Thank you! There are a couple of cases where they will target the wizard, including when the number of enemies targetting a knight exceeds a specific number (which happens pretty quickly), when the wizards gets too close to an enemy, etc. That was my first time doing this kind of enemy behavior (not sure how it's called: a swarm manager?), so I'm very glad you appreciated it!

Thank you! I put a lot of effort into making sure that the game would fit the theme in different ways (gameplay, story, visual, audio...), so I'm glad you appreciated it!

Thanks for the feedback! Trust me, I would have loved to implement many more effects, visual and sound feedbacks... I just had absolutely no time to do so (worked only for the last 3 days of the jam on my game...). It would definitely make the game look more polished than it is right now, as well as make it more fun to play. I mainly focused on visual and sound feedbacks that would communicate to players what was going on on screen, but had to leave for a later time most of the ones that would make the game "feel better".

And overall adding visual effects is just something that takes me quite a long time and a lot of trials to get right. For example, I actually drew an animation for the lightning attack. I implemented it and it just... didn't look "good/right" for the game, so I scrapped most of it (and obviously didn't have time to revisit it). And as you said, the character animation to indicate that the spell is ready works, but it's not quite good/striking/eye-catching enough as it is (some sound effect would also have been good). Some screenshake when the wizard is hurt, or when a knight dies would also have been good, and honestly I could go on and on on all the things I could add to make the game look/feel better. So yeah, absolutely agree with your points!

Ahah yeah, I was actually surprised at the number of players who chose to go back in alone immediately after losing!

Thanks for all the feedback! Ahah, I totaly get the urge to try to beat all the monsters alone, and really glad you took some time to test out the different options!

Agree with all the cons you listed, and just as you guessed it's mostly a case of not having enough time (or not being skilled enough yet to develop/draw things faster/more efficiently...). I was also very intent on not overscoping. But optimizing the game for better performance and having slightly different endings based on the number of remaining knights were actually the two first things I wanted to do after finishing this version of game.

Thank you for all the feedback! Very happy to see that you appreciated the lightning spell. I thought it would be fun to have a spell that required a bit more player involvement than normal, and it also made it harder to avoid hitting the knights... so players would have to change a bit their playstyle when not alone. That was one of the ways for me to make players feel the trade-off that comes with working in a team/not being alone anymore, but without having too harsh drawbacks either. For the music I must say I only chose and implemented it, didn't compose it (if you're interested, you can find many more free soundtracks on incompetech.com).

Thanks, glad you liked it! That's pretty much what I was aiming for honestly.

Thank you! I was honestly kind of surprised by how many ended up in the game, and I didn't know if it would be very noticeable. Very happy to see that you appreciated it!

Thanks! Ahah, feeling overwhelmed and surrounded is definitely the point at first, especially when you're "alone against all". But it doesn't have to stay that way :) (and you also have a very powerful lightning spell at your disposal)

Glad you had fun! Yeah, I was really happy to find those tracks, they are actually all by the same composer, Kevin MacLeod.

Thank you for your kind words, and glad you enjoyed the game!

Thank you for your feedback, and really glad you had fun! The theme made me want to "explore" different situations and feelings related to "not being alone", hence the narration. But at the same time, I wanted players to feel like they played an active role in the(ir) story, hence the different options/ways to play (even if it's obviously at a very small scale). I was hoping players would have as much fun guiding this little wizard in his quest as I had designing his trials, really happy it seems to be the case!

Thank you for all the feedback! Super glad you enjoyed the game!

Gameplay is a bit simple I agree, mostly because I knew I wouldn't have time to make more since I also wanted to have some story. I also didn't want to make something too complex since the game is pretty short (risk of player not understanding mechanics, tutorial too long etc.).

The aiming being a bit hard with the lightning spell is kind of by design, since I wanted the player to feel like they had a very powerful spell… but also very destructive and dangerous to their allies! Though of course a bit more fine-tuning wouldn't hurt.

Ahah otherwise you found the flaw in my game: this first death is inevitable because it would kind of break the flow of the game otherwise… but I wished I had time to make an alternate ending in case you won the first time (actually also wanted different endings based on the number of surviving knights…). I also wanted to put in enemies that would be almost impossible to kill if the knights weren't there to tank them, but sadly didn't have enough time… I don't think this flaw is very noticeable on the first playthrough though, probably more once you've learnt how to fight!

Thanks! And yes don't worry for the whole "rating and comment" thing, for me it's definitely part of the fun of a game jam. Previous jams I took part in left only 1 week to write and comment, so it's nice to see that we get an extra week to do that! I also rated and left a comment on your game, good job!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!