Elemental Path

Description

Elemental Path is a game about positioning. You are in a cage in the Orc fortress and are unable to walk. Use the summoning of Elementals to get out of the fortress and free yourself from this prison.

Controls

* Mouse
* R to restart levels

* The highlight on the ground shows the path that the cards in your hand can take you
* The lighter highlight shows the path of the card the mouse is hovering over
* The darker highlight shows the path of all other cards in your hand

Theme

The idea is that a Mage is trapped in a cage (which is why he cannot walk). To move, he summons Air Elementals to move him and to try to free himself.

Jam experience

Well, the initial intention was to participate in Compo as I always do, however it took me a long time to find an idea that fit the compo time and even so the idea I chose proved to be greater than the time I had available, it was a very chaotic 72 hours , the idea ended up changing a lot over the days and this delayed things by a lot, I'm happy to have still had time to submit the game to the Jam.

No audio :(

Unfortunately, as you can see, I couldn't add sounds to the game :/

About the mechanics

I am always amazed by the number of interesting mechanics that can be incorporated and explored with this type of grid movement. My mind was exploding with ideas, things like blocks that could be pushed and push other game elements, including the portal itself, moving floors, different enemies, and so on. The design space in this type of setting is impressive, but that will be for the next jam...

I hope you have fun with the game and I am looking forward to your feedback
Thanks!