Magical Blush - Demo

Can the "MetroidVania" tag really be applied to a top down? I know there's not really a hard-set definition, but I feel like the sample pictures don't really give me much MetroidVania feeling... Not that it looks bad, but there's zero platforming involved, which I think is a pretty big part of the genre. I'd say platforming is fundamental to the genre.

I just feel like the description doesn't match the gameplay video, and I have no idea what to expect from it. 

Alright! I think Frisk finished your game, was really cool, but it sucks that it just deletes the save when you finish. Wanted to finish all the other stuff but it just makes the save go poof when you go to Port of Laos, second entrance. :-(

(Now it’s gone…)

Beating the “Who are you?” thingy was pretty hard, there was also the thing in the forest where it says “What’s that?”. When you go all right there you never see the lightning thingies and can just go to next place. I guess the library just isn’t done. Also you can find the person in Port of Laos but it never tells you why you can’t get to them without beating the “Who are you?” thingy, but now I can’t go back and see it if works with that thing.

Anyways, cool game!

– Frisk

Beat the demo and found mostly everything(at least I think so). The combat was great and felt fluid. The exploration was great and made significantly by my penchant for finding fake walls. I liked the elemental coin system for upgrading spells. Overall it just really scratched a metroidvania itch in my brain even with how short the demo is. 

The graphics, music, and sound effects were all great, and I especially liked the Japanese intonation in the voice when casting magic!

The controls were very easy to understand, with the magic mapped to gamepad buttons.
Switching to the second page can be done with one button, but it still felt a bit confusing, so I would like a trigger-style option where it switches only while holding the L button.

There were lots of hidden paths which was impressive, but I kept opening the map every time to check for them, which slowed the pace a bit.
Since the demo did not keep save data, I could not see the event where you help the woman in town, but I will look forward to it in the full version.

I wrote a lot, but I had a great time! The PV kind of reminded me of Sailor Moon, and I especially loved the scene where the cape flows and transitions the scene, I liked it so much I watched the PV about five times meow (=✧ω✧=)

Hello! I recently played the demo for your game and absolutely loved it. The magical girl theme, pixel art, and overall atmosphere were all so charming and memorable. It already feels very polished and full of personality.

I specialize in English-Turkish game localization, and while playing I kept thinking how well this game would resonate with Turkish players too. If you are ever interested in adding Turkish localization, I would love to help translate the game.

I have experience with game localization and proofreading, and I would be very happy to contribute in a way that matches the tone and charm of the game.

Either way, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the demo and I am looking forward to seeing more of the game in the future!

holy damn this looks so cool!

i had to check this after i saw the gorgeous thumbnail, just to find even the art style of the a game is also beautiful, you got yourself a wishlist!

dear develeper,
I love this game but i have no idea how to progress further
I found the library but i have no idea how to cross the gape to continiue,and i have no odea how to get to the closest nerby exist in the forest(witht the roational platformas over the void,i have to idea how to cross the gap either.)

I loved this demo. The sprites were cute. The controls were responsive. I loved the sailor moon vibes. One thing though- and this is such a small thing- attack numbers seem color coded and I'm not sure I quite understand if I'm doing damage or if it's halved ?  Maybe I'm thinking too much about it. I really enjoyed this demo and I'm looking forward to the release!

I dashed against a pillar (of snow or something) and got stuck forever (I tried to DM you on twitter but I couldn't AND this place doesn't let me post images for some reason)

I love this game!

But there's a typo with one of the items, Earing of life, is it supposed to be earring of life? 

I also think that there could be clearer indicators on the map, for example, when you hover over the icon, it can have a pop-up saying it's a mini game, etc . Another critique I have, when you have a key, there could be that an arrow can indicate where to go to unlock the door.  

 The  pixel art style is so nice, and I love playing it! I'm definitely going to wishlist it on Steam!

This game was so much fun to play! I loved using the different spells to open doors and unlock new areas, and the enemy weaknesses make excellent use of the magic system. I can’t wait for the full release. I did notice one small typo: if you stand next to Norton after his dialogue, he says “Thanks to help me” — it should probably be “Thank you for helping me.”

Hey Guys! I played this game for a while on my Windows Laptop and mind you my Laptop is 15 years old, it is an HP Elitebook 8470p and has 4 gigs of ddr3 ram and a Intel i5vPro and Integrated Graphics and the game ranin a Playable manner and i am not complaining but if you could you should definitely try to optimize it a bit more, i am a game dev myself so i know optmization is hard but less optimization leads to movement feeling floaty and people who were gives a lot of input lag. Ps i did not find a resolution setting so i only see things which are in the middle of the screen a major part of the outside was left leaving me confused where the halth bar is as i could not see it also would love if it ran in windowed mode too but i enjoyed the game overall. Pps i would love if i could be able to contribute into the game

I really love spending some time in your demo.

I am a indie game translator so I can put your game into French, if you are interested of course.

Dear Alkacer Game Studio Team,

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your project; it is a very successful and enjoyable game. While playing, I noticed the lack of Turkish language support and have completed the Turkish localization (translation) on my own to address this gap.

If you are interested, I would be happy to share this translation with you. Additionally, I can provide support for other language options depending on your needs.

I look forward to hearing from you and wish you continued success with your work.

Best regards,

Queria saber se possivelmente vai ter uma versão para Linux aqui no itch.io. Provavelmente na Steam já funcione com o Proton, mas existe a possibilidade de ter versões executáveis para outros sistemas?

agora que eu vi a mula sem cabeça no banner.

Adorei o jogo tem uma vibe estilo selestia 

I saw this game few days ago, but gave it a try today. This is truly amazing game! One hour of playing demo was a real pleasure! I love these elemental mechanics and how I can interact with them in different situations. Hope that the full version will be released very soon!

I finally beat Magical Brush Demo, a top-down action game that’s really original. I found it very interesting to defeat enemies using magic; I honestly loved it and I’m really hoping the final version comes out soon and that they fix a lot of things, like the screen issues. No complaints, though.

Good game!
I spend around 40 minutes on demo and I can say that I like it very much, especially the system of spells and their interactions with the environment. There is a lot of slots for items and spells, so much combinations :)
Animations and Japanese voices shouting a spell name give the game a lot of charm.

Do You have a discord server or any other form of private contact?

I spent some time with the demo and had a great time with it. I am definitely looking forward to the full release.

I also noticed that the game has a localization file with a few languages included. I am an English to Latin American Spanish translator, and I would genuinely love to help translate the game if you ever consider adding Spanish. 

I just saw this game and immediately fell in love with it. I have been waiting for the longest time for a game like this to implement magic mechanics like you guys have!

I can tell its being made with a lot of love and passion, all the aesthetics, the music, and ideas looks so good and the game its a lot of fun :). I already wishlisted it on steam too, im so excited for new upcoming updates for this game and its release!

Here are some things I found while playing a bit:

• Im playing with mouse+keyboard, and not sure if its intentional, i get you can attack with your currently selected magic with left click or F, but you can also attack with right click, which uses whatever magic is in your first slot (Of your main magic while), this makes it so you can pretty much always spam two magics at the same time!

• You get a new dash recharge about every two seconds, but if you dash twice, and then wait about two seconds, you get both dash recharges back at the same time

• I just wish you could dash between two gaps, i think it would make navigation a lot more fun and smoother :)

• Maybe its because im playing on my laptop, but i cant see the health/mana HUD, so while i played i pretty much prayed i had enough health the whole time hahah

• While navigation menus, i found you could use left click as a substitute for enter, but there were other menus in which this didnt apply. Also when navigation between maps, the Esc option to exit the traveling map just didnt do anything D:

• For me at least it feels weird having the run and dash sharing the same button, perhaps maybe there could be an option to separate both things on different keys/buttons

Maybe some things are as intended, but thats a little recolection of things i saw and that i think might be cool if they got added:) again, i really love the game,  will be looking forward to new updates <3. Cheers!

Hi lovely game that I wishlisted with beautiful art and fun combat but some criticism

The input systems on PC seem quite inconsistent, with LMS being able to substitute for Enter but only sometimes on certain menus? Having to switch from wasd+mouse to enter can be a little irritating
Also on the menu where you switch towns/countries, the Esc button just doesn't work

Also when you get the eyepiece that increases your spell range the visual indicator of the range of your spell doesn't change which makes you essentially have to guess what the new range of the spell is every time you use it...

And this might be just a skill issue but currently I have no idea how to progress in the game because everything, including the main story, seems to be locked behind some gap, either a bottomless hole or a small stretch of water, and I just can't find any way to traverse these gaps... maybe I haven't found the right upgrade but I'm genuinely stuck
Maybe a guide would be helpful

And finally I would prefer if the game had more specific optimisation options apart from just "performance mode"

Again love the game but maybe look into these

What an incredible game, oh my God, I can't die playing this game completely... Aaaaaaaa.


"QUE JOGO BOM DA PORRA"

É Brasil, parabéns pelo trabalho! 

<3

Looks really good! Just downloaded the demo and will give it a play soon

Played a little bit and was confused about my HP not being displayed, until I realized it was, but I couldn't see it due to me having a 21:9 screen ratio and the UI not being responsive (game dev here, I know how much of a pain responsiveness is). And with no option to set the game to windowed or manually setting the display size, I have no way of viewing my hud 😅

Just WALK with the mage girl in this game is so juicy <3 The Pixel Art is simply perfect. Congratulations to the DEVs! 

Very fun to play

I don't usually play games. Most games I play, I end up quitting due to me failing all the time or not enjoyable. This game is very enjoyable. It's hard to find enjoyable and fun stuff thanks to my apathy created from my suicial depression. Your game helped me ignore my mental pain.

Just finished the demo and had a good time. I liked the combat, though was a little thrown off by the... Stop and startnesss? (unsure of if I'm describing it well) at first, which took a bit to get used to, but it didn't make it any less fun. plus made sense for a spell caster to need a moment before attacking.

I also really liked the reference in the last area of it  (which I won't say exactly what it is, so as to not spoil anyone that hasn't played yet) and the bit of fanservice in the water area. Wasn't expecting either, but both made the game more interesting. ^-^

just download the demo and wishlisted! Have you thought to post to r/metroidvania, or get noisy pixel to do a review?

This feels really good to play. The movement is smooth, the VFX look great, and everything has a nice punch to it. I especially love the metroidvania exploration, it really makes you want to keep pushing forward and see what’s hidden around the next corner. Great stuff.

I really enjoyed playing the demo! The feeling of combining the elements in practice is a lot of fun. Over time you start mastering it, and the combos begin to feel really natural to perform.

It’s amazing to see that Magical Blush is finally open to play. I’ve been a fan of Alkacer’s work since the very first appearances of Magical Blush!