Like it a lot. Hope you expand on this in the future. The game gives a nice old school vibe. That's a thumbs up in my book.
Reviews for "Azumi and the Vertical Slice"
PopStrikers responds:
That was definitely the goal! Glad you enjoyed it
For just a one room affair that was pretty badass. Aside from small tweaks there's not much I would change, the core is damn solid. Nice work!
PopStrikers responds:
Thanks for playing, much appreciated!
I think it's genuinely awesome. You nailed the era perfectly – I knew as soon as I saw the spinning "Yes"/"No" options. Then came the high-res pixel art, sounds, fonts, health bars and fast-paced action. Brilliant. Three cheers for blast processing!
Combat and movement are very fluent, and the animations are top-notch.
Try to restrict the input inside the game only – currently, up/down arrows scroll the entire page.
And if you make a full game out of this, consider allowing us to rebind the controls; for the sole reason that half of Europe has Z key elsewhere (QWERTZ + AZERTY layout).
My only real complaint is that I'd like to have a downwards (and possibly upwards) attack. Throwing stars diagonally isn't enough when you're falling and the ground is full of enemies. It'd also let you perform a jump + downwards attack combo.
Later on (perhaps as a powerup), it'd also be cool to cause damage while dashing.
Maybe the death sequence is a bit too long. I wouldn't slow it down as much.
But overall, it's incredible! Good luck with the full game.
excellent game but the arrow keys aren't locked, so the screen moves when I press them.
PopStrikers responds:
As soon as I can figure out how, I will hahaha. It's been driving me crazy trying to get that to stop.
In the meantime, playing with a gamepad is scroll free xD