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Wizard's Basement by Kongo

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made by Kongo for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Abracadabra stranger!

Have you ever looked at the void inside of your soul, start to wonder and ask yourself questions? What is the meaning of life? Is there an alien civilization in space? Am I able to lick my own elbow? Well, we don’t have answers to these questions, but we can show you what is hidden in the Wizard’s Basement and that’s quite neat! Explore and defeat the great evil that is hiding in the shadows. What will the fortune bring you? See for yourself! Every ten seconds there is something fresh and fancy for you.

The game is a platformer with auto mutator feature. Each ten seconds there is a new variation introduced to the world. Sometimes it gets really wicked, but hey, that’s how it is in the basement. The goal is to survive and defeat the cradle of all this filth.

Use arrows to move, Z to pick up the magician and X to use your chair to block monsters.

Team: - Kongo (Programming) - Diler (Graphics) - JayaSheel (Music)

Good luck and have fun!

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Link https://kongo555.itch.io/wizards-basement
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/wizards-basement

Ratings

Overall 175th 3.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 177th 3.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 78th 4.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 422th 3.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 159th 4.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 155th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 295th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 242th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

dp3rucha
03. Oct 2022 · 21:47 UTC
The best game I have played so far. Nice concept, graphics and controls.
Congratulations!
nullval
03. Oct 2022 · 21:49 UTC
ahhh the mighty wizard brought down... by a friggin snail. It's really well implemented mechanics, the graphics and character design of the wizard and his assistant is really lovely. Generally it's really well polished and really impressive. Really fun and chaotic gameplay :D
FedeGelo
03. Oct 2022 · 21:59 UTC
I love this! It looks really nice and the music is catchy and on theme. I would have really liked something to tell me when it's changing, but the overall game feel is spot on, and I love the multiple effects (specially the reverse controls one)
TheBookSnail
04. Oct 2022 · 00:03 UTC
The music is amazing. The game is a little hard to play since I'm team snail. Graphics and game play are great. At first I thought the game was too hard for my tastes but after 3 playthroughs I realize I had bad luck the first time and didn't know what I was doing. Very fun overall.
Chocolat-Endive
04. Oct 2022 · 12:50 UTC
Very nice entry, I enjoyed retrying a bunch of times! Graphics and music fit very nicely and give a great mood to the game.
I tended to mix both buttons and ended up with a strategy where I only lifted the magician and fled with them when it was too risky, and placed the extra ones as disposable turrets where portals could pop.
Ismael Rodriguez
04. Oct 2022 · 17:06 UTC
Very interesting concepts. I like the single-screen Mario Bros style level and mechanics. Managing the wizard was interesting, as well as the wheel of random events. Artwork is very good, the sound effects are okay, the music is good but is kind of mellow and doesn't really fit the action for the gameplay. Great job overall, congratz yall!
Nahuelito
05. Oct 2022 · 01:03 UTC
Really cool, loved the animation on the scrolls of paper. Also its amazing how many mutations you were able to come up with and make work in just 72 hs!
upcharlie
05. Oct 2022 · 16:46 UTC
Nice art, although a bit slow to start it picks up quick after the tutorial section. Had some difficulty fitting in some spots with the wizard picked up, but other than that I enjoyed it :)
hammerfrenzy
05. Oct 2022 · 16:57 UTC
Very well executed overall. Art is consistent (I personally liked the scroll selection green trail). Frankly I'm not sure how I ended up with multiple wizards (it was one of the mutations?) but being able to set some up as turrets and then ferry one around to close portals was when I was having the most fun.

Good work.
Skitak
05. Oct 2022 · 17:06 UTC
Very clean game, I really enjoyed the experience !
SlimeWizardRobyn
06. Oct 2022 · 01:47 UTC
Cute, slick little game! I quite enjoyed it
LDJam user 264390
06. Oct 2022 · 02:44 UTC
Those little goblins overwhelmed me, but it was super fun carrying the wizard and jumping around trying to handle things, and then suddenly the controls reverse and you walk straight into a snail. Love it!
Falk Hoeppner
06. Oct 2022 · 14:12 UTC
There is sooo much going on in this game! The control scheme is a little odd to get used to, but the gameplay is solid, the art and sound are very well done, and this is overall a fantastic game.
LDJam user 261037
07. Oct 2022 · 01:08 UTC
Great art, though I found myself getting a little confused at times about what was going and what I was supposed to be doing, though it made more sense once I reread the instructions.
LDJam user 250825
09. Oct 2022 · 00:58 UTC
Love the idea of carrying these lazy turret wizards and blocking enemies with slamming down a chair :D Solid design with trading off between having fixed "turrets" and closing portals, also good variation with the different status effects you can roll. Didn't hit any issues really so solid implementation as well, great work everyone!
DodyMan
09. Oct 2022 · 02:28 UTC
Great animation and interesting concept! Good job!
Euler Moises
09. Oct 2022 · 14:23 UTC
WOW!

How challenging!

I'm terrible at managing a lot of things at once. It took a lot of work to get a some score.
The game is very well finished and the idea is very good. Apart from the art and audio that are very beautiful.

Congratulations!
Kitkii
09. Oct 2022 · 21:32 UTC
Super challenging for me personally. I kept dropping them because I would try to block instead of place then be stuck because I though I could move and gave up too many hits. tried to go around a few times and lasted longer. I like the roulette wheel to add a nice bit of variety as I gave myself mini magician turrets to try and survive but my clumsiness got the better of me as I walked into a snail. Very solid and polished game with graphics and audio being really good.