Witch Dance

Cool and cute little arcade game. For me, it brings back a raw joy of gaming. You game, you zone, you die/your run ends, you repeat with no post game summary or anything. You really just game, which I feel might have gotten lost along the path of meta-progressions and post-game summaries. Soundtrack and artstyle are cute, gameplay is very responsive and tight on docked steamdeck with bluetooth mouse once you know that commands are issued on click release and not on click.

This game works great on Steam Deck. Just remap the controls from the Deck menu, e.g., change it to left stick for mouse and A and B button for left and right mouse click. It is a different experience on Deck because the controller does not facilitate fine motor control as well as mouse and keyboard. Still fun gameplay. When I tried with mouse and keyboard I was playing reactively and trying to maneuver around sprites. When I played on the Steam Deck I found myself trying to predict where the sprites would go, and plotting a linear path through them, because when using Steam Deck controls that's easier than micro-maneuvering. Doing it this way is more difficult; not unreasonably so, but it might deter some new players. Depending on how the sprite motion is programmed, if possible the developer might want to update to make the sprite paths more linear for people playing on deck, or slow their movement slightly. I bought the game to support Marcus in thanks for introducing so many of us to Souls games back in the day, and for sharing his progress when he started developing indie games. At my suggestion, my oldest child just completed a simple 2D game as part of a school…

There is a witch and you do have to dance. 10/10

Witch Dance is a new and visionary product that guarantees a meaningful consumer experience! But jokes aside... It looks innocent with simple mechanics but is seriously challenging from the get-go. Trying to improve my dancing skills and going for that new PB had me hooked immediately. Heh. That rhymes.

Fun little game

Not soure about the controls. All I can do is teleport and run. Is that how it is supposed to be? Anyways, music and characters are charming and I like what I have seen so far. Well done :-)