Dance of Elements

Earth feedback (so far):

Up+attack does nothing (for now)? There's an animation, but it produces no elemental effect. It looks like an upward-angled double punch, but opponents don't take damage standing in it, nor being airborne and getting "hit" by the animation. Assuming this action isn't complete yet.

Double-tapping jump creates a pillar of rock, which is cool, but feels like what up+attack should be doing, and there's no airborne attacks. Makes sense for earth, but feels like you could add a groundslam attack? up+attack while in the air, down+attack, and left/right/neutral+attack, currently all just queue up a normal ground attack which fires once you land.

Down+attack creates a small rock pile, which can be shoved with a basic attack to knock the opponent down. If it's going to the left, they get bounced upward and the rock pile goes past them, but if it's being pushed to the right, it'll push the target all the way to the far side of the map xD while being inconsistent on directions, it also makes it clear that pushing enemies off-screen is a thing, and the other player can move while off-screen, but can't see what they're doing. Feels like zooming out might be helpful here? Or shifting to splitscreen when you get far enough apart?

The basic attack animation is pretty slow, but cool. No charge attack (yet), though. The redirect is really fast, so it feels like when fighting earth vs. earth, waiting for your opponent's throw is a better move.

It's also nice to see that ducking works to dodge the current basic attacks. It'll be interesting to see how future attacks interact with this, now that it's an option.

This game is great and so are the animations! I can't wait to see the other elements! (I'd also like to see a CPU mode like in super smash bros)

First Reinbo, now this O_o

And now, for... over-analysis time!

10HP, 1 damage per attack, except if you charge the basic attack or redirect flames from the low attack. Charged attack and redirected flames deal 3 damage. Any 3 basic hits, or one 3-damage hit, will knock down, and reset the knockdown counter.

Pressing and holding W/↑ while airborne, holding W/↑ through your high attack, or holding W/↑ to jump and hitting attack while still holding the jump button in mid-air, lets you hover. Pressing attack while hovering gives you an upward boost, but doesn't deal damage. Neutral air attack fires down, forward air attack fires straight, but has a longer windup and pushes you back, making it look stronger but still only 1 damage. Low attack can also be performed in the air, and looks cooler than when you fire it at ground level.

I think high attack should be renamed to jumping attack, since it hits opponents who are ducking with S/↓ and it's a jump without a knockup. It's also worth noting that you can only redirect neutral attacks while facing the attacker, you can't manipulate the attack around yourself to fire away from the opponent. The high and low attack inputs also can't be used to redirect, which feels like a missed opportunity. And double tapping left or right lets you dash in that direction with a flame jet animation that deals no damage but looks awesome.