NIGHTMARE.exe

Neat game.
I dropped it at the boss because to me that kind of boss design where you need to wait for the right moment isn't fun. What makes boss battlers like Hollow Knight fun is that by improving your skill you can get through the early phases of the fights easier by mastering the art of sneaking in attacks more and more as well as learning to dodge the patterns. (The second boss phase with Noelle was pretty fun.)

Alterntaively you could have placed save states between every stage of the fight, like I did reach phase 3 once and would have been way more motivated to power my way through if I could start there and not know I have to do the "low skill ceiling waiting game phase 1" again.

But the dungeon segment before that was very well designed, it was a bit walking back and forth but solving it felt very satisfying. And I think walking speed could be increased a bit.

But overall, great dungeon design. I am sure you could make a great dungeon crawler.

I also liked how the deltarune-isms were quite subtle, it didn't scream DELTARUNE at any point. But it was still there, like the 1225 in the water.

When I press the button in this room, the game freezes on a black screen after opening the door and I get an "error.txt" with the following lua error:

"[Solarus] [38480] Error: In transition callback: maps/nightmare_palace.lua:542: attempt to index global 'stair_3f_appear' (a nil value)

stack traceback:

[C]: in function '__index'

maps/nightmare_palace.lua:542: in function <maps/nightmare_palace.lua:540>"

I would try and remove my save file to see if that fixes it, but I don't know where it's saved.

Is there a way to reset the game?

TIPS FOR HARD MODE

• For Ralsei's spiral fires, try to time your jumps correctly to dodge the projectiles. For the fire tornado, jump up and down on the opposite side of the screen from him (this isn't consistent, but if you can't react to all the projectiles, it worked best for me)

• For noelle, she uses ice shock 6 times in a row, moving to roughly the opposite side of the screen from where she starts at by the time she can be hit. Try to position yourself where you think she'll end up so you can hit her in time.

• Susie can be hit normally, but it's best to circle to stage and avoid until she starts charging up her rude buster. Just deflect them until she's dead.

• For Kris Phase 1, just let them come to you and hit them when they get close. For Phase 2, they're only safe to hit when using their 4x Dark Fountain attack (while they're coming down from a jump) or after they've swung the sword twice in a row. For Phase 3, I have no idea, just attack when you can.

You can tell when they go to the next phase cause the music changes. Good luck!

The first time was fun, but something about the hard mode gives me a rush. Looking forwards to seeing if there's more.

Oh, and...a toast to the Neverending Night, and all the fun that'll come with, friend.