Spells and Dwells by Wishes

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made by Wishes for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

"Spells and Dwells" is a short adventure game in which you take the role of a young fox wizard, scarred by a loss that happened in the past. Don't be fooled by his cute appearance — he is pretty serious when it comes to bringing back what's his, even if it involves a bit of dark magic and playing with the timestream itself. Explore the ethereal locations, collect different items and interact with other characters in order to help him achieve his goal. Surely nothing can go wrong, right?

CREDITS:

Animators — Wishes, Nesteriuc Denis, Obodovschii Alexandr

Concept Artists — Wishes, Riedenlis

2D Artists — Riedenlis, Obodovschii Alexandr, Doroș Daniela, Nesteriuc Denis, Wishes

Programmer — Nesteriuc Denis

Scenarists — Obodovschii Alexandr, Riedenlis

UI Artist — Doroș Daniela

Music — Riedenlis feat. Eugene of Haverband

Game Designer — Riedenlis

Ratings

Overall 263th 3.667⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Fun 392th 3.321⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 550th 2.976⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Theme 415th 3.643⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 185th 4.131⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Audio 163th 3.75⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 477th 2.78⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Mood 355th 3.607⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 78🗨️

Feedback

FURYPN
Oct 07th · 00:20 UTC
Good job
pschichtel
Oct 07th · 00:25 UTC
No Linux of Web versino :(
ZAZiOs
Oct 07th · 00:41 UTC
Looks really good, music is good. Good job, looking up for post-jam version!
Hexela
Oct 07th · 03:14 UTC
Very charming story. Really liked the art and music.
LRDJJ
Oct 07th · 03:43 UTC
Art and music was really good, found some gaps in the collisions and the goal was a lil confusing without any instructions in game, but still very impressive how much, and how well done the art and music was.
Kit Gorn
Oct 07th · 10:20 UTC
The idea is interesting. There aren't enough hints on what to do. Why the gate won't open and why the hooded character won't talk to me? It's not obvious. The graphics are nice. The music is appropriate. The atmosphere is good. But I would like more. Good luck on your future projects, guys!
Saering
Oct 07th · 11:15 UTC
Cool little entry, I wish there were more to do, but I know it's a jam and time is a very limited resource!
I personally like not having much instructions, as the game can be played easily, the controls are simple, so you can just move around and try to understand the world, which is enjoyable, but I understand the feedback of people saying a few more instructions would be cool, especially for a jam game in which players will not spend much time playing.

The art is nice and music is nice, it's a shame that the character's sprite ordering is behaving wrong because it really is detrimental to the overall look of the game.

Anyway, congratulations for the entry! :)

P.S.: you should remove the downloadable files from the jam page as they only contain the .exe file, which is not enough for Unity games. I had to go to the itch page to get the full archive. Some people may not be used to how Unity build files work, so that could be confusing.
Ira Baciu
Oct 07th · 12:54 UTC
Your itch.![Screenshot 2025-10-07 155423.png](///raw/3cf/56/z/6e97e.png)io site has some errors :(
licorin
Oct 07th · 13:33 UTC
So good graphics 😍
Cislaru Corneliu
Oct 07th · 15:03 UTC
graphics game mood respectt
Gidalis
Oct 08th · 07:00 UTC
The game looks amazing, but I can't get past the first gate where you have to press “Z.” 😭
Alex O
Oct 08th · 07:18 UTC
@gidalis There are some instructions on the itch.io page. Make sure to check it out if you encounter any difficulties!
Gidalis
Oct 08th · 08:46 UTC
@alex-o OK, thanks. It's just that I went behind the house before talking to the spirit and there was nothing there, so I didn't go back after talking to the spirit. Otherwise, the game is nice.
Alex O
Oct 08th · 09:31 UTC
@gidalis You're welcome, and thank you for your appreciation of our game ^^
Budaniel
Oct 08th · 11:00 UTC
Awesome graphics, great music, solid controls. One small issue I found - when I went back in the house (instead of behind it), the fruit despawned (also the scrolls respawned on the desk, but I couldn't interact with them) and I was softlocked until I restarted the game.
dendi_life
Oct 08th · 12:55 UTC
good job, but u forgot about layers)
sick machine
Oct 08th · 13:07 UTC
A very sweet game, a section of which was logically completed within a limited timeframe.
The story managed to grab my attention despite its short length.
Blazerker
Oct 08th · 15:00 UTC
Cool game, can see the potential for a more elaborate adventure. Wasn't quite sure how it worked at first, but eventually got it figured out. What do I do with the collected objects?
YurisCat
Oct 08th · 15:04 UTC
I feel like my feet are burning (
![66cfc367ec4da3345ab35bd137f4e055.png](///raw/574/82/z/6eedb.png)
stefaink
Oct 08th · 17:28 UTC
Cool concept!
Only thing, need to fix camera movement, some animations and textures shake during gameplay. Overall all is great!
leo____miracles
Oct 08th · 18:38 UTC
I'm in love with the atmosphere of this game
LDJam user 374028
Oct 08th · 19:41 UTC
I think I beat it. At the beggining I thought the music was cool but then the latter part of the song didn't fit the game at all! Although it was still cooler than the first part. Congrats!
Alex O
Oct 08th · 22:13 UTC
@yuriscat Thank you for showing us the mistake. Although funny, the team will work on fixing it :)
Surprise
Oct 09th · 11:42 UTC
The graphic and music are perfect!
LDJam user 383510
Oct 09th · 17:08 UTC
Nice little game, although I felt it was maybe a bit too short. Nevertheless, great job! The art is beautiful and the story is charming. Would love to see you expand on this project!
GonulGaye
Oct 09th · 18:06 UTC
Nice game!🎄✨️🎉👾
6Knowledge
Oct 09th · 18:15 UTC
Despite the shortness, there is a lot of room for future development. Dialogue and item systems do take their own time to develop and if they are modular enough this could be used. The only thing I really couldn't get into was the weird button for almost every item. Good work though.
tardis2snej
Oct 09th · 23:53 UTC
Such a lovely demo! Superb art, touching and potentially deep story, catching characters. I want more! :)
PatUwU
Oct 11th · 15:12 UTC
Great art, interesting story! #freeDenis
good.enough
Oct 11th · 19:06 UTC
Unfortunate lack of controller support, but whatever. It feels like an extremely condensed version of an epic tale. Like each collected item could have been its own saga. I like it! Narrative games can be difficult. Since there's a story progression, you need a bunch of dialog and new places and people to meet. Every time I make a game with any dialog, I want to do a full Ink integration, but end up just doing a simple prescripted thing.
X2SHADOW
Oct 12th · 14:05 UTC
The gameplay is pretty simple. I really liked the art, the story is short but overall touching.
LDJam user 243193
Oct 13th · 13:58 UTC
It is a really short game. Too bad there's not much depth to the game even in this form. Oh well, hopefully the post jam version could be better and add more depths.
Ginger_Kyoko
Oct 20th · 21:22 UTC
It`s really nice concept! I like music, atmosphere and art! Also story is quite interesting.