March of the Wizards by BarkingCat

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made by BarkingCat for LD35 (JAM)
Here it is! BarkingCat's (a team of 2) submission for this Ludum Dare!

Rush through the forest, shifting elements to lead your mob of wizards and stomp the creatures trying to stop you.

Music was made using http://www.abundant-music.com/

Instructions are in the starting screen.

We hope you enjoy our game!

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.30 479
Audio(Jam) 3.11 416
Fun(Jam) 3.27 423
Graphics(Jam) 3.73 321
Humor(Jam) 3.15 230
Innovation(Jam) 2.70 827
Mood(Jam) 3.03 600
Theme(Jam) 3.05 748

Feedback

Hyoga-3D
18. Apr 2016 · 20:15 UTC
Maybe in the beggining of the game the enemies could come slower, because the player is still learning, but great graphics, well done.
Blobo
18. Apr 2016 · 20:37 UTC
Really well done! I love the art, and the enemies flying off screen were hilarious.
Adipson
18. Apr 2016 · 20:44 UTC
i can see Gandalf the grey on the oorner ! :)
SuperPokeunicorn
18. Apr 2016 · 20:47 UTC
Pretty good. Like the graphics and music. Nice work!
pixzleone
18. Apr 2016 · 21:02 UTC
Audio and graphics on point!
cameronpenner
18. Apr 2016 · 21:21 UTC
Feels great when the enemies go flying back. Also, the parallax effect was nice.
zondarg
18. Apr 2016 · 23:10 UTC
Very nice cartoonish graphics and a good interpretation of the theme :D I liked the parallax background too.
Matzigon
18. Apr 2016 · 23:12 UTC
It's a nice but simple game. It is extremely easy make a mistep and it's hard to recover from there. Also displaying the score at the end would be nice, as I had no chance to check it during the game.
So well done! :)
blinry
18. Apr 2016 · 23:40 UTC
The wizards are so cute :3 I also really like the music!
rockybdubs
18. Apr 2016 · 23:43 UTC
Agree with Hyoga-3D, a little slack on the slew of enemies at the beginning, but very fun, and very cool graphics
justacookie
18. Apr 2016 · 23:47 UTC
i really liked the music and the sound effects, also i just loved that you ran with a group of wizards instead of just one and that you had so many lives (it took a while for me to learn which enemies are what, although if you look at them while not playing the monster design made it pretty clear, which one is supposed to be which element).

The graphics were also well done and fitted well with the music :)
Wisedawn
19. Apr 2016 · 00:12 UTC
Simple and fun! Nice graphics and music.
divegato
19. Apr 2016 · 00:15 UTC
Fun game. I could see expanding this into a fast paced rhythm game.
Crimson713
19. Apr 2016 · 00:17 UTC
Nice game! Beautiful pixel art, I just loved all those running wizards. The only thing I'd suggest is more enemies, after you get the hang of which button to press for each enemy it gets very easy.
pkenney
19. Apr 2016 · 00:21 UTC
Slick graphics and a nice theme to have the group of wizards get knocked away instead of having game over right away! My high score was 1657 but I kind of lost it all in a row at the end.
varuns
19. Apr 2016 · 05:47 UTC
Nice visuals :D
Maybe slow down the enemies in the beginning. It takes a while to learn which element is associated with which enemy and key.
AnaGF
19. Apr 2016 · 07:21 UTC
A bit hard at the beginning. But I specially like how you approached the theme. The game is good overall
knason
19. Apr 2016 · 18:20 UTC
Nice! I played for a while, I killed a lot of wizards in the beginning, but when I had 3 left I got it. After a while I think it would be ok to make it a little bit more difficult, I had to stop when I was over 8000 points or I had to keep going forever. It was a fun game though :-) good job!
Saiodin
19. Apr 2016 · 22:32 UTC
I'm not very good at rock paper scissor games, but good graphics. The music was on the edge of being too chirpy imo. I like the idea of how the lives are handled visually by representation through the wizards.
Imperial Unit
22. Apr 2016 · 05:31 UTC
I enjoyed it. The method of using the running wizards a health bar was ingenious.
namrog84
22. Apr 2016 · 05:47 UTC
really like how this is looking!
MightyToastStudio
25. Apr 2016 · 09:50 UTC
Cute graphics. It's not my type of game, but it's a solid little entry. Good work!
MayankUnreal
27. Apr 2016 · 16:32 UTC
Really awsome graphics really cool game. Bit hard to play for first time
Swynfel
29. Apr 2016 · 11:14 UTC
Very cool graphics ! The music and sound effects were also pretty cool !

Simple but solid concept. Sadly it gets quickly repetive. A little enemy variation could have helped a little. The game also felt a little slow after some time, the enemies don't come more frequently, and so once you have mastered the art of element-shifting, the game isn't interesting any more.

Very cool wizard-changing effect when you die. Good details (like the wizard changing costume&colour when they change element, not just colour). You should have a little grace period after you die, because if you mess-up at the beginning of a wave, you usually loss another wizard or two.

Anyway : cool small game, good job BarkingCat !
Yumeito
06. May 2016 · 20:17 UTC
Fun Game :)