Hello! I'd like to show you the first boss of my game - Cloverskar!

My main goal with this boss was to introduce the player to a kind of combat that's a little bit more serious than just shooting ladybugs, but since all the enemies that come before this boss are very easy to defeat, I wanted to keep the boss fight fairly simple. So this boss is kind of like a teaser for all the upcoming bosses in the game. Since the game is only just starting at this point, I made sure that there was a save point right before the boss fight so that if you don't defeat the boss on your first try you don't have to walk too far to try again. The boss has some basic attacks which most metroidvania players will recognize, so I don't think anyone's gonna have too much trouble getting over this fight. I do realize that this is a risky decision for a game like this, since I'm going to sacrifice some originality in order to have a more approachable difficulty curve, but I think ultimately its going to be a good idea to let the players slowly become familiar with the combat.