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You Are His Spellbook by yeah she k

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made by yeah she k for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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The final exam day has come...

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Is he ready? (Definitely not.)

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That is where help comes into play. His smart and veeeery caring sister came up with a ingenious hand signal method to help him beat this ultimate test!

What could possibly go wrong?

Aaaand remember — They. Are. Watching.

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Wiil he prove his(well, not quite) spellcasting prowess and make his family proud?

That is, my friend, depends solely on you so go and help her!

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Just follow her strategy, mate — combine fingers to select coordinates and combo elements.

Remember — speed and precision are the key and may the cheat sheet be with you.

P. S. a little tip:

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Courtesy of our 2-day marathon gang:

  • Game Direction and Design - yeah-she-k
  • Ui and Animations - Legosky007 (Evgeny Antipov)
  • Artist - Sahil Guseinov
  • Development and Game Design - vikTor
Itch.io https://legosky007.itch.io/you-are-his-spellbook
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/you-are-his-spellbook

Ratings

Overall 483th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 462th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 202th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 598th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 75th 4.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 193th 3.469⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 304th 3.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 5🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Asieke
Apr 21st · 07:20 UTC
Pretty difficult game to play properly, but aa solid idea. In the end, the optimal strategy seem to be to spam click all 5 keys randomly and luck into the chain spells.

Noticed that the restart didn't work and had to hard refresh the browser to start over and the game crashed right as I won the game.

Would love to see this game stretched out to gradually introduce combos and strategies. Think this game has decent potential for some pretty good depth with varied spells, combos and enemies.
tatawanda
Apr 21st · 22:23 UTC
5 3 3 2
steinhks
Apr 21st · 22:27 UTC
It's really stylish and beautiful, with great animations.
It's a good idea, but I ended up just mashing all the keys, and then the game crashed.
Alex de la Cour
Apr 21st · 22:29 UTC
A stunningly beautiful game, pretty slick and polished and a cool concept but I'll admit I didn't fully understand what I was doing for the most part - I got as far as the first button picks the column but from then on it was mostly button mash and hope for the best, a tactic which, fortunately, actually worked pretty well for me!
BorisFromMurmansk
Apr 21st · 22:32 UTC
I like the game's graphics. However, the gameplay isn't very clear—in the end, all I was doing was spamming every button, hoping something useful would happen, and at some point, the game just freezes.
Lexu
Apr 21st · 22:34 UTC
A cool idea for sure! The artwork of the sister using two hands when giving commands made me assume that the controls were keys 1-5 for one hand, and something else for the other. It would be easier for my brain if one hand controlled the placement of the spell and the other hand chose the spell or something along those lines.

The art and music are great! I love the theme of the game.
HDVR02
Apr 21st · 22:37 UTC
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absolutely love the visuals of this game — they’re amazing! The core idea of the gameplay, kind of like a tower defense, is really interesting, but controlling it with numbers feels a bit unintuitive and tricky, even though you can get used to it. At one point the game threw an error and stopped working :(
LDJam user 423872
Apr 22nd · 13:16 UTC
The idea is really interesting, but it turned out to be too complicated for me.
woona
Apr 30th · 10:09 UTC
Love the visuals, great job with character art and animations! As for the gameplay, I would prefer if there was a little bit more variety in terms of enemies and different strategic options.
OchPochPunk
Apr 30th · 21:57 UTC
Really cool mechanic and the art style looks great — everything feels cohesive and polished. The only issue I had is that selecting the tile to attack feels a bit неудобно and sometimes frustrating. If you have time, I’d really appreciate it if you could check out my game too
Euler Moises
May 01st · 04:38 UTC
I loved your idea. Your game has a very original and fun premise.

The art is gorgeous and the music is very well done and fits the magical atmosphere perfectly (And Cheat).

The little witch giving signs looks beautiful!

It's a shame I couldn't get very far. The game glitched 3 times for me.

But it's a great game.

Congratulations!

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Tsaot
May 01st · 05:04 UTC
Great premise and greater art. I got tripped up in trying to figure out the spells. I wound up trying to spam 15 for chain lightning, and 14 to bring up a wall, but wound up tripping over my fingers. I imagine with time I could master it. I think I might try again after some sleep.
SinusQuell
May 01st · 13:28 UTC
I love the idea! Unfortunately, I encountered a bug when reaching the pass score. Amazing art style and music though! Crazy that you did this in 3 days!
Yanruyi
May 01st · 16:37 UTC
I absolutely love the art! However, the controls are a bit hard to get the hang of, and the spell chain reactions are a little confusing to me. Keep up the good work, everyone! I'm rooting for you guys