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Prestidigitaxation

By tomatolamp, gibberingtaylor and Herchey

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3333.8131
Fun2063.8231
Innovation6773.3231
Theme4023.8931
Graphics5473.8231
Audio3153.7231
Humor1104.0331
Mood6293.5330

Comments

2022-04-05 23:36

Definitely full marks for fun and humor!

vgel 2022-04-05 23:39

Maybe it's just because I've been stressing about taxes, but I didn't expect this to be as fun as it was. I've played a few run-around-and-shoot-until-you're-overwhelmed games, but this was one of my favorites -- funny, good controls, and the spells felt awesome.

Loved the little details like the ticking-up tax bill in the upper right, and how the spells mostly went where you want but sometimes did little turns away or homed in on an enemy.

My only complaint would be that the upgrades didn't feel like much -- I bought a few and didn't really notice a difference. I think they should either be bigger in magnitude, or permanent so they could stack and feel more noticeable over time.

ashley-watson 2022-04-05 23:41

Very Fun, No one Can Run From the Tax man, Great game

milq 2022-04-05 23:41

Fun and addictive game! The music is very engaging and fits the theme. Maybe I would increase the difficulty faster. Still, great funny game!

common 2022-04-05 23:43

I enjoyed the game. It is a weird concept but the power ups are fun. I do wish the shield had a visible model to let me know if its used up tho.

2022-04-06 00:02

taxation is theft i only wanted to buy an energy drink

kyra-sanchez 2022-04-06 23:53

Don't tell family about this... some of them work at the IRS

projectunfun 2022-04-07 00:01

I had a lot of fun playing this. It was a good humorous idea and the gameplay is engaging, well done.

jozef 2022-04-07 00:09

Very fun game idea, executed well with quirky and smooth gameplay. I like the graphics style, coherent and simple, very effective for this type of game. Oh and I LOVE how you did the temporary exemption effect!

sega23333 2022-04-07 08:00

yes that top down shooter but with funny atmosphere .

gatlink 2022-04-07 08:07

I'm surprised at how accurate I was given the camera! Your game feels good to play, and it's quite fun. Well done!

minus 2022-04-07 10:12

Gameplay seems fun enough to spend some time playing this game. I feel like if I had enough free time I could spend alot of it with this game. Graphics are looking good, maybe a little bit too basic and lacking in post processing, but this also makes it have quite interesting look. Magic "bullets" kinda lose their target sometimes and are not able to refocus on other one, thus making them stay in one place and doing some weird circles. Other than that, game is fun to play and has pretty much no major issues.

darriasart 2022-04-07 14:15

I love the concept

tomatolamp 2022-04-07 17:19

Thank you to everybody for playing and for all of the feedback and kind words; we'll be working through your games and providing feedback over the next few days!

rialgar 2022-04-08 14:17

Muahaha, stupid tax collectors on their stupid feet can not catch me while I am floating!

Not really a challenge to evade them, but I don't care, since it just feels so amazing to play anyway! The music is fabulous and combines with the cell-shading to give it a brilliantly wacky and fun vibe. I absolutely love it!

potkirland 2022-04-08 23:11

best harry potter game i played so far! good mechanics sadly some like (pipes for example) didnt work for or i maybe couldt see them fire. other than that it was a pretty fun experience. good magic mechanics

quite-good 2022-04-09 03:54

I really enjoyed putting an end to those pesky tax collectors! Didn't realize about the spell tax until it was far too late for me...

fizzbark 2022-04-09 08:17

Fantastic name, and the game's pretty good too. being able to see the amount of money I had in the shop would've been a nice QoL upgrade. Quite polished and well scoped - everything in the game was of a consistent quality and nothing felt unfinished.

snowdrama 2022-04-09 11:35

"Welcome to the shop" lol Had a lot of fun, funny idea for sure, overall good game!

wouter52 2022-04-10 10:47

Hehe nice! I like to think that those tax persons are acctually Mr. Smith (because of the sunglasses ^^") I like your game! The presentation and gameplay are polished and well executed. And most importantly: I had fun :-)

jacinto-mba 2022-04-11 22:52

So fun to play, great job!

hawkin 2022-04-12 01:12

Why did I feel like Neo in the Matrix, battling a horde of Agent Smiths? Lol. Also, was I murdering them and taking their pocket change, or was I prestidigitation-ing them into money? Hmmm.

This was a pretty fun concept. I would have liked to see some more variety or clarity in how the upgrades impacted the enemies or my strategies. But overall, moving around, dodging agents, and shooting magic was fun!

calzone407 2022-04-13 23:09

The IRS is the main antagonist of the game, so 10/10 for realism

albertoz 2022-04-21 11:13

Fit the theme 100%. It is funny as similar idea was on the white board at brainstorm... Well done!