It’s a great game, graphic music etc great. Not much of a story though, no build up of the intro. I agree with the previous reviewer, the camera depth and movement is not ideal given your gameplay requires precision. Reacting to enemies and obstacles gets annoying and you struggle to visualize the space you playing in. Does not exactly play freely and flow as a result. The last it is crashing, a lot more in dark forest almost at every level, when you die.Thanks for all bug fixes. Overall it’s a wonderful game. Definitely worth playing. Rating changed to 5

I agree mostly with other reviewers in that the deaths do get annoying and feel a bit cheap at time. I also feel that the camera is a little close, making jumps and enemies hard to see. I realize that you are going for a sort of old school feel in that aspect. I also think that a three-hit system is more favorable, as a lot of platformer games use it presently. A few other things that bother me some what are the noise the character makes every time he moves gets a little annoying and the way the camera moves with you when you are moving but moves back to you when you stop, combined with the field of depth, tend to make me a little nauseated at times. One addition I would like to see is button location and/or sizing options. I realize some of this is nitpicking and only my opinion but it is because I really love everything else about it. I love all the art and animations a great deal and I like the characters, music and the story a lot as well. It is because of this that I decided to write a review. I enjoy your work and look forward to future projects. Thank you.

The world you created looks great and it’s what got me to buy the game. I was excited to see what the story of this world would be, but sadly, no story. The game starts cold (unless there was a story that didn’t play for me?). No idea why I’m on this quest, who the bad guys are, or why there are little ghosts (?) hovering around me. Give me a reason to keep playing. I get you’re going for the old school feel with the instant deaths, the difference here is the you have no space to react to the pitchfork flying at you. Contra gave you a very zoomed out screen with time to dodge the bullets (plus, at the time, the graphics weren’t good enough to have tighter cameras). You made a beautiful game that requires a close camera and therefore no means to react or protect yourself from a quick flying pitchfork from close range. Finally, is there any character ability development? I’m 3 or 4 levels in and would love to know there’s some twists or something to keep this from becoming monotonous.

The art of Spirit Roots is cute. It drew me into purchasing the game. Unfortunately the animations and motion all feel choppy and low budget. It feels like It wants to hit something like Oddmar or Rayman in terms of style but the execution just isn’t there. You have three hearts, but unlike most games where this is your current health these are your lives. So when you get hit, instead of just taking some knockback and moving on with your remaining health as you would expect you find yourself dying and restarting a little ways back at a checkpoint. This wouldn’t be so bad if dying wasn’t so easy due to clunky controls and a character that doesn’t move very well. It lead me to a very quick and frustrating end of my time with this game. Even the “combat” of the game is quickly frustrating and uninspiring. You have a sword for slashing and a gun that shoots out some slow moving shots. The sword slash never feels very satisfying and I find myself wishing it had even a small amount of forward momentum to it so it would chase down any enemy better. As it stands you hit them but they almost always get moved back out of your range for the next hit, so you find yourself missing the next hit leaving you wide open when the enemy strikes back. It always feels unsatisfying and leads to far too many deaths. Goblin Sword is a game with far better feeling sword combat I would recommend instead. In its current state I can’t recommend spending the money on this without major improvements to the core game. Go pick up Oddmar or Goblin Sword instead. The difference between the games is striking.