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The Wizard's Quest

By zebi24

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Humor623.65
Theme2993.23
Fun3833.02
Mood4142.89
Overall4883.02
Graphics5152.91
Audio6542.11
Innovation8732.22

Comments

braindeadgeo 2013-12-16 12:25

Haha, love the idea of a double hat! And even though I didn't finish it (it's haaard) love the screenshot of the wizard in the double hat :D

danex317 2013-12-16 12:30

After dieing the third time the Game Over Screen did not show up. Great Job. It was cute.

udellgames 2013-12-16 12:31

Gameplay is simple, and it could definitely do with a life meter of some sort, but it's fun and has a very pleasing art style and story. Needs a door sprite, walking into a wall didn't make much sense. AI is basic, but it works, perhaps consider using RAIN pathfinding. Next time make sure to give the text a black outline so we can see it over most of the game.

zebi24 2013-12-16 13:03

@BraindeadGeo: Awesome! I got the idea at 4 AM in half sleep and I found it crazy enought to use it :D And yeah, it is kind of hard :D Tnx!

@ LastResortGames: Thank you! I was aware of that bug but I thought I fixed it... I guess I thought wrong... :/

@ Udell Games: Thanks bro! All of your comments are on very solid ground. I would fix this things if I had more time for sure. :)

mcgraw 2013-12-16 15:32

Good stuff!

postmodestie 2013-12-16 15:34

Reminds me of gauntlet .. good memories ..

kewry 2013-12-16 15:57

Cool story dude, loved the art style

levelupjordan 2013-12-16 16:14

I love the wizard character, he looks like something out of South Park :P Anyway, congrats. It's pretty fun

scottrick 2013-12-16 16:22

I beat it! Nice work :)

tijmentio 2013-12-16 19:34

I like that I couldn't just rush through it, because I would bump into an enemy. So I had to steadily move forward, which was nice.
Gameplaywise it could be a bit more versatile in my opinion.
The double hat was cool ;)

2013-12-16 21:20

I liked it. It was pretty difficult, but the idea of a Double Hat was to alluring to just pass up.

zebi24 2013-12-16 22:49

Thanks everyone for your awesome comments! :))

zconnelly13 2013-12-17 01:23

Wow I really enjoyed this!!! I very much enjoyed the controls, and for how simple they are they were pretty unique. It was surprisingly difficult too.

I had to use the downloadable version because in the web version I could only move Left? Chrome - OSX 10.8.5 I reloaded a few times, but that doesn't make much sense given it's unity and it worked in the standalone. In any case nice job!

berzee 2013-12-17 04:40

Nice, runs smoothly and is about Wizards and their Hats so that's worth extra. ;D I wish I was better at it so I could make it to the boss -- maybe I'll give it another shot sometime.

The explosions are pretty, though the fireball noise began to wear its welcome thin after about 500 shots =P

My only other suggestions are: being able to shoot diagonally, and being able to zoom out a little bit more (since when I died it was usually from things emerging from the top of the screen before I had time to react...but maybe that's how it's supposed to be and I am just a slow, old man).

broepi 2013-12-17 12:22

really funny concept and graphics. unfortunatley I didn't get how to destroy the boss. :(

hypnohustla 2013-12-17 13:41

Really nice use of theme! It was a bit hard to hit the enemies but it was satisfying when you did. :) Now I want a double hat :)

smash-ball 2013-12-17 21:04

The sound got a bit repetitive, but I liked the game.

zebi24 2013-12-17 22:27

@zconnelly13 : thanks man, glad you liked it! No idea what went wrong with web version, nobody else reported that problem... good thing I uploaded downloadable version also :)

@Berzee & smash ball : sory about the sound, it is definitely a thing I am least proud of... will make sure it's better next time.

@ Berzee : Yeah, you have to be fast... zooming would be a nice addition but it would make the game a lot easier and that might take away some fun... hope you make it to the boss, he is also quite fun to beat ;)

@ broepi : Tnx! To defeat the boss you just have to hit him enough times without dying.

@ Hypnohustla : heh, thanks man! :D

joserodolfofreitas 2013-12-18 10:35

Nice usage of the theme!

sylence 2013-12-19 10:32

Great idea :D
However it would be nice if one would not die with one hit.

diptoman 2013-12-19 11:40

Wao, exploding wizard. :p
Good little game you got here, would've preferred some health though.

nelien 2013-12-20 16:51

This was fun :D. Not very captivating, but mindless fun none the less! Double hat ftw!

somepx 2013-12-22 09:24

ahaha this is incredible - really fun, I will recommend this entry! ;) Too bad you can only shoot in 4 directions

zebi24 2013-12-26 13:47

Thanks for your comments guys! :)

ratboy2713 2014-01-01 22:42

Very nice take on the theme. The sound effect is too annoying to spam the attack button (which may be a good thing). It is hard to see things that appear on the top of the screen.

jezzamon 2014-01-07 00:32

This game was pretty good, but the enemies were a little overpowered, I found. I got annoyed when I died about 6 times, especially when the respawn page didn't work, but I still played until the end.

Also the sound effects were really loud! Ah!

The graphics were kinda cute I guess. I don't know if the realistic looking explosion really fit with the rest of it though. It would've looked better if the explosion was bigger for the larger enemies.

I liked the way the magic spells came out of the actual point on your staff until I realised it left me with a massive weakness against enemies attacking from below.

Good interpretation of the theme!