Screaming Wizards

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★36%
I have tried to complete a Ludum Dare so many times before. This time, finally, I actually submitted something. I don't care it is a rubbish game, I'm proud anyway.

How to play: Type the word as it appear on the screen to launch an attach on the opponent. Do it fast enough and you win, too slow and you lose.

The theme: It was tricky to come up with a game mechanic that followed the theme. I started out with some sort of duel between wizards where they were screaming at each other, the theme was never fully realized as I focused on completing the game. I ended up with something more like The Typing Of The Dead.

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Comments18

KloudRazor
KloudRazor20 Apr 2015, 12:34
I actually expected them to scream(that would have been fun xD). The game fits well with the theme and I like typing as well so nice job!
ccglp
ccglp20 Apr 2015, 12:41
Simple typing of the dead type of game, it works, and is your first ludum dare, so it's a very good work! :)

(Hate the music)
qapn20 Apr 2015, 12:44
I enjoyed this one. Good work! As a core mechanic, this could be interesting if you extrapolated the concept with additional stuff (more weapons, more mechanics, more dynamic enemies, etc).
ManicMiner
ManicMiner20 Apr 2015, 12:47
Nice! Had fun with it - seems unfair when it chucks a super-long word at you and it basically does the same thing as a shorter word it could have chosen?
fullmontis
fullmontis20 Apr 2015, 12:47
I always like some typing game :) But I'm not sure how can I win? I saw that after a while words stopped appearing, so I got hit and lost.

I think it would be cool if they said some magical formulas, but that's just an idea.
esayitch20 Apr 2015, 12:47
Heya, pretty cool quick game. I'd suggest adding the option to mute and also making the words have a difficulty curve... i.e, in the beginning shorter and more well-known words, later on more difficult ones. Graphics are cute, so is the concept, fireballs look great :D
Good luck!
nopogo
nopogo20 Apr 2015, 12:51
the web version ran out of memory for me. will check later to see if its fixed
DKoding20 Apr 2015, 16:11
It has been done before but a simple and surprisingly fun concept. Should probably have a difficulty setting for slow typers.
HayBee05
HayBee0521 Apr 2015, 00:00
This was fun but hard to read some of the words because of the small text. This would be a good game to practice typing and spelling.
balom
balom22 Apr 2015, 00:14
Surprisingly fun! I had to play until I won ;)

Great job!
raisedmedia
raisedmedia23 Apr 2015, 17:53
I really liked this. Wish the fonts were slightly more legible.
Jakob37
Jakob3725 Apr 2015, 08:13
It was intense! Enjoyed it a lot :) Would use a bigger/clearer font, had trouble to read the words at times. Really nice graphics. Well done!
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D26 Apr 2015, 15:55
fun game, good use of the theme.
SojaBird
SojaBird27 Apr 2015, 12:21
Fun little thing :)
it sometimes is really hard to read since the font is a bit un-accentuated (A & O look quite the same and some others)

Overal pretty neat.
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames27 Apr 2015, 13:02
Nice concept, pretty fun too - though it was quite hard to read some of the words with that font! I type fairly fast and it was a challenge for me, suggest a slower difficulty curve or having difficulty options for typing skill levels :)
CiderPunk27 Apr 2015, 13:12
needs a restart button on the web version, it takes a minute to refresh! otherwise good job!
nguyenmv228 Apr 2015, 14:26
It works well, but it's inconsistent. The words would vary in length with no warning and threw me off badly. It needs a difficulty system, but overall nice job for a first ludum dare
Franklin's Ghost
Franklin's Ghost29 Apr 2015, 12:33
Nice job finally submitting something. Fun game if a bit difficult at times with some crazy words. Good entry though and liked the music.

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