MY LIL WIZARD

by doinksoft

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.67

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85

THE CIRCLE IS CLOSING!

Clear enemies to give yourself some more space.

Pick up new wands to heal yourself and gain new abilities.

You can do it, My Lil Wizard!!!

We are aware of some slowdown in the HTLM5 version, so if you have the means, please download the windows executable for an optimal play experience :)

Controls:

WASD: Move
Left Click: Shoot, Select
(There is an accessibility option on the title to switch between Hold to Shoot and Toggle to Shoot)

Credits:

Cullen Dwyer / Britt Brady / Joseph Bourgeois / MirokoBG

Monogram font by datagoblin / mx6x11 font by Daniel Linssen

The HTML5 version has some performance issues past 5k score, for extended play use the Windows build.

Tags: #arcade, #magic, #pixel art, #wizards

Genres: action, survival

Tools: GameMaker, Pyxel Edit

Comments45

Jordan Weatherby2 Oct 2023, 23:39

Wow this is genuinely unbelievably good, you guys have done an amazing job! Hope to one day be able to put out something of this quality in a game jam

SpicyMarcus2 Oct 2023, 23:40

Great game, really well executed and very polished. Well done!

Pax Lefay2 Oct 2023, 23:42

This is really solid. Feels like some performance drop as enemies get more numerous, but other than that, fantastic job!

a327ex3 Oct 2023, 00:17

Very cool and an impressive amount of work put into it for only 3 days. A Super Crate Boxed VS-like would probably work well as an actual full game :thinking: My favorite weapon was the Guided Wand

jellycopter3 Oct 2023, 01:19

This is fantastic, everything looks and feels beautiful. High on my list with the level of polish. Web version slows down a bit after some time, but all in all a great game! Good stuff!

doinksoftauthor3 Oct 2023, 03:58

Aware of some slowdown on the HTML5 version. I'll work on something in the next couple days. Until then!

vrerabek3 Oct 2023, 07:07

Oh the lil'wizard is so cute, and so are the enemies! The gameplay is very smooth, I like the multiple mob types. Good job, enjoyed this game thoroughly

LDJam user 2788273 Oct 2023, 07:55

juiced as hell, love all the effects, awesome style

LDJam user 1956873 Oct 2023, 10:03

This is pretty much a complete game! Super engaging and really well executed. The art style is really cool and the effects are very juicy! One of my favourites so far.

Magalix3 Oct 2023, 11:25

Really cool design. Congrats !

I see only 2 flaws : the repetitivity of the wand noise, a bit annoying after some time,

And the lack of azerty support ! (moving with ZQSD)

ehgoodenough3 Oct 2023, 12:00

Delightful!! Loved how many different wands there were. The mach wand was my favorite.

recursor3 Oct 2023, 15:59

Very polished on the art, music and sounds. I really liked how the enemies could push stuff around as they chase you. I had them push a wand box right to me which I did not expect. As I got into the game I did notice that it did slow down quite a bit, which was not optimal. My computer is pretty beefy so I was surprised to see that happen. Anyway, I think this is a great piece of work,

Pinky Toast3 Oct 2023, 16:56

I loved finding and trying all the different wands. It was always exciting when I saw a new one to try. Feels good, really polished, love the graphics too. I got the slowdown on the webgl, I wonder if things aren't getting freed properly, there wasn't even that much stuff on the screen later on but the lag was super noticeable.

CoffeUp Studios3 Oct 2023, 17:27

Incredibly fun, and loved the graphics too. I got some lag on the webgl version too

ShidyGames3 Oct 2023, 17:38

I could buy it on Steam. Seriously, good job.

LDJam user 3004613 Oct 2023, 17:41

Amazing graphics, love the wizard dude

LordDaniel3 Oct 2023, 18:05

The game gets laggy with many enemies spawned but outside of that, the games work well, and there is quite a range of different wands, and enemies.

arzi3 Oct 2023, 19:24

Damn assassin wand!

Very polished, excellent scoping, great art!

Geronimo3 Oct 2023, 19:39

great graphics :D, the game does get repetitive after a while, and it fits the theme very loosely, but i had fun playing and it looks very polished which is a plus!

Strato3 Oct 2023, 21:31

The art is very charming. A solid game, I loved seeing all the different weapons. Definitely reminds me of Super Crate Box a bit.

rosalievile4 Oct 2023, 05:40

this is amazing :) i love the art style/visual effects/audio design and all the wands were really fun to try out. mystery wand is my favorite. the shrinking boundary mechanic is a good idea too. a suggestion i have would be putting creates in different spots and not just around the flag, to have a more reason to walk around the zone.

LDJam user 2964124 Oct 2023, 05:57

A really nice game. to be fair, I was sold the moment I saw the flying pig sprite on the itch page.

LOVE the art.

LandoSystems4 Oct 2023, 06:33

Fun game! As others have said, the art style is immediately inviting and it plays very smoothly with good weapon variations and rhythm. Good work!

LDJam user 94184 Oct 2023, 08:00

this is fun, game juice is well polished. camera shake is insane. and zoom on picking a weapon is too disrupting

Blue Pin Studio4 Oct 2023, 10:45

Really fun! i loved the juice! It got a bit laggy in the end, but that's fine. Managed to get a score of 5015

Brusi4 Oct 2023, 11:59

Really cute shooter with great art and feel!

Robean4 Oct 2023, 12:37

I had a really good time with this game, everything feels really well made. I did notice some performance issues the further I got in but that's understandable considering time constraints. I think with a little bit more polish and some more weapon and enemy variety this would be something I would be very happy buying as a full game.

Rafael Garcez4 Oct 2023, 20:12

great art! Pro level! Good job!

Blazejmg9174 Oct 2023, 21:43

This game was very fun, and had some incredible graphic! I did get some slowdowns as the game continued, but overall I had a great time playing it! If you wanted to expand this beyond, working out those performance problems could land you with a really good full game!

5Mixer5 Oct 2023, 09:13

Great game :D Super juicy graphics and audio. Like others, had some perf issues, but wasn't really a game stopper. I do feel like it started a bit slow and could have ramped up to moderate difficulty faster, but once it was really going I was under pressure for sure. Nice work

kairuma6 Oct 2023, 00:27

Actually very fun! I just wish there was more to it, more upgrades, more enemies, more modes. Great job!

LDJam user 2431936 Oct 2023, 14:14

Fun shooter game! I wish the box could be dropped elsewhere to shake gameplay cause I keep circling the center for safety and efficiency. But this is good enough.

Bill Marcy7 Oct 2023, 02:52

The art style really impresses me: it has a retro 8-bit style to it, but it still feels like I haven't a game that looks quite like this. It has a rounder, fluffier look than most other games in the ballpark.

benjamin7 Oct 2023, 13:28

Fun game ! The weapons FX and ennemies really remond me the 80's bubble bobble / rainbow island era.

r8teful8 Oct 2023, 13:51

This is such a polished game, I love the small details, the screenshake when you shoot and kill enemies, the small zoom when you pickup a new weapon, everything feels very smooth and it adds a lot to the fun of the game. Great jobb!

LDJam user 48868 Oct 2023, 15:04

I find the character design extremely charming!! The mix of super crate box and top down dual stick is fun, but maybe the pace was a tad slow? I had fun, anyways! :D

Skel3ton9 Oct 2023, 19:23

the game is cute and looks gorgeous…

the only complaint i have is the weapons... some are really annoying, others are OP... once i had a hulk shooting in all directions i didn't change it

great entry

TRASEVOL_DOG11 Oct 2023, 15:05

Super juicy, and the visuals are great! Gameplay works well but I did wish it felt less redundant. I found myself circling the enemies pretty much always the same way, and since nothing was dealing much damage anyway I felt like I could be pretty careless at it too. Still, this is obviously a very solid entry, great job!

Redoxeide12 Oct 2023, 01:17

Great job! The graphics and visual effects are great and very polished!

Strega12 Oct 2023, 07:20

Nice fun, survival shooter! The graphics were super polished and created a great aesthetic. The audio was great too. Gameplay was straight forward and frantic, in a good way. The weapon get effect was really jarring initially, but I guess I got used to it. It's an endless mode game right? (want to make sure I didn't miss any content)

CataclysmicKnight16 Oct 2023, 20:56

This is fun! The art is super cute and I love how tactile it feels with things getting hit, the screen shaking, zooming in when a new wand is grabbed, etc.

I'll admit that it helped me that the framerate would massively lag when there were lots of enemies 🤣 But I'm assuming that's just because I played in the browser.

Jonathan Lorenz17 Oct 2023, 14:22

A mix between Vampire Survivor and PUBG, interesting. Not a fan of those games but I can see that there is love and care putted into this project. I didn't play for very long but from what I saw maybe the game was lacking challenge? The ennemies were all not very dangerous, so I just killed them with my different weapons and used bombs when they were too many. Nice game, well polished. Good job!

HolySparks17 Oct 2023, 21:09

This game is polished beyond incredible! Just a very fun and good looking game all around!

LDJam user 37488320 Oct 2023, 05:31

Very fun!

myrmyxo20 Oct 2023, 19:59

Nice game ! It's kind of a mix between Vampire Survivors, Fornite, and Noita lmao.

Am I only one for which it's impossible to play because it becomes to laggy ? It's a shame it is that way, cause this is annoying, and I'd really like to test out every wand and not get destroyed by ghosts spawning out of nowhere lol... Looks like you forgot to remove the dead ennemies from a list somewhere and they get checked for collisions idk..?
Really cool graphics, music and sound effects (especially the sound effects), the gameplay is cool as hell ! Most wands are shit lol, I wish the poison lasted forever, it could've been the most OP one.
Very polished and fun !

Good job on this !