Beat it with a score of 104272 in 5:25:38.
Movement: Okay, but kinda slimy and a little slippery. The character doesn't move too badly on the ground, but jumping doesn't feel nice. Character also cannot handle downward inclines, of which there are a few - this slows things down in a game that seems to want the player to go fast.
Combat: Fine, but nothing special. No real complaints.
-- I didn't try out all the different upgrades, but the freeze spell seemed worthless, since it randomly decides which direction to go (straight forward, up, down) and freezing enemies doesn't seem to add any real advantage.
-- The jumping bandit enemies don't know what to do if you're on top of a platform and they're under it - they'll just jump eternally. Not sure if this is intended or not, but figured I'd make a note of it.
-- Final boss seems weirdly difficult, but I was able to get around it by exploiting a bug (see below).
Graphics: Ugly but serviceable. I can tell what's solid and what's not, who's an enemy, etc. Character's running animation is a bit hideous, but I'm sure most people won't even notice.
SFX: Generic retro sounds. Acceptable.
Music: Annoying, repetitive, and promptly muted. Also doesn't loop smoothly - there's a very brief, but noticeable, pause before it goes back to the beginning.
Bugs: Enemies occasionally go through walls, horizontal moving platforms sometimes clip into walls, etc.
-- I'm not sure if this is intended or a bug, but if you freeze an enemy (tested w/ wizard and the lil knife dudes) and stand on top of them, they sink into the ground (and sometimes unfreeze once they're underground). This does not happen with the mushrooms.
-- On the boss, you can sneak up and hit it with the fireball (this likely also works with throwing dagger or zelda sword; haven't tried but I'd assume so given the mechanics) to get it to start its attack pattern early, at which point you can run by it through the still-open door on the other side, let it drop its fireballs (it will try to clip through the wall but return to its position), then attack it from the doorway once it comes near. The fireballs will go out of the doorway, but their ricochet pattern causes them to bounce off the ledge, so as long as you're up where you'd go to buy things, you're safe. If you don't attack the boss while it's by the doorway, it'll follow you outside.
I haven't tried beating the boss the intended way because it seems needlessly difficult compared to the rest of the game, which is pretty easy.
You say it's a roguelike, but there's no exploration element, which is a huge part of the appeal of roguelikes. You've just made a 2D platformer with permadeath, procedurally-generated levels, and items. On its own, not a bad thing, but since you called it a roguelike, I'm forced to compare it to roguelikes (and rogue).
When you're buying things from the octopus, the way you've handled text is not very good. The text describing what you're buying is displayed for far too short (I had to hop off and then back on for a few of them), and you could easily just have it display for the entire duration the player is overlapping the item and then go away once they hop off, instead of it being on a timer.
Overall, there's just nothing that stands out about this. I don't see why someone would be chomping at the bit to support it on greenlight, especially considering nothing ever came of your "Authentic Octopus Game" greenlight. I mean, seriously, it's been over a year since it was successfully greenlit with no updates - what happened? Did it turn into this? Obviously there's an octopus in it, but it's a decidedly different game.
