Great presentation, I just wish the normal enemies weren't bullet sponges

Hmm, this was a rough one for me!

I really like what this game seems to be going for, which is this whole improvisational survivalist combat, and indeed, once I got to the first boss fight and had to scrabble around for ingredients while under constant threat, shining the flashlight at the enemies to buy some time for crafting new weapons, it felt pretty cool!

Unfortunately, while I think it's a good concept, I don't think it is executed that well. As said above, it took until the first boss fight for the game to raise my pulse in the slightest, as before that it was pretty boring, what with its very bland world, sub-par graphics, spongy enemies, and inability to stop the player from easily cheesing or optimizing the fun out of the game by playing in a very risk-adverse manner. Once the first boss was defeated and I saw that it looked like I needed to do more of the same tedious work over and over, I just couldn't work up the nerve to do so.

While I am somewhat harsh on this, I don't think it's all that bad: considering it's a game jam game and it did tickle my brain with a promising core concept that I would love to see have more time to get executed properly, I think you can consider that a bit of a success.

It was really good for a game jam game, and otherwise too. I just wished I had a little more

HELLL YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Action themed shadow flash. Graphics have a dark tone and retro style created with pixel art. It would be easier if you just auto picked up items when you reached them. You should add more abilities and items.