This is phenomenal like oh my god.
The amount of thought that went into just this world is amazing. I love the way you guide the player along the story while still letting them explore for themselves. Especially in the tutorial for example. Players felt inclined to try things for yourself and if you needed the help you could just ask for it. Really creative and smart level design.
And just the touches in the control in all the mechanics is mind blowing.
Even when you dodge too much, you stop spinning because of the lack of momentum, even though leaving the player helpless, encouraging them to not spam the dodge in a way to give the combat balance.
And the controls are great. It feels good to move the character around, attack and dodge.
You guys put a lot of love and care into this, and the mix of genre's is, exactly how you define it, simple yet amazingly detailed.
This feels like a game I'd love to play on my DS, with the clicking going into the touch screen.
I may be fanboying a bit but I really didn't expect to be this blown away. XD Too many things surprised me about this and it feels like a mish-mash of all different types of games, and they're all good.
I wish you guys the best of luck and hope it releases soon! ^_^