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Tha Mage by themadknights

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made by themadknights for LD34 (JAM)
Tha Mage (Serial Number: ZXXZXZXZ)
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You are having amnesia and you don't remember your spells! Use your memories to remember your spells.

Play as "Tha Mage" using combinations of Z and X keys to cast your spells!
The game has four playable levels with their own music tracks. You can use the "Mute" spell (ZZZXXX) to disable the sound/music.

Created by: "The Mad Knights": @ReikVal, @lastpotion and @beagleknight
Software: PhaserJS, PyxelEdit, LMMS, Audacity, Tiled, Gimp y SFXR
Web http://ld34.surge.sh
Web alternative https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2427705/thamage/index.html
Source https://github.com/themadknights/ld34
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=64533

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.80 127
Audio(Jam) 3.17 431
Fun(Jam) 3.70 134
Graphics(Jam) 3.82 300
Humor(Jam) 3.70 98
Innovation(Jam) 4.05 37
Mood(Jam) 3.40 362
Theme(Jam) 4.09 158

Feedback

treslapin
15. Dec 2015 · 13:50 UTC
I LOVE this idea! You should definitely continue it after the jam and release it as a bigger game. I wish my memory didn't tell me all the spells I need, it would have been cooler to learn them myself. Also, the jump and move probably didn't need to be spells :D But please, continue this one because I've always wanted to play an old wizard with a bad memory haha :D
hexagore
15. Dec 2015 · 13:51 UTC
I enjoyed the mechanic of this and the chatty way the spells are uncovered. Loved the art too :)
Decentsauce
15. Dec 2015 · 13:54 UTC
Very nice game! But are you supposed to be able to jump more then once? I could just infinitely jump my way through all the levels. Dialog was fun. :)
fistmaker
15. Dec 2015 · 14:24 UTC
Awesome concept! Really like the gameplay! Keep polishing this game!
Tasgardyen
15. Dec 2015 · 14:31 UTC
These are trully 2 button controls haha, all the dialogue references were really fun, and the gameplay it's pretty solid, it takes time to get used to the jump/move mechanic, but once you get past that, its a matter of memorizing the level, and a lot of timing.

The all time jumping spell it's really broken too haha.
fullmontis
15. Dec 2015 · 14:45 UTC
An interesting game for sure. Maybe a little clunky, but the idea is pretty fun. An annoying thing is the fact that the spells do not act immediately, meaning that control is a little hard.

The dialog was a little cringey but still fun to read.
Xeke_Death
16. Dec 2015 · 02:19 UTC
Great work, loved the 4th wall breaking...
No cooldown and no mana let me double jump, making a lot of the levels easy to bypass...
psychonull
16. Dec 2015 · 03:57 UTC
The idea is great as the use of the theme. Great graphics also. Great job, congratulatios!!
nunesbarbosa
16. Dec 2015 · 09:19 UTC
Wow, maybe the very best idea for all the games I saw so far!
It is a really hard game and too fast paced.

Keep improving the game and you'll get an innovative masterpiece.
Astro Cat
16. Dec 2015 · 10:18 UTC
Very cool idea, realy awesome. This combo system pretty awesome too!
MountainRanger
16. Dec 2015 · 17:52 UTC
Cool idea.
Lullaby
16. Dec 2015 · 20:48 UTC
The theme is very nicely executed. I really liked the combo idea (actually finished the game with a score of 200, thanks to the portal...loved it!).

The fact that you made a list of spells with some "?" add to the fun, and I really wanted to discover them all!

Thanks for your game ;)
Elit3dGaming
17. Dec 2015 · 23:00 UTC
Really enjoyed this game, great idea and has some great humor in there too
JamesMowery
18. Dec 2015 · 05:34 UTC
I really enjoyed this. I'm not one for reading a lot of prompts though (and I think you relied on them a bit too much considering people are going to be flying through games on LD), but I really enjoyed it overall. I really liked the spell casting system. I just wish I could've gotten into the action a bit quicker.
elizeu
18. Dec 2015 · 12:19 UTC
Very nice gameplay... cool use of the theme. Great work.
Kuality Games
20. Dec 2015 · 18:06 UTC
Very interesting concept! Solid work guys!
Gamepopper
21. Dec 2015 · 13:43 UTC
Neat idea, definitely makes the game more challenging by restricting your moves to spells. Loved the dialogue as well, funny stuff!
Ulydev
22. Dec 2015 · 11:16 UTC
Very nice concept, keep up the good work!
cptalbertwesker
22. Dec 2015 · 11:19 UTC
Brilliant, such a simple concept that works so fantastic with the setting, it did get pretty tricky having to learn to time it all properly, like stopping and moving onto moving platforms, but it was executed so well, great job!
caryoscelus
22. Dec 2015 · 11:26 UTC
Cool idea, but the controls are quite annoying.
Aaranos
25. Dec 2015 · 02:29 UTC
Really interesting game. I've been wanting to do something similar to this for a while.

One problem I found was you could pretty much just recast jump to fly wherever you want. Other than that, really clever game.
xaedes
27. Dec 2015 · 21:19 UTC
Brilliant use of the theme. Reminds me of Magicka. Figured the protal spell out quit fast, spent the next few minutes learning to type it correctly fast enough and then skipped each level XP
Nice that that was possible =)
The storytelling was very nice, but a little bit behind my own discoveries mostly.
Music and graphics fit very well and look/sound good.
kmakai
29. Dec 2015 · 19:24 UTC
Great job with this, I like the concept a lot and it certainly fits the theme. The coordination it requires just to time and execute jumps/moves adds an interesting difficulty to it. I enjoyed the sprites and audio as well, it felt like a reasonably "complete" experience even within the limited amount of time available. Congrats!
PixlWalkr
01. Jan 2016 · 15:13 UTC
Awesome game, I like how you managed to make the controls limited but not making it frustrating. I enjoyed playing it.
Tapehead
03. Jan 2016 · 12:26 UTC
really cool idea! very well done!
Catmoo
03. Jan 2016 · 16:26 UTC
Awesome little game! I love using the buttons to perform standard functions of a game.

My only quibble with it is the slight delay between performing the command and it happening which meant I had to change how to judge to perform moves based off the delays.

Otherwise it's a really clever idea and has really funny writing too!
kardfogu
03. Jan 2016 · 16:55 UTC
Once upon a time I played a game by Stabyourself.net named Order of Twilight. It was the most fun I ever had with a game that featured ponies.
This game brings up those memories. I love this game. xD

Totally the most fun I had so far from Ludum Dare entries this year.

Keep up the good work!

- Kardfogú
Afendar
03. Jan 2016 · 17:46 UTC
Very good game i like this platformer. Graphism are great ! really good work guys ;)
gallerdude
04. Jan 2016 · 16:40 UTC
Was pretty difficult until I learned that I could infi-jump.
NirabazGAMES
05. Jan 2016 · 01:35 UTC
+ nice colours
+ good pixel art
+ interesting game
🎤 themadknights
05. Jan 2016 · 09:39 UTC
Thank you for all your votes and all the feedback.