Spirited Line

Very cute and charming little game! I quite like the art style. The gameplay is simple but i think that works well for the smaller scope of this game. It gets straight to the point but I like that about it. It does sometimes get a little too simple for my liking. Most of the bosses only have 1 or two main attacks, sometimes a 2nd phase. I think for how small the game is it could've added a bit to their movesets. I really like the artstyle. All the bosses have cool and unique designs. Although some of them are sort of cliche. I feel like I've seen many a rat king before. [spoiler] I did like how the janitor was the final boss. I am always one for the "ally turns to jealous enemy" final boss trope [/spoiler]. The difficulty curve did feel a bit strange, the final 3 bosses are much more difficult then any other boss. I guess in a game with only 7 bosses you have to nudge the difficulty somewhere but it felt more like a sudden hike than a natural progression. As for the audio, I think the sound design could use a little work. Many of the areas could use some extra ambient noises to really fill out the sound scape. And I have to be honest, I was not feeling the music too much. It is definitely servicable, but it doesn't really pop. I feel in a game all about boss fights you kinda want some bangers when you're going against them. But I understand on a small or zero budget, getting music can be a very difficult task. There are some quality of life things that could be improved. You can't skip the cutscenes on controller (to my knowledge at least) and maybe an option to skip the little run back on some of the earlier bosses might be nice. Also I found it a bit odd how the later bosses didn't have those little run ups. I guess it must've gotten annoying in playtesting after dying to them a lot so it got removed. I would prefer them to stay since I think they're cute but an option to skip them might be nice. Overall I think I'm yapping too much. This seems to me to be a smaller scale practice project and I vibe with that heavily. Everything here is very promising and I'm excited to see what you make going forward. I know I might have seemed a tad critical here but just know I only say it so you can make your next project even better! I hope to see more in the future.