The Magnus Lens gives a lowly being the power of a deity. You've acquired it just in time, too, as a horde of enemies is swarming in on your newly-acquired followers.
Look through the Lens, Smite the enemy, and Bless your followers.
Controls are mouse to control the lens, mouse-click to cast your current spell (if you have a charge available). Space bar switches back and forth between Smite and Bless.
Bless heals a random follower unit being looked at through the lens and gives them a temporary boost to their accuracy.
Smite kills a random enemy unit being looked at through the lens.
Smiting enemies is very satisfying. Very good game, high score for innovation. I only wish the little men kept fighting rather than walking past each other and hanging out at the end of the board.
Hi there. Really like your God-game mechanic with the scrying orb/ magnifying glass. Cool to put instructions there as well. Nice mechanic. The strategy aspects suffers a bit from the 'Halma' problem - once units have passed each other then its just a race... no 'problems' to sort out any more... Really good job - more development maybe, unit types ?
Very good. Feels like it would work better with a battle royal where the minion seek each other out rather than just march forward. But a neat little title all the same.
I couldnt find any people to interact with, but I like the concept! I Included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Z4bPWwSnLLA
I just now realized a few post-competition tweaks I was experimenting with accidentally got published to my compo version because I forgot to change a folder name. The changes were extremely minor, and to the best of my knowledge, only 3 or 4 people played on this version, but in the interest of fairness, I feel I need to admit that this happened. The original compo version is back, now, but I apologize profusely for any confusion in the meantime.
I played it again! :) I Included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/08ofw2klihI
Wow, what a cute way to reconsider the god game! Through this viewpoint, it all seems awfully arbitrary... :] I didn't find any bugs or even anything that really needs a change, especially given the limited scope of these competitions--it's a very easy game to understand, and your conveyance is great--but if you have some more time next time, adding multiple SFX variants per effect would help a bit with the experience, I think.
Very satisfying experience. Thank you for the game!
Very nice take on the theme and interesting mechanic! I think the reloading time for the attack is a bit too short, because you actually can spam these attacks to kill all the enemies.
This is one the best interpretation of the theme I have seen! The game is really cool, though not that difficult. Difficulty level only add more minion on board, but doesn't really give an advantage at the enemy. Love it!
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Very satisfying experience. Thank you for the game!
Awesome concept!
Love it!