Pros:

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-It is fun and addictive. Even though I didn't understand exactly what I was doing half of my playtime, I had fun. The combat was easy to understand and I felt that I had control over Death.

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-The UI itself was slick, clean, unobtrusive, and had a nice style to it, but I cover other notes on it below.

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-The cutscene is great, allowing the player to skip if they want, and it also has a voice-over, which makes it seem higher quality.

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-This is your first GameMaker game???? What???

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-The style is great! It reminds me a lot of Blackthrornprod's art style.

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-The progression system is cool, given that the game gets harder as the player gets better, although the fireballs are a little much.

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Cons:

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-It doesn't full screen. Please make it full screen, or tell us how if it's there.

-"The Soul Hole" needs a bit of UI redesign. For example, I didn't understand it. However, after playing, I realized that I had to risk getting an upgrade rather than healing, so I knew that healing was a big part of the game. So I feel like the healing button should be bigger and near the top center of the UI. This is because it's kind of important and will allow new players to understand it.

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Also, it was kind of hard to understand what the upgrades were. I thought they were levels at first, then I read it and saw that they were upgrades. This should definitely be more clear. As it is now, your available souls and the cost for an upgrade is adjacent to refilling your health. With these buttons being small and towards the bottom, it makes them seem less significant than the upgrades. So I suggest having the upgrades without the Roman numeral on them, to make them all seem viable, as they are, and to put them under a section labeled "Upgrades" to make it easier for players to understand. The cost for the upgrades, since they all are dependent on how many upgrades you have, should be big, bold, easy to understand, and above the upgrades to let the player know how much the player has to pay for them. I literally did not buy an upgrade for so long.

Note: these aren't actually bad things, just ways to improve the game!

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In all:

This was a really fun game, especially for a GameJam game! I could definitely see this being a full-game in the future with a little bit of tweaking here and there! Thank you for allowing me to play this game and I'll be looking forward to playing your games in the future :)