I liked the idea of a metroidvania where your abilities are actually your characters. The music and visuals are stylish, the controls are smooth. All interactions are very juicy too, which made experience so much more entertaining and attractive.
Very cool little game! I wanted to go back and kill Dracula's pets after finishing the game, though, and bugs began piling up as soon as I left the village :(
So I came across a pretty big bug in the Windows version that seems to make progress impossible for me. After finding the Insect character, I went back to town, saved my game, switched to it and quit. When I wanted to play more a couple days later... this happened.
Any time I get to the castle entrance screen, my character is changed to the Witch - and the attack button doesn't work. Going back towards the village, I'm then changed to the Knight, who also cannot attack and no longer has a walking animation. All three characters are in the village and I can change to them but it just happens again, even when I'm the Witch I lose my ability to attack (and my cat) any time I reach the castle entrance.
So. Yeah. No idea what might be causing this.
Edit: The bug persists through saving at the castle entrance, exiting and restarting the game too.
really like the game but damn, i suck, haha i can't find all the villagers lol - WAIT! I finally figured it out, not sure if this is true but you need bugmeister to reach those other spots haha. I was bug(pun intended)ging out cuz I didn't see anywhere else to go. Really great game!!!!
What an interesting, unique, and all around awesome lighting system! Its really dynamic. I'd love to know more about how it was pulled off! I loved the game and found 11 villagers. Great work!
I can't beat Dracula with the Witch. Can you challenge him with anyone else?
This seems rather weak as a Metroidvania. Most Metroidvanias have collectibles and powerups everywhere to encourage exploration, but here it seems to be effectively just a linear path with a lot of dead ends.
I found 11/10 villagers too! Maybe the "real" ending is after you clear the dungeon where the other bug says Dracula kept his "pets"? But I cannot beat it, I keep dying...
Its awesome. I'm playing from my phone trough the "play in browser" option and with an 8bitdo controller but there's no music only fx. Can you please do an android apk version? It would be the best . thank you.
this game was excellent. really fun killing enemies with a satisfying attack. it's cool there's multiple playable characters. the gameboy feel was spot on with its aspect ratio, controls, and chiptune soundtrack. my only gripe is that it's not playable on gameboy lol. superb work!
Great game! There is some glitches here and there, and some design problems (like entering the room with enemies inside the player), but this game was made for a game jam, so nothing more fair than to ignore these details. The game was very fun and would love to see more like this (without the green and black graphics, which I don't like).
Is there anyway to reset progress? I've tried to relaunch the game but it doesn't seem to stay saved. Maybe implement a 'new game' and 'continue game' in the main title? Or even just a reset button in the menu would do.
This whole little project is great, but the level design really stuck out! I gave this game a shoutout in my latest episode of my youtube channel. I talk about Cuckoo Castle at the part where I talk about level design. Nice work!
The whole aesthetics of this great metroidvania are so goddamn great. <3 Not just that the pixel art is wonderful, but also the music and sound design! It remembered me of the good ol' childhood days with the GameBoy, and not just because of the style. :) You also managed to implement some fun mechanics in there, and the fighting animations were super slick! A wonderful game, which I gladly recommended in a little article on our blog as well as I uploaded a short gameplay video of it. :) Thank you so much!
Hey Sebastian, thanks for taking the time to play our little game! Thank you so much for the praise, the article and the video. It warms my heart to hear you enjoyed it so much, and I think it's safe to say in behalf all of us 3 that THIS is why we make games. :D
I'm starting to get really interested in coding and making games I've learned html 5 pretty well. I was wondering what program you used to make this game?
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I liked it :D It has some unique vibe about it : )
Thanks for the game!
I liked the idea of a metroidvania where your abilities are actually your characters. The music and visuals are stylish, the controls are smooth. All interactions are very juicy too, which made experience so much more entertaining and attractive.
Great game i throughly enjoyed it love every aspect. Always preferred the games like this that i can just pick up and play.
Short and fun
PIIKA
DEMAIS
PLEASE KEEP CONTINUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM BRAZIL
Bom demais!!
Very cool little game! I wanted to go back and kill Dracula's pets after finishing the game, though, and bugs began piling up as soon as I left the village :(
Wow wow wow! This game is awesome. that retro vibes are unbelievable. I love it!!!
I really loved this game! So simple and adorable!
help im lost i got the witch but i dont know where to go!
So I came across a pretty big bug in the Windows version that seems to make progress impossible for me. After finding the Insect character, I went back to town, saved my game, switched to it and quit. When I wanted to play more a couple days later... this happened.
Any time I get to the castle entrance screen, my character is changed to the Witch - and the attack button doesn't work. Going back towards the village, I'm then changed to the Knight, who also cannot attack and no longer has a walking animation. All three characters are in the village and I can change to them but it just happens again, even when I'm the Witch I lose my ability to attack (and my cat) any time I reach the castle entrance.
So. Yeah. No idea what might be causing this.
Edit: The bug persists through saving at the castle entrance, exiting and restarting the game too.
/Kenny
I've got the same bug in the Mac version :(
really like the game but damn, i suck, haha i can't find all the villagers lol - WAIT! I finally figured it out, not sure if this is true but you need bugmeister to reach those other spots haha. I was bug(pun intended)ging out cuz I didn't see anywhere else to go. Really great game!!!!
normally don't enjoy metroidvania types because i get lost but this one was easy to navigate even with the simple style, and so cute.
Amazing work. Nicely polished.
when I press space in the title screen it just flashes white and nothing happens (at least in browser)
I like how finding and recruiting new characters makes the castle more accessible. It's a nice twist on normal metroidvania progression.
Had a fun time playing this in the browser after finding it in the megabundle.
So does this game has any kind of ending? beat dracula with bugmeister, found 13 villagers and now?
What an interesting, unique, and all around awesome lighting system! Its really dynamic. I'd love to know more about how it was pulled off! I loved the game and found 11 villagers. Great work!
I can't beat Dracula with the Witch. Can you challenge him with anyone else?
This seems rather weak as a Metroidvania. Most Metroidvanias have collectibles and powerups everywhere to encourage exploration, but here it seems to be effectively just a linear path with a lot of dead ends.
Wait till he's in bat form and keep him there (don't kill all the bats). You can follow close to him and just spam from below.
I beat Dracula, unlocked Bugmeister and found all (11?) villagers. Is there supposed to be any kind of formal ending?
I found 11/10 villagers too! Maybe the "real" ending is after you clear the dungeon where the other bug says Dracula kept his "pets"? But I cannot beat it, I keep dying...
Very good game. Art is fantastic. A great metroidvania. Congratulations.
Love this, the colours and style are spot on.
stuck with some zombies...
Its awesome. I'm playing from my phone trough the "play in browser" option and with an 8bitdo controller but there's no music only fx. Can you please do an android apk version? It would be the best . thank you.
This game is beautiful! I love all the enemy sprites and the animations are very satisfying, the music is also very catchy. Good Job! :D
this game is very nice but the control are trash seriously you should Ad a way to custom the controls because seriously jump with d!
Looks awesome. Can you make a 64bit version for macOS so it runs on Catalina 10.15.x?
It can run in web now!
this game was excellent. really fun killing enemies with a satisfying attack. it's cool there's multiple playable characters. the gameboy feel was spot on with its aspect ratio, controls, and chiptune soundtrack. my only gripe is that it's not playable on gameboy lol. superb work!
Won't launch on Linux (Debian 10, in my case).
won't launch on itch app on macOS
Hey...uh is there a win64 version ?
Great game! There is some glitches here and there, and some design problems (like entering the room with enemies inside the player), but this game was made for a game jam, so nothing more fair than to ignore these details. The game was very fun and would love to see more like this (without the green and black graphics, which I don't like).
Lovely game! Reminds me a bit of WarioLand.. Well done!
Is there anyway to reset progress? I've tried to relaunch the game but it doesn't seem to stay saved. Maybe implement a 'new game' and 'continue game' in the main title? Or even just a reset button in the menu would do.
Is there any way to make the window larger?
This whole little project is great, but the level design really stuck out! I gave this game a shoutout in my latest episode of my youtube channel. I talk about Cuckoo Castle at the part where I talk about level design. Nice work!
Thanks for mentioning our game in your video Jack! Glad you enjoyed the game! :D
Thanks for checking out the video! I'm glad you liked it. Keep up the good work!
can u play my game
https://joseph-pro.itch.io/the-legend-of-ice-soul
Sure! I'll check it out as soon as I get the chance!
The whole aesthetics of this great metroidvania are so goddamn great. <3 Not just that the pixel art is wonderful, but also the music and sound design! It remembered me of the good ol' childhood days with the GameBoy, and not just because of the style. :) You also managed to implement some fun mechanics in there, and the fighting animations were super slick! A wonderful game, which I gladly recommended in a little article on our blog as well as I uploaded a short gameplay video of it. :) Thank you so much!
Best wishes,
Sebastian
Hey Sebastian, thanks for taking the time to play our little game! Thank you so much for the praise, the article and the video. It warms my heart to hear you enjoyed it so much, and I think it's safe to say in behalf all of us 3 that THIS is why we make games. :D
I'm super glad when I can be a little part of *THIS*! :D
Hi
I'm starting to get really interested in coding and making games I've learned html 5 pretty well. I was wondering what program you used to make this game?
Thank you :D