CrateCaster by Whismirk
Your spellbook has been stolen by an evil sorcerer hell-bent on taking over the world !
Your only spell left is one that seems, at first glance, pretty useless : one that allows you to summon... crates ?

Game is pretty short due to poor time management on my part. Only 6 tiny levels. Had a boss fight planned but had to scrap it.
Third party assets used will be listed on itch.io shortly.
| Link | https://whismirk.itch.io/cratecaster |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/cratecaster |
Ratings
| Overall | 569th | 3.575⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 266th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 312th | 3.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 170th | 4.2⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 102th | 4.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 605th | 3.526⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
I had some difficulties with some of the puzzles but I enjoyed the ones that I've finished!
Very interesting to see that chickenmancy is capable of summoning crates.
Nice one, @whismirk!
Despite those flaws, I enjoyed myself, great game <3 I loved the voice acting and the ending was funny
That last level was terrifyingly difficult lmfao
I wish it was longer.
The final level was too much for me, it seemed like it needed some pretty precise timing and I just didn't have it in me. I appreciated the skip level button though, so I could experience the whole game. I also got a bit confused on how many crates I actually had from looking at the mana bar, being a bit more explicit about "you have three crates" in some way on the UI would be nice.
Overall though, fantastic job!
My most immediate issues were not being able to see EXACTLY where my cursor was. Sometimes this is fine, but the game doesn't lock my cursor to the window, so it's really easy to accidentally click out while playing. It's also just nice as a player to see where exactly I'm aiming.
Another thing that stuck out to me was the audio balance. The SFX are much louder than the music.
The story was really funny, but I feel bad for her in the ending lol. Let her summon crates!!
And just for fun, I found a little cheese strat in the last level

If you stack all your crates here, you can jump high enough to touch the ending :cat:
Anyway this was really fun! Great job on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4bCRA9xFGE