Ludum Dare #55compo
Runic Distractions
Take on the role of a most maligned ritualist as they race each night to complete their summoning spell.
Mouse and keyboard required. Make sure you select your keyboard layout in the opening screens! QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ are supported.
Did you get stuck? See below for spoilery help. Otherwise, the play link is at the bottom of the post!
Thanks for playing and rating, feels good to game jam again.
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BUG FIX 2024-04-15, 12:15 BST: thanks to everyone alerting me about problems with different keyboard - turns out Unity handles this sort of remapping automatically! So all I really needed to change was the displayed keys. Non-QWERTY keyboards should have a much nice time now :)
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1. Runes: You have to mash each section of your keyboard in order to generate runes - your goal runes are at the bottom of the screen, and you must complete them left to right. EG: masking "QWERT" will set the left side of the rune to that value.
2. Candles: Do the candles keep getting blown out? Use your mouse to reignite them! click and hold to light your lights, and mouse over the problematic candle.
3. Bells: when activated, you'll see the bells start to jump and you will hear a sound cue. Run your finger along the number keys 1 to 8, and the timer will go back to normal pace.
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Mouse and keyboard required. Make sure you select your keyboard layout in the opening screens! QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ are supported.
Did you get stuck? See below for spoilery help. Otherwise, the play link is at the bottom of the post!
Thanks for playing and rating, feels good to game jam again.
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BUG FIX 2024-04-15, 12:15 BST: thanks to everyone alerting me about problems with different keyboard - turns out Unity handles this sort of remapping automatically! So all I really needed to change was the displayed keys. Non-QWERTY keyboards should have a much nice time now :)
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1. Runes: You have to mash each section of your keyboard in order to generate runes - your goal runes are at the bottom of the screen, and you must complete them left to right. EG: masking "QWERT" will set the left side of the rune to that value.
2. Candles: Do the candles keep getting blown out? Use your mouse to reignite them! click and hold to light your lights, and mouse over the problematic candle.
3. Bells: when activated, you'll see the bells start to jump and you will hear a sound cue. Run your finger along the number keys 1 to 8, and the timer will go back to normal pace.
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Comments17
Couldn't play it through but the idea is nice!
Unfortunately, using my QWERTZ keyboard didn't quite work, even though I selected it. The Y and Z were switched and the - was also elsewhere.
Loved the main mechanic of mashing keys to build runes. Having to take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse was brilliant!
Overall, short but very fun! Great entry!
I enjoyed the aesthetic of this and the humour that came through in the text. Nice lighting effects too with the candles that must remain lit so you can see the runes.
Anyway, this is a pretty unique game. It looks great and has a great moody atmosphere. The ending was funny too.
I managed to cheat, in the last level I just ignored the bells and lighting candles, as I remembered which parts of runes were on which keys. To avoid this, the candles going out should hide the required runes too and the ringing the bells should be enforced somehow.
Thank you for the game and congrats on your entry!