack cooldown nor do they get stunned so pretty much the only time you can hit them is if you successfully parry. But even if you parry, you have to immediately attack (like the 2nd level, if you're just a bit late after parrying, the guy hits you just as you're about to finish your attack animation).

Another thing is that the enemies all have weapons that are just a bit longer than your sword. Which means you have to be within their attack range to hurt them and that means you must parry.

You also get stunned when you get hit but the enemies do not. You like never get a chance to do a double attack hit.

Also, to be honest, the dash ability pretty much doesn't make the game easier at all lol. It's like only useful in the first level where the guy charges you. Once you parry his charge, I guess you could use the dash to catch up to him since he almost always overshoots past you and he'll keep charging till you get close enough.

You've made an extremely hard game - harder than Sekiro lol. Your timing must be very on point and there's practically no "free" hits on the enemies. But with enough patience and practice, people can get through. And those who do, are rewarded with a sense of achievement on this difficult game.

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If you want to make it easier (like an easier mode or something), add in attack cooldown on enemies so on certain attacks or something so you can get in free hits. 

Another is to add enemy stun.

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As for suggestions to the actual game and not difficulty, you could add a health bar for the boss so we can see how much more we need to fight before he dies.

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But yeah, awesome game! Good job!

I couldnt even beat the first level lol. cool game tho

goodbye samuray))

Great game, very satisfying once you figured out the parry mechanic. I didn't play to Sekiro, but I want to now. You could really turn your game into more. The third level feel a bit easy compared to the other. Congrats for the work nevertheless :D