Getting Started

Controls
The default keyboard controls are 8 2 4 6

for movement, X key to dodge (hold to run) and C key to shoot arrow (hold to retrieve arrow). If you're using a joystick, X to shoot and A to dodge and run.

Health
In keeping with the Ludum Dare 28 theme "Only One", the Protagonist can only take one hit. Likewise, many early bosses have one weak-point (typically represented by an eye). The Protagonist can re-spawn infinitely, at glyphs inscribed in the floor. Before activated, they appear blank



But after being touched, a bell tolls and with a screen-darkening animation, the glyph will light up.



Bosses
Like the Protagonist, all bosses in the game also have one health point. The struggle to beat them comes from avoiding their attacks, finding their weakness, and then successfully hitting it with an arrow. If you're struggling with a boss, first make sure you know its attack patterns and are capable of avoiding them, second, locate their weak-point (you may need to hit some difficult to hit things: sometimes bosses have covers for their weak-point), and finally, find a strategy that positions the boss (and yourself) in a spot where you can defeat them almost every time.

If you enjoy this process, it's a similar one to what Speedrunners do to rout a run. Consider looking into it.