Harold: Show-Stopping Hero

I appreciate your feedback. With the CP choices, I wanted the player to feel like they were creating a new, better script when everything goes off the rails, but I can also see why some players would want to spice things up. My assumption was that the player wouldn't want to make Harold too goofy or self-deprecating, so I apologize if some of the later choices confused you. I did want to ramp up the difficulty of those choices near the end, but I could have also taken time (which to be fair was practically non-existent by the end) to make things a little clearer.

I think shared Pyro Points would have flourished with more magic on hand, but when replaying this game I did find out Harold's Spark is very weak and in most cases you'd just be better off using Sword Slash anyway. Likewise, I find Marsha's Cane Twirl and Fire do about the same damage as well. Balancing definitely went down to the wire and I definitely feel like I could have done better. Maybe for the post-jam build.

I'm kicking myself for the auto-scrolling text in the replayability sense. I was quadrupled down on the stage play idea and dead set on having the dialogue and music line up. However, it didn't hit me until after the deadline that while the game encourages replayability, most players wouldn't want to sit through the same long cutscenes they already sat through waiting to make that right choice. And what if they're wrong? Big time waster. Considering this was my first time attempting to make something replayable, at least now I know to look at replayability from an overall gameplay experience view instead of how your  choices slightly affect the ending.

Thanks again for the more critical take. Jams are a great way to experiment and learn, and I'm definitely coming out of here with something to know for next time.

I meant to make the tag play and for some reason Itch made it playdate. Forgot to change it, my apologies. IDK what playdate is and frankly I don't think I want to know