Battle of Hořice 1423

The main issue is that the core game loop is just not fun at all and is extremely repetitive. I played about half of the levels but got quickly bored after about first three. You collect X amount of some item by just following an arrow (no map either so you can't really plan ahead to optimize your route). After level 4 enemies start to spawn and you need to defeat them but the combat is not engaging nor satisfying. The promise to teach you about history also doesn't seem to get fulfulled much. I don't think as the game is right now there is target audience for it. I'd recommend adding more mechanics and/or reworking the core gameplay loop to something less repetitive and more engaging. On the other hand the simple lowpoly graphics look great and the dynamic angle of the splitscreen function is really sweet and I love it. I also liked that the enemies with more health get thrown away when you swing at them. This leads to some potentially interesting situations where you throw enemies across a fence so they now need to pathfind a longer distance. Now onto smaller issues that will likely get fixed until full access (so writing these down mostly for the developer): - Objects unload as they are near the edge of your screen which results in them disappearing sometimes when they're still on your screen. And on the level where there is sunset this is even more obvious by the long shadows disappearing. - Both your and enemy attacks don't have their sound, attack event and animation synchronized. Specifically the attack itself happens at the very beginning of the animation. I think this is a large part of why the combat feels unsatisfying currently. - No enemy death animation, they just disappear instantly. (Another aspect of why the combat doesn't feel great.) - It's easy to get stuck on the terrain. I'd recommend making it so if you are trying to move at an angle into a wall you slide along it instead of just staying in place. - Enemies disappear sometimes randomly on your screen for no reason. - Enemies sometimes get stuck on terrain. - It is not always obvious what is and what isn't solid, specifically the cabbage patches / fields seemed walkable at a first glance to me. - Achievements are awarded even when you fail the level. - No music during levels. - Shadows just generally seem glitchy in some places, mainly when it comes to trees. - When the game tells you that CTRL is the attack key it doesn't mention whether it's left or right CTRL. But default controls only allow right CTRL for player one which isn't what was immediately obvious to me.