chicknstu 2013-12-16 12:21
Really enjoyed this. Would like to see this spell crafting system make it into a bigger game.
Good job :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD28 → The Wizardry of Differentiation
By mortus
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Overall | 49 | 3.80 | ||
| Fun | 97 | 3.56 | ||
| Innovation | 151 | 3.51 | ||
| Audio | 200 | 3.12 | ||
| Mood | 282 | 3.10 | ||
| Graphics | 343 | 3.23 | ||
| Theme | 403 | 3.07 | ||
| Humor | 516 | 2.20 |
Really enjoyed this. Would like to see this spell crafting system make it into a bigger game.
Good job :)
Extremely good entry - I can't believe you managed to implement such complex mechanics in such little time. The spell combining is very cool in the later levels, great job!
Awesome! This is easily the entry that addicted me the most so far. Really nice mechanic for creating spells, I just wish I understood how it worked a little better e.g which gem controls the firing pattern, which controls the damage type etc. Nice job!
Really awesome realisation in such a short time!
It was one of my idea of game to do but thought it was too ambitious, looks like you done it just right =)
Crafting system is really well made and complex - game is a bit frustrating, maybe I'm not that good! Nice job
Quite liked it. Had some problems with lag that might have to do with optimizations, but it was very creative and really got my interest. Crafting spells is a great mechanic.
My one critique is the lack of a volume slider. Otherwise great.
Its fun to craft, but some spells are very weak and
unexpectedly leads to the dead. Besides, great job!
Nice work! It would be nice if ASDW worked for movement as well but not a big deal :D
Really good work! I'd have liked a visible health meter and maybe a faster movespeed? The core idea is really clever and well implemented given the 48 hours! Well done on all counts :)
This game is amazing
Tsumei:
I'm getting lag only at later levels and only with specific weapons and tactics and I was testing on a slow machine, so that's strange. I'll add downloadable swf version in case it could run faster out of browser for some people.
mtrc:
There is a life meter - small hearts in the left-bottom corner of the screen.
i love customization games like this. great game.
Nice 'juice'! Game is fun, cool spell mechanics. Good job!
Fun! The range of spell possibilities makes me want to keep playing even when I get swarmed with dudes.
Pushing novas (anything + air + air) are awesome. This game is awesome. I would have kept playing for hours if my browser hadn't accidentally gotten out of focus - the game kept playing and I died while going back to my window! You should definitely fix this. Just have the gameplay pause when the window's not in focus.
all of the above + i really liked the music. reminded me of DOS games from the early 90s yusss!
Fun and smooth impressive number of stuff on screen, really pleasing to kill and collect (only wish some magnet). The weapon variety was really cool.
This was so much fun! Great crafting system on the spells and great overall variety! Good music, good sprites. I suppose, I would recommend making it WASD movement and adding a sprint feature (if you were to make any post-dare changes)
This was fun! Slightly unbalanced towards Fire in my humble opinion. But then again I always play DPS mage so what do I know ;)
Given more time and some polish, I seriously think that it could be a hit :D
I really love everything in this game: graphics, the roguelike gameplay, music, and simple controls. Aslo addictive.
Quite good given just a short time...
Fun game :) I liked the mechanic and the choice the player gets. The sounds were a bit annoying (the fire spell), but the rest was awesome!
Wow! Very addictive game! Reminds me of Magicka with crafting and looting. Awesome! :)
WOW ! The best game I played so far, and I'm sure it will remain the best ! I can play this for hours. Audio is amazing, graphics are real cool, core mechanic remind me Binding of Isaac, but it's way more funny ! I'm really impressed.
I found an invincible gem: Wind then fire then electro. You can't get hit with this one :p
Spell: Enlarged Windspray
Combined level: 124
WOW ! The best game I played so far, and I'm sure it will remain the best ! I can play this for hours. Audio is amazing, graphics are real cool, core mechanic remind me Binding of Isaac, but it's way more funny ! I'm really impressed.
I found an invincible gem: Wind then fire then electro. You can't get hit with this one :p
Spell: Enlarged Windspray
Combined level: 124
Cool game! Congrats! :)
I just wish there was a way to see what spell will you have when you combine the gems, before you actually enter the dungeon. So you could check the possibilities and choose the one you most like.
I liked the crafting system, reminds me of magicka, however, I'd like to have different strategies when fighting enemies(besides choosing the spell). You get to capture a feeling of empowerment with this game.
P.D.: I want to invite you to replay our game ("The sidekicks"). In the settings menu people can customize the difficulty and create crazy rules. We added this feature because we didn't have time to balance the game. It's a cool feature and some users missed it.
Thank you for the kind feedback, everyone! It motivates me quite a lot, especially given that I wasn't so enthusiastic about the final state of the game myself when I finished it.
Ludipe: that's great news, I really liked your game concept and was sad it's so easy. I will surely check it out once more!
Great game ... I really had fun ! You should continue the dev
Good job ! I like this game! I like nonprestressed sound and very cute graphics!
Really good one. Loving to explore new spells, although some of them are insanely weak. However its understandable given the limited time. Hope you will take the game further.
Pushing Fire Nova FTW!
Very nice spell mechanic. Sure has a Magika vibe to it, but it's streamlined in a good way.
Very nice game with great replay value :D
The number of different effects you created in that short time is really impressive. I had a blast playing it and may actually be revisiting it to test some more gems :) Good job!
This was a ton of fun. I really liked the spell mechanics. Great for 48 hours. The trap form is really underpowered though and is the way I almost died every time.
Great fun game, really well done.
Your particles system is working perfectly and the procedurally generated levels are correct.
My favorite spell so far is the burning wind nova (lvl 150).
Awesome and very addicting game. The crafting system was really cool. I also love the graphics and the sound effects.
I don't know if monsters become stronger or I just used a wrong combination that make the spell seemed pretty weak sometimes.
Wow great mechanics ! Amazing work !
I enjoyed trying different spell combos and seeing what happened.
great entry! this was neat and looks really polished. i love the concept of only having one spell per level. it would be cool to get a clue as to what you will be fighting next so you can strategize and choose the right spells/gems
The concept is a really nice one and it was fun to test out the different combinations. If you continue working on a post-compo, I would fix the following things: make the character move faster and add a lot of juicyness like effects on hitting enemies or getting hit, more soundeffects etc.
Waouh! Very addictive!! Congratulations for gameplay and graphic design!
*slaps your wrists with a metal ruler*
And let THAT teach you not to make a mouse aiming based game without WASD movement. Ow my wrist. Neat idea. A little stretching of theme. And at first I didn't think there was an ending because I kept dying. This feels like it could be explored further though.
Controls were a little annoying but great spell system which made it fun to keep playing.