A Wizard's Spring Hike

monika 2024-04-16 06:54

I love Sokobans and this is a beautiful and innovative addition to the genre. Congratulations on such a strong first-ever jam entry! The summoning mechanic to switch characters reminds me of early Keke levels in Baba is You.

One thing I would love to see added is a level counter up by the level name. I know there are 19 levels, but what level am I on? (I'm on the garden maze level and plan to come back to it after I've slept off the LDjam brain.) Perhaps you can post a text list in the description since it's too late to add it to the game?

Great work!

vyolfers 2024-04-16 07:07

Whoah! This is you first jam? Well, I'll say, you did a heckintastic job!! Not only you made puzzle game, but 19 ish levels of it too! A lot of the levels are well made and teaches us new mechanics well too! I love the lil wizard and his golems.

Once again, good job on your first jam! :D

lyamgtt 2024-04-16 10:30

Absolutely so cute and fun!! Love the art and the puzzles are funny (+ i love the cute summonings)!

treefds 2024-04-16 12:40

Thanks for the feedback!!

@monika I have included a list of levels in the description now. You can also return to the title menu and see your progress (if auto-save is working). I hope this help!

wigglypainter 2024-04-16 22:33

I like the idea, graphics are cute too. Good work!

rossk 2024-04-17 17:26

This was cute and fun!

charl-v 2024-04-17 17:30

Amazing job!

chii 2024-04-17 17:32

This is a highly polished game! Great take on the theme and an interesting twist on a classic.

arti-dev 2024-04-17 17:36

The great game! I've already seen several sokoban-style games, but this is the best implementation of the summoning theme. Good job!

drainkid 2024-04-17 17:37

Good take on block pushing puzzles, being able to summon different guys from around obstacles really adds a lot of depth and the puzzles were satisfying to complete. Great job!!

pandalk 2024-04-17 17:38

Very impressive first jam submission, the levels are well crafted I kinda struggled to understand how to switch control between the golem and the wizard at first, a reminder on screen would be nice I also had a single tiny bug, sounds of moving rocks were playing when I was moving my cursor over the rocks !

civ92 2024-04-17 17:59

Fantastic game ! Had me hooked until the end ! I had one bug on the very last puzzle where my wizard could go trough the big rocks ! Only the audio got me crazy :D would have loved a relaxing music or something on the background !

treefds 2024-04-17 18:54

Thanks everyone for all the nice feedback!!

@pandalk Thanks for the suggestion, adding a reminder would certainly be helpful! About the sound system, it was rushed out the last minute, so there might be many bugs :( I will try to fix them if possible.

@civ92 Thanks for pointing out the bug! I will fix it later. And yes I agree adding music would be nice! In retrospect I should have added free music instead, but back then I really wanted to write original music (which I don't have time or experience for). I'll learn to do better next time ;D

civ92 2024-04-17 19:39

@treefds Understandable about the music, and in the end I'd rather have you set no music than put a random one :) The content you propose here and the general balance of the game is already quite impressive for a 3 days work !

pigeonic 2024-04-17 19:52

It's a very adorable game! Loved the puzzles and it feels very complete, overall a solid game. You've put a lot of passion into it, great work!

redoplus 2024-04-25 09:48

I had fun with this game! I thought it was really cute. All things considered, for as much as you say you struggled with the deadline, I think you did a great job with harnessing the stress to your advantage; the dialogue does a lot to make the game feel livelier, and I felt like the ending was pretty elegant, too (really, a lot of submissions don't even have endings). Would love to see more work from you in the future!