Legend of the Broken Wand by thx4nothing

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made by thx4nothing for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

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Your spells change every 10 seconds.

Try to survive as long as possible.

And have fun!

Note: Currently only the desktop version works as it should. Unfortunatley in the web version, the enemies don't want to move. Will try to fix it tomorrow. Also, I deleted LD51.exe, but it is still there... download "legendofthebrokenwand_v1.exe"

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LDJam user 280036
03. Oct 2022 · 02:47 UTC
I want to rate this but I can't get it to run for more than a few seconds :frowning2: I'm using the full screen version and it crashes the browser, and my anti-virus auto-deletes the downloadable version.

EDIT: Managed to get it to stay open for a few runs. I like the sounds and the different spells having unique behaviors was fun to play around with. I could see the 10 second swap intervals being very chaotic in a full version.
Nicholas Maddalena
03. Oct 2022 · 03:05 UTC
clever take on the theme! I really like the shrink and levitate spells, it feels good to fight enemies with more unconventional weapons like that
Somnium
03. Oct 2022 · 08:18 UTC
Interesting game - poor wizard, he should probably get a new wand XD

The various spells felt different enough that they required a significant change in playstyle for each one. Some kind of indicator of which spell was active, as well as a countdown until the next shift, could be nice "quality of life" improvements.

Some of the enemies felt a bit too fast for some of the powers, so the dodge button was a nice supplement to the mechanics.

I also liked how the enemy corpses stayed, so that they could later be used by the levitation power as weapons.
Swen
03. Oct 2022 · 11:41 UTC
I like the different play styles for the different spells. Reached a score of 295.81 in the end. I feel like the enemies could have been a bit more pronounced, so that they are easier to see (and know when I could stomp them after shrinking them).
Great job on the game and your entry!


... time to go to the shop to buy a new wand.
Chaseplays
03. Oct 2022 · 19:07 UTC
Nice job, the spell switching was well implemented and I liked how different the 3 spells felt. I do think the quality of life improvements @somnium mentioned would be good, but even without those I still had a lot of fun!
Vykri
04. Oct 2022 · 19:05 UTC
I wasn't really sure how to effectively use the spells other than fireball. Also, everyone keeps saying there should be an indicator for which spell you have, but I think that's what the glow at the bottom of the screen is for, right? If so, it should be more obvious and maybe have a sound that plays when your spell changes.
Srynetix
06. Oct 2022 · 14:14 UTC
Fun game!

At first I was using the Arrow Keys and was confused because I think the "Arrow Down" and "Arrow Left" keys are inverted in your Input Map.
I tried the WASD keys (in my case ZQSD) and it works better! (thanks to the Physical key bindings :smile:).

It's quite challenging. (or I'm bad at the game, possible).
The different spells are great, the Levitate one is the best I think :wink:

Good job!
PurpledArtFrog
07. Oct 2022 · 09:13 UTC
Interesting take on the 10 second loop :smile: congratulataions on a solid entry. It's easy to "pick up" - and does not require learning new "mechanics" :thumbsup_tone1:
José Bonilla
08. Oct 2022 · 01:09 UTC
Fun little game, it's interesting to have such different spells randomly changing. I think there is opportunity for polish especially being a compo game, and you can work on those now. Good job submitting!
aplite
08. Oct 2022 · 01:12 UTC
Good entry. I had trouble getting the shrink spell and trample to work correctly, but I managed a score of 257. Was enjoyable to play for a few rounds.
CodSalmon
08. Oct 2022 · 08:25 UTC
Good game! A bit hard to parse what exactly is going on but after I figured it out it was an enjoyable arcade shmup experience.