Unhinged Magic

by rudymakesgames

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.69

you're a wizard that has a magic book that's gone rouge, you must dodge bullets and blast the book. the only problem is that your wand stinks, you have no idea what spells your casting, they could turn the bullets into items to benefit you, or it can make them explode into even more bullets! can you take down the deadly El Libro with the odds against you?

Tags: #2d, #construct-3, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: shooter

Tools: Construct

Comments11

LDJam user 1746383 Oct 2021, 12:10

Nice game, the right balance of difficulty :)

Shootboots4 Oct 2021, 01:31

really balanced game (literally and metaphorically) :)

bluemaus4 Oct 2021, 02:24

nice game! music is pretty intense. the game is really hard, I couldn't beat it. I'm a fan of the graphics/art style.

April Lehman8 Oct 2021, 03:35

Nice idea. Music set a really intense mood.

JesusOnWheels8 Oct 2021, 03:52

Was really fun. I am a big fan of the Binding of Isaac and this scratched a similar itch. Was hard to damage the book when my shots would get blocked. I wish the ones that would explode on colliding with my shots would be colored differently so I would know. The title screen music was such a bop, it is a shame that I could not listen to it longer.

David Bohan8 Oct 2021, 04:05

Nice try! The hamburgers and apple juice made me laugh,.

LDJam user 26711612 Oct 2021, 23:55

Nice game! I've never thought of a shmup game where your bullets interact with theirs, that's a cool idea. Cute art too!

LDJam user 27087513 Oct 2021, 00:01

Simple, easy to understand mechanic with a clear visual style. Challenging but not overwhelming. All in all, a good Jam game.
The only thing I would add is a clear indication of when the player is hit. Maybe with an outline, glow, or colour change. Feedback to the player is really useful.
Other than that just a couple of spelling mistakes in the text.

Chartle13 Oct 2021, 16:42

Nice little game, I liked that bullets hitting turned into stuff. I do wish there were more gaps to get hits in rather than only hitting bullets, right now it feels like i'm just blocking.

Marvin Chong16 Oct 2021, 00:46

A pretty interesting concept. I found the game a bit too difficult, but perhaps it is because I am using a trackpad. Perhaps adding more power ups to the unstable powers of the wand? Like speed or damage boost. I think this would give the gameplay experience more variety.

It would also be nice if there were some SFX, it would give the player audio feedback and improve the game's overall experience.

BoxedMeatRevolution16 Oct 2021, 02:34

I like the idea of shooting down the enemy bullets for rewards. However, I think the movement controls and/or player bullet rate/speed could use tweaking. I basically just sat near the middle and spammed bullets upwards until the boss died, which ended up being repetitive. It would have been nice if I had more control to dodge between bullets and snipe shots at the boss during openings.