Azaran: The Demon Bottle

This is a very simple Zelda 1 like but I feel like it does the puzzle solving and the vibes perfectly. By simple I don't mean easy, I just mean it has very few original ideas from what I've seen. Really excited for the full 3D game

diagonal attacking is cursed

It was okay! I understand this is a companion game to the 3D adventure game the dev is creating, and from that point of view I think it fulfills its purpose, which is to make me interested in THAT game. Viewed alone though, it's competently made and a light diversion. - Puzzles are fun. Most of the game really only has a few puzzle mechanics, but they're developed well. One puzzle is extremely obtuse though, and I had to look up the solution. Everything else felt fair. The second level's power-up is where it really starts to pick up and feel good, and the third level has a few more interesting puzzle solutions. - Combat is fine. The enemy variety is standard for this kind of game: melee guys, guy who shoots projectiles at you, guy who moves around the screen randomly. Nothing crazy. Health pickups are generous so you can mostly just spam attack and hope for the best. - Art and music are basic. They're modeled after old-school Zelda, but I feel like Zelda had more going on artistically. And even if Zelda were a bad game, we could do better.

Very cute and clever Zelda-like. Mechanics so simple, they make your momma say "Boys, I can't make you meatloaf tonight, I'm too busy grinding out the good ending on a Azaran: The Demon Bottle, and I just gotta free Hatt-Zon from the shackles of the Sultan's desire." Excited to see how the sequel turns out!

A great little bite-size demo. The puzzles were fun to solve and there was only one that I got stuck on. Otherwise the combat was fun and simple and having six different directions to point really made it feel more fluid.

pretty fun, puzzles are all good, main item is cool. i like zelda 1

Impressive.