Mr Wizard VS The World by Jacic

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made by Jacic for LD25 (COMPO)
This game isn't the most user-friendly, and for that I apologize.

You play as Mr Wizard, spawning monsters to fight those pesky heroes in this turn-based arena fighter!

Every turn, your mana increases. If you can't cast anything for any reason, press Enter to go on with the turn. If a hero attacks and you have no monsters spawned, you will lose HP and gain mana.

If nothing seems to happen on a turn, the monster(s) or hero(s) missed.

Controls are explained in-game, but I was unable to put some details in, such as the mana cost of each monster.

Here are the stats of every monster:

Slime:
HP: 2
STR: 1
DEF: 1
SPD: 1
COST 2

Skeleton:
HP: 2
STR: 1
DEF: 2
SPD: 2
COST 3

Goat:
HP: 3
STR: 2
DEF: 2
SPD: 2
COST 6

Cat:
HP: 3
STR: 3
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
COST 7

'Monster' 5 is a heal spell, which heals all monsters by 1 HP, and costs 5 mana.

I'm excited about the potential (I think) this game has, and will continue to improve it, maybe to the point where I think it could sell.

This game was made with Haxe + NME + HaxePunk. A linux build should be up soon.

Ratings

Coolness 47% 711
Overall 2.70 531
Audio 2.33 389
Fun 2.27 613
Graphics 2.00 687
Humor 2.25 456
Innovation 2.55 508
Mood 2.45 539
Theme 2.76 553

Feedback

loren
17. Dec 2012 · 17:32 UTC
fun! I liked this mechanic
Casino Jack
17. Dec 2012 · 19:20 UTC
Would be useful to have some basic instructions during the game (just "Press 1 for..." etc). Good concept though.
kewry
18. Dec 2012 · 05:00 UTC
web link is completely black, flash version 11.5 chrome
windows link throws std@get_env__1
dekart
18. Dec 2012 · 05:05 UTC
Simple and fun :)
Nutter
18. Dec 2012 · 06:36 UTC
Also get nothing for the web version, just a black screen
strong99
18. Dec 2012 · 07:53 UTC
Simple game, but I never got past the last hero :( Enjoyed it.
shaneshanekavanagh
18. Dec 2012 · 15:18 UTC
I had great fun killing the boss. Had more fun destroying the hero partys though!
🎤 Jacic
18. Dec 2012 · 16:38 UTC
kewry, Nutter: Do you have a filter running? Is there any newer flash version? I've uploaded versions that might fix it, but you two are the only ones encountering this. :(
evilseanbot
18. Dec 2012 · 20:25 UTC
Might have been nice to put the monster info on the bottom of the screen, or somethin'.
CurtisOfTheDark
18. Dec 2012 · 21:52 UTC
good game
Cake&Code
18. Dec 2012 · 22:20 UTC
That is one mean goat monster! Hehe, nicely done with that.

It was a bit hard to tell what was going on and when. Animations would have been great, but even just some simple +5 or -1 or some way to show that stats have changed due to attack would have been good!

Fun enough though I wasn't fully engaged.

Good job! :D
azurenimbus
20. Dec 2012 · 01:55 UTC
Fun game! I definitely agree that this has potential, Jacic, you should keep at it and explore the dynamics some more. Nicely done. :)
AdventureIslands
21. Dec 2012 · 09:21 UTC
Managed to beat the boss! this was pretty good, it could use lots of refining and making it clearer whose turn it is and who did what, but otherwise I liked it.
🎤 Jacic
21. Dec 2012 · 17:16 UTC
Thanks for the kind words everyone!

I've uploaded post-compo versions, which include a visual reminder of which keys spawns which creatures, as well as the mana cost for each. The windows build is also fixed for real now (post-compo version)!
delpes
04. Jan 2013 · 03:11 UTC
Cool. Had fun with it :)
tripleVisionGames
06. Jan 2013 · 14:15 UTC
arrgh I got the boss down to 1 then died!! Fun idea would be worth working on to make it more responsive and a bit mroe fun