Spells and Dwells by Wishes
"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
| Link | https://bobric-lise.itch.io/spells-and-dwells |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/spells-and-dwells |
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🗨️ |
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.
The story managed to grab my attention despite its short length.

Only thing, need to fix camera movement, some animations and textures shake during gameplay. Overall all is great!