Chrysolite

Chrysolite feels more like a competent student project than anything else, and it's OK to decent by those standards. Hopefully the dev can leverage this into a good career. That said $15 is definitely way too much for a game this short, but it's worth a try if it's $5 or less or you got it in a bundle. * Tags don't make sense at time of writing. This is a basic platformer with a single permanent powerup (a ranged attack), a handful of temporary ones (potions of healing/dash/jump/slow), and save points at the start of each level. No RPG or souls-like mechanics to speak of. * Controls are janky and awkward but not quite to the point of frustration. * Story is extremely barebones but serviceable. * Utterly basic moveset, but that's fine for a game this short. * Extremely short runtime to the point that a refund speedrun is on the table for even mediocre skills in 2d platforming, but for this sort of project any longer could have become tedious. * Almost no bugs, which is particularly impressive from this sort of project - the only ones I found were achievement related. [spoiler]I got the crush achievement while I was halfway across the level from the princess, and I'…

A retro experience with some cool artworks for the story. The jumping gets some getting used to at first, but after a few tries you'll figure it out. The boss fights are cool and everything explodes when it dies. You get a projectile weapon in the later half which helps defeat some of the tougher enemies a lot easier even though it's a tad slower than your sword. The final boss is difficult and follows a specific pattern so you can figure out how to dodge it pretty simply, although it does do a lot of damage. I had fun and hope to see more from this franchise :D