Shadow King

I had a fun time! A very bite-sized ordeal but with nice bits of platforming and slight metroidvania-y action. I did see some bugs, though, but they were minor and mostly didn't affect the gameplay.

What a delightful, wonderful and short game. I've started really enjoying shorter metroidvanias where there is backtracking but not so much as to feel interminable, and where there's a distinct enough moveset that feels neat but not a ton of memorization. This game absolutely delivers. The save points are well placed, there are lots of little discoveries to make and the writing is top notch. Highly recommend!

Neat little bite-sized metroidvania with good level design and cute art. The metroidvania upgrades are well-done and I remember it being surprisingly nonlinear given its length. There are also a good number of secrets to find. Took me about 40 minutes to finish, good for a quick night of fun.

What kind of mentalist maps the jump and action button this way round? With no option to remap, this is so frustrating. Don't ask me if it's a good game, I don't have the patience due to the inverted mapping and it makes me swear lots.

its good

An excellent, but extremely short (100% in around 40 minutes) metroidvania. The controls are simple and responsive while the game play gets a surprising amount of mileage out of a limited number of mechanics. It's probably not a good buy in terms of time/money but it really is quality and supporting solo devs is fun. I really hope to see a move expansive version of this from Apskeppet in the future.

Good little metroidvania from someone who apparently knows what a metroidvania game consists of (the category has become really weird on Steam lately). It's a bite-sized piece of entertainment, but quite enjoyable. I did get softlocked a couple times on the fight with the [spoiler]mimic[/spoiler] as it's possible to knock it back through the wall, whether you're attacking or it's attacking you (and bounces back after). Not too big a deal though because the save point was right outside the room, so I just reset and continued. I also found myself wishing that there were separate buttons for dash and [spoiler]boomerang[/spoiler], but I don't know if that's even possible with the Pico-8, and it did force me to be careful about my inputs and just get better at the control scheme, so perfectly forgivable.

Loved the game! Cute art, good mechanics and puzzles! Just wish there was more game and bosses.