Merlin Agency : The Enchanted Feather by AbominableScience

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made by AbominableScience for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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Merl-in a volatile magician, isolate very high in your Tower, the citizens and you mission is to be able to answer their requests using your magic. Beware your spells have consequences!

Game rules

There are two parameters to take into account:

Your reputation, which will be linked to the grievances of your people, and your speed of reaction, because if the queue gets too big, you risk getting stuck in it. You risk losing the King's favour. Good luck to you!

We are a team of first year students, we hope our games will satisfy you! If you want to test it on a browser on itchio: account: abominable-science.itch.io/merlinagency

Team

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Ratings

Overall 1012th 3.163⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 775th 3.25⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 981th 2.907⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Theme 918th 3.209⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 883th 3.198⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Audio 523th 3.31⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 354th 3.439⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Mood 794th 3.369⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 81🗨️

Feedback

Stowy
16. Apr 2024 · 10:13 UTC
I got 35 :)
SStyles93
17. Apr 2024 · 11:08 UTC
Funny game and scenarios :)

The idea for summoning is well used!

You could just do a little bug fix (Sometimes the next icon appears before the pigeon does)
ScoobyDoo
17. Apr 2024 · 15:54 UTC
Equipe de gros bg, bien joué, bien mignon les pigeons !

![UnityChan.png](///raw/23a/c5/z/641df.png)
litterattus
18. Apr 2024 · 14:57 UTC
Got score of 45.2; at first I didn't think I'd enjoy this because it's so simple but by the end I was in the flow state.
kot9
18. Apr 2024 · 15:06 UTC
I didn`t get what to do, but i liked the art
LDJam user 355692
18. Apr 2024 · 15:10 UTC
Nice game, started to memorize combinations, but at some point game fails to register my inputs for some reason, so I cannot complete it. It happened to me three times in a row. Got to ten-ish points this way.
AntariaN
18. Apr 2024 · 15:12 UTC
Simple but fun and interesting. Also, I see where you might have been looking for the summoning keys mechanic :D

Good job and congrats crossing the finish line!
Pigeonic
18. Apr 2024 · 15:22 UTC
Fun game! I got bugged at some point where the arrows wouldn't disappear and the timer got stuck so I had to reload the page. The art is cute, good job guys!
Vantalogic
18. Apr 2024 · 15:28 UTC
Fun game the timer was confusing as it didn’t ever go down and went up every 4-5 spells.
SlavTurtle
18. Apr 2024 · 15:30 UTC
Very cute art and silly scenarios. Great submission!
Tommes
18. Apr 2024 · 15:32 UTC
Great game worked really well until I got to scores in the 40-50. Unluckily it always failed to register my inputs at some point in the higher scores. Don't know what exactly caused it, just seemed to always happen in these score ranges.
LDJam user 298496
18. Apr 2024 · 15:38 UTC
Solid little pattern game, nice work!

Only issue was that I eventually hit a bug in which my arrow inputs were ignored.
yule4ka
18. Apr 2024 · 15:43 UTC
nice game and funnny birds, or who are they?..
binroot
18. Apr 2024 · 15:48 UTC
"NOICE." Love the sounds / audio effects! The visuals are also amazingly done! I felt like I was doing mortal kombat move combos haha. I love that the game was self-explanatory from the visuals alone!
RedPhoenix2412
18. Apr 2024 · 15:55 UTC
Very funny game! I'm not sure if I've understand how the counter on the top right works. But very good work!
0x0961h
18. Apr 2024 · 16:00 UTC
My only critique would be that I have to open books to remind myself of patterns and sometimes I just have them constantly open skipping all the work you guys have done on art. But it was a nice entry nevertheless. :)
Donamougou
18. Apr 2024 · 16:00 UTC
Nice entry !
I didn't get as far as other tester, but didn't had the bug with the inputs.
It is a nice idea, well executed. I wanted to learn the inputs patterns, to be faster and better.
But is there a way to delete a input without losing the pigeon/patient ? As I tried to be faster, I also made more mistake, that I knew were mistake but couldn't correct them...
Well done team, it was an enjoyable little game !
Arman
18. Apr 2024 · 16:13 UTC
Nice game. I like the small details y'all put into the environment. It gives the game some more charm. The gameplay loop was fun. It was especially interesting because you start to learn the patterns after a bit, which feels really good. That being said, wish that the game ramped up in difficulty a bit more. Even pretty far along, I never really felt under that much pressure to remember or look up a summon, and I ended up just intentionally losing at 99 because it felt more like a game of endurance than skill at that point.
GreatOT
18. Apr 2024 · 17:27 UTC
It's a nice and simple game, well done to the team. When I saw the input for the different spells, all I could think of was Hellldivers 2 :smile:
Aysa
18. Apr 2024 · 19:36 UTC
Funny game! good done for your rookie team
Zanar
18. Apr 2024 · 19:44 UTC
Well, a funny game, for sure! Well done!
LittleGamer
19. Apr 2024 · 14:30 UTC
Not exactly my type of game but still find it fun, which is a good thing ! My only complaint is that the sound the pigeons are making when you miss the incantation gets annoying real fast.
Also the desired incantation for the next pigeon tends to spawn before it arrives, which breaks a bit the flow. It's not a gamebreaker for a jam game but I felt like it gave an unfair advantage to the player.

Really nice game overall !
ping78
19. Apr 2024 · 22:06 UTC
Nice little game, enjoyed it quite a bit. Input got stuck a few times, regardless of that, good work.
Phanelly
21. Apr 2024 · 14:57 UTC
Nice game! Simple and efficient. Works well.

It actually has a similar concept to our game, but unlike ours in your game players actually understand what they have to do ahahah.
RollCreators
21. Apr 2024 · 15:35 UTC
NIce keyboar trainer wtih arrows xD
zirconcode
23. Apr 2024 · 17:59 UTC
Fun game loop. Loved the atmosphere, very cute =)
jk5000
24. Apr 2024 · 17:43 UTC
A sweet and fun little game.
Oscar Berry
27. Apr 2024 · 22:59 UTC
In the long term, the game becomes boring. There should be a progressive difficulty curve! I had to volontary make mistakes to end the game and see my score...
However, I love the idea. The graphics are nice, and the rhythm with which new incantations appear is perfect for getting used to them. Congrats! :)
Burns
27. Apr 2024 · 23:23 UTC
cute game. enjoyed the vibes
Merrow
30. Apr 2024 · 14:19 UTC
Well done, we had the same idea with key patterns but decided another input. Cute graphics, nice game!
frozenfire92
30. Apr 2024 · 23:43 UTC
Interesting little game! I didn't realize at first that the speech bubble was the spell they were looking for, I thought the sword in the head needed a heal :joy: Keep on making games!
bbaf
02. May 2024 · 21:08 UTC
Funny and cute game! I really liked how u turned out the idea of "bird healer in the castle".
A few small notes regarding the submission:

- Looks like .zip build on itch.io is very unfinished or broken. It's lacking interactive books and lots of UI elements. HTML version is nice and up-to-date.

![bird1.jpg](///raw/6ca/c/z/64f0a.jpg)


- Regarding the book UI itself. While being opened, player is still able to hit combo and succeed further. So it is a bit easier to proceed the game (which is totally fine). The only thing is - player don't see the bird animation since book takes the top layer on the screen. As a minor suggestion, it would be great to make a book smaller or half-transparent to see the bird while it is opened. Or, perhaps block the input when book is opened to add more gameplay sense to such restriction.

![bird2.jpg](///raw/6ca/c/z/64f10.jpg)


- I got a small bug(someone already has mentioned it above) with infinite combo input without success/fail condition. But it has really low reproducibility so it's not a problem :wink:

![bird3.jpg](///raw/6ca/c/z/64f11.jpg)

Overall, I really enjoyed your game. Comments above are rather small notes that doesn't impcat the overall great exepriance. Have a nice voting!
🎤 AbominableScience
08. May 2024 · 08:54 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback! <3
I'll finally be able to take into account to correct and refine our game! I'm waiting for the end to be able to do it!
It was an honour to take part in this event for the first time and I hope to take part in the next one. All the best!!!! @bbaf @frozenfire92 @merrow @burns @oscar-berry @jk5000 @zirconcode @rollcreators @phanelly @ping78 @littlegamer @zanar @aysa @greatot @arman @donamougou @0x0961h @redphoenix2412 @binroot @yule4ka @matt-ravenhall @tommes @slavturtle @vantalogic @pigeonic @antarian @apoly @kot9 @litterattus @scoobydoo @sstyles93 @stowy