Whirlwind Magician

It's entirely playable and fine, but it felt like one of those boring itch io metroidvanias. I found nothing about it particularly appealing. Teleporting to your hat is a somewhat cool mechanic and the map is servicable enough. Not an experience worth wasting time on IMO. I have had some fun with some other minimalistic microvanias on Steam, like [b]SJ-19 Saves the World[/b], [b]100 Pumpkins 2[/b], [b]Kalinur[/b], [b]Omnigon[/b] and [b]Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake[/b], so once in a while one of these cheap little microvanias does hook me, but artistically and musically this was quite bland and I put it down before finishing.

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A very endearing little metroidvania with a neat central mechanic, fun from start to finish, would absolutely recommend it. Platforming feels nice and snappy, there's some tricky stuff in the endgame but it's engaging and well designed. It's quite short but great fun and well worth the price, great for a rainy afternoon.

Great game, loved the mechanics, the story is simple but cute, and the platforming is enjoyable and responsive. Definitely recommend, absolute steal at this price! (Less expensive than a cosmetic skin in other games, cmon just grab it!)

This game really felt like it had a lot of love and effort went into making it, it was a very short experience (about an hour, not much shorter than my normal gaming sessions so kinda convenient) but it was plenty for it's sweet story and characters, the gameplay was also great and had little to no issues. I would like the creator to know they did a great job and I'd love to see more from them, I think an expanded sequel would be great :)

No matter how short and budget this game is, there is a lot of indivuality and charm especially in how characters are drawn and animated. I liked the unique "throw and teleport" mechanic and it has a lot of potenial. The music may be bland but there was one track I particularly enjoyed. Overall a good game for it's price, hope to see more from this developer in the future.

A fun little adventure well worth its price tag. As someone who struggles to complete traditional metroidvanias, the shorter runtime was a welcome breath of fresh air to the genre. The story is adorable, I really enjoyed watching the two main characters become friends over the course of the game and loved seeing them bring out the best qualities in each other. Immediately after beating this game for the first time, I booted up a new save file and beat it again, this time with 100% completion. I can confidently recommend Whirlwind Magician to anybody who likes good video games and am looking forward to seeing whatever Santi Ponce does next.

It's a cute, bite-sized Metroidvania. The core mechanic is unique and satisfying to use - it's a tiny bit clunky because of how many buttons you have to press (especially given how often you'll be doing it), but otherwise no notes - it's pretty fun to use and makes navigating the map feel good. The spritework is basic, but the main character is expressive and it's easy to read, so it does what it has to. It took about 1.5 hours to beat, plus another 30-40 minutes to 100%, but given the price and how solid the traversal is, I'd definitely recommend to any Metroidvania fans!

YES ITS HERE! I'm so glad this game has come out, I genuinely love it so much. It does an incredible job of offering a great experience for new players to the metroidvania genre while still offering enough depth to keep veterans engaged. I hope that Santi continues to make new projects, and that I get the joy of playing through each and every one of them.

Wonderfully wholesome mini metroidvania! Whirlwind Magician isn't a very long experience but it more than makes up for its lack of content with charm and polish, at least as far as actual game goes, but more on that later. There are only 4 biomes, three of which are various shades of forest, but each area manages to look and feel quite distinct through its simple but quite appealing pixel art. This extends to character animations as well, most of which are adorable and expressive. I especially love all of Gibson's silly reactions, and how Viola's in-game facial expression subtly changes based on what's going on in the story. The music is as understated as the art. It's not exactly memorable, but very fitting for a quirky forest adventure. With such pleasant presentation, one can't be faulted to think WM would be a very easy game... One would be very wrong. Gibson's throwing, teleportation and slingshot mechanics require lots of inputs, and are quite tricky to pull off, especially with any sort of precision and haste, yet the game requires mastery of all of these! Later areas and especially the final boss have absolutely curb-stomped me on my playthrough, but never to the point of frustration. Lastly, I need to talk about the game's technical side, which is most likely outside of the developers' hands, and is more of a Godot issue. Launching the game was kind of a crapshoot for me, as sometimes it just refuses to until PC is restarted. Other times mouse and keyboard inputs wouldn't work right if the game detects a gamepad. Then again - it's possible I'm the only one having these issues, as I haven't seen anyone else mention this. All in all though, Wirlwind Magician was excellent!