Knight on The Moon [NES]

Looking great. Reminds me of the first NES game I got as a kid: RoboWarrior. Was it used as inspiration? :)

This is fantastic!  The demo gets you introduced to the basics and a boss fight.  The graphics are aesthetically pleasing, the music is great, the game controls well.  This one is a huge win to me.  Looking forward to the full release when it comes!

This game looks BEAUTIFUL. So many NES homebrew have graphics as an afterthought, while this looks better than most major commercial releases. I love it!

I finished the demo (beat the boss and found 1 secret room with health upgrade), and want to say really well done! A couple things I think would elevate it further (in order of importance imo):

1. Spend more time polishing the feel of the sword attack. Look at Zelda 1 & 3, and copy what they do. Currently it feels sluggish and unsatisfying. It is the core of the game and should feel GREAT.
   1. NOTE: Because of this, I found that bombs were a better primary weapon, which I doubt is the intention. Since they explode on collision, they basically act as a stronger, faster sword.
2. Save at least the last few screens of state. Backtracking is a chore due to needing to clear blocks and enemies over again. Again, just copy Zelda 1 :)
3. Remove the 8 way movement on enemies. It makes them feel more random, and less predictable which makes them less fun to play. Lock them to 4 directions.
4. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I would consider not giving items from blowing up blocks. Because bombs are free, blocks are abundant, and rooms reset, there is very little reason to fight enemies. You can get everything you need from blowing up blocks.

Again, nice work! I'm looking forward to seeing the full game!

Hey, I hope you don't mind, but I featured Knight on the Moon in the best NES homebrew games.

wow it's a great game! I would love to make games as good as yours. It's fucking crazy 🤘

Dayman! Ahhhh ahhhh! Fighter of the Nightman! Ahhh ahhhh!! Champion of the sun!!!

Definitely Zelda inspired. Neat little game. Clearly a good amount of effort went into this! If I could offer some constructive criticism for the general game design:

• Making the "A" and "B" buttons alt and ctrl when using keyboard is a very odd choice. Consider picking keys that are more comfortable to use with WASD.
• There are too many screens that serve no purpose besides having some obstacles and enemies on them. It makes backtracking and navigation tedious rather than exciting. Make sure every screen has a "why is this here" answer for it. For example, in the OG Zelda, every overworld screen contained something. Whether it was a secret, a shop, a dungeon, an item, or served as a biome shift. There was rarely, if ever, a screen that just had obstacles and enemies for the sake of obstacles and enemies.
• Consider making obstacle destruction permanent. If you've obtained the item that allows you to bypass things like boulders, having to blow them up again every time you re-enter the screen is annoying. Edit: Actually the fact that everything resets totally softlocks you in the first dungeon.

P.S. - Is the music supposed to be an Always Sunny in Philadelphia reference? It sounds like "Dayman" hahaha

Wow! Awesome.
Thank you for the demo

Really enoyed the demo! Good work!

Nice game!

Kudos from Venezuela!