A really solid game! When i saw the trailer for it, i got hooked immediately ;

For the positives :

- The artstyle is great, very cuphead-esque, bosses and NPCS are really good-looking, and there's a huge variety of monsters too! Honestly probably the strongest aspect of the game!
- The soundtrack is alright, definitely fits the vibe of the game, special mention to the forest one with the bass drop that made me laugh a couple times ;
- Boss fights are well-designed overall, later ones being a bit tanky, honestly the balance of the game is kind of all over the place ... But it's overall designed pretty well so nothing is too frustrating, and yet also not too easy .
- The story was interesting, not something i really expected, i thought it was gonna be more weird, fantastical, mythical and stuff like that but it's actually... very grounded. It's very psychological in a lot of ways, which is fine . It's just not that what i expected, but i enjoyed it nonetheless!
- Abilities are all very unique and feels rewarding, you can really have a lot of various playstyles if you so choose....... if basic attack wasn't already doing the job most of the time that is...

For the negatives :

- Hitboxes are a bit wonky at times, and the game can feel frustrating with the very little i-frames you get (you do get upgrades for it later)
- The game can feel VERY repetitive, especially later on when there are WAY too many ennemies on your path... granted you don't have to fight them all technically, but i don't really like NOT killing them...
- I mentioned it earlier but the abilities while they're great, are basically useless in combat, except a few of them that are very OP , like the big clown guy, or the umbrella (i have NO idea how i would have fought the final boss without the umbrella, it's super powerful)
- The backtracking is a bit too much, and i love backtracking, but there's a LOT of areas you can't get until later on, like the ice cubes walls that you see many times, which was kinda frustrating, especially redoing ENTIRE sections just for that one collectible... I would definitely say it's the weakest part of the game for sure.

As a side note, the game has been made by ONE dev, all arts and gameplay by one dude, which is kinda crazy to me... only the music and stuff like translations or testing he used other people, but the amount of content you get is very impressive. Also the game is VERY cheap , and the soundtrack too!! You can tell there was a lot of effort and love put into this game.

So yeah if you feel like clowning around, and you want a solid metroidvania filled with clowns and fun gameplay, go ahead, this game is for you!

This game was quite a trip. I really appreciated the unique and interesting concepts and characters used throughout the story. The writing itself was a little stilted but I believe that was more of a translation issue than a writing issue.. It would be a tad better if the dialog and writing got a second pass but the slightly awkward wording doesn't detract from the overall experience. The platforming is not tight and responsive, motion feels spongy and combat is really awkward at times, but if you can look past the clunky gameplay the story and world are all wonderfully well developed.