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Screaming Wizards by Mizipzor

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made by Mizipzor for LD32 (COMPO)
I have tried to complete a Ludum Dare so many times before. This time, finally, I actually submitted something. I don't care it is a rubbish game, I'm proud anyway.

How to play: Type the word as it appear on the screen to launch an attach on the opponent. Do it fast enough and you win, too slow and you lose.

The theme: It was tricky to come up with a game mechanic that followed the theme. I started out with some sort of duel between wizards where they were screaming at each other, the theme was never fully realized as I focused on completing the game. I ended up with something more like The Typing Of The Dead.
Web http://mizipzor.com/ld32/2/
Windows http://mizipzor.com/ld32/2/Downloadable/Windows.zip
OS/X http://mizipzor.com/ld32/2/Downloadable/LD32.app.zip
Linux http://mizipzor.com/ld32/2/Downloadable/Linux.tar
Source https://github.com/mizipzor/LD32
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=39663

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1811
Overall 2.90 794
Audio 2.29 714
Fun 2.95 638
Graphics 2.77 724
Humor 2.62 608
Innovation 2.43 964
Mood 2.70 746
Theme 3.19 675

Feedback

KloudRazor
20. Apr 2015 · 12:29 UTC
I actually expected them to scream(that would have been fun xD). The game fits well with the theme and I like typing as well so nice job!
ccglp
20. Apr 2015 · 12:36 UTC
Simple typing of the dead type of game, it works, and is your first ludum dare, so it's a very good work! :)

(Hate the music)
qapn
20. Apr 2015 · 12:39 UTC
I enjoyed this one. Good work! As a core mechanic, this could be interesting if you extrapolated the concept with additional stuff (more weapons, more mechanics, more dynamic enemies, etc).
esayitch
20. Apr 2015 · 12:42 UTC
Heya, pretty cool quick game. I'd suggest adding the option to mute and also making the words have a difficulty curve... i.e, in the beginning shorter and more well-known words, later on more difficult ones. Graphics are cute, so is the concept, fireballs look great :D
Good luck!
ManicMiner
20. Apr 2015 · 12:42 UTC
Nice! Had fun with it - seems unfair when it chucks a super-long word at you and it basically does the same thing as a shorter word it could have chosen?
fullmontis
20. Apr 2015 · 12:42 UTC
I always like some typing game :) But I'm not sure how can I win? I saw that after a while words stopped appearing, so I got hit and lost.

I think it would be cool if they said some magical formulas, but that's just an idea.
nopogo
20. Apr 2015 · 12:46 UTC
the web version ran out of memory for me. will check later to see if its fixed
DKoding
20. Apr 2015 · 16:06 UTC
It has been done before but a simple and surprisingly fun concept. Should probably have a difficulty setting for slow typers.
HayBee05
20. Apr 2015 · 23:55 UTC
This was fun but hard to read some of the words because of the small text. This would be a good game to practice typing and spelling.
balom
22. Apr 2015 · 00:09 UTC
Surprisingly fun! I had to play until I won ;)

Great job!
raisedmedia
23. Apr 2015 · 17:48 UTC
I really liked this. Wish the fonts were slightly more legible.
Jakob37
25. Apr 2015 · 08:08 UTC
It was intense! Enjoyed it a lot :) Would use a bigger/clearer font, had trouble to read the words at times. Really nice graphics. Well done!
Hyoga-3D
26. Apr 2015 · 15:50 UTC
fun game, good use of the theme.
SojaBird
27. Apr 2015 · 12:16 UTC
Fun little thing :)
it sometimes is really hard to read since the font is a bit un-accentuated (A & O look quite the same and some others)

Overal pretty neat.
HotBoxGames
27. Apr 2015 · 12:57 UTC
Nice concept, pretty fun too - though it was quite hard to read some of the words with that font! I type fairly fast and it was a challenge for me, suggest a slower difficulty curve or having difficulty options for typing skill levels :)
CiderPunk
27. Apr 2015 · 13:07 UTC
needs a restart button on the web version, it takes a minute to refresh! otherwise good job!
nguyenmv2
28. Apr 2015 · 14:21 UTC
It works well, but it's inconsistent. The words would vary in length with no warning and threw me off badly. It needs a difficulty system, but overall nice job for a first ludum dare
Franklin's Ghost
29. Apr 2015 · 12:28 UTC
Nice job finally submitting something. Fun game if a bit difficult at times with some crazy words. Good entry though and liked the music.