Blooming Darkness [DEMO]

I've played enough to formulate my opinion on this game.
So here we go :)

Exploration in this is really fun.

When the game lets you go in an open world, it's cool to explore different branches of the level.
Overall excellent level design, really great music and decent pixel art.

I think the biggest problems of this game are its art direction and controls.

Art direction of this game is not really a problem per se, but I feel that after playing it, the player will instantly forget what it was all about. It lacks personality, and feels a bit derivative of what is already released prior.

I feel that if you want to create something outstanding, you need to find already existing styles and aesthetics and work with them.

For example - this game has an interesting setting that brings together a classic fantasy world and adds modern, or even futuristic, inventions to it. So why not take something like Baroque and a sprinkle of something that strives to be modern like, for example, Bauhaus. And give both environments and characters attributes of these styles?

More coherent art direction might help to tell a story of your world and its characters without even using any words. I would for sure love to see a unique looking game.

Regarding controls - the game in its current state is very frustrating and unbearable to play. It's needs complete overhaul for default control scheme that doesn't hurts your hands. I'll recommend standard "arrows" and "Z, X, C" keys. But I would like to see some experiments from you.

-Best Regards, MEVKA

this is good