Ludum Dare #59compo
Runic Ascendancy!
Welcome to ~~The Elder Futhark Speak And Spell Game~~ Runic Ascendancy! Your goal is to crush the evil denizens of the cursed forest and come out the other side. This will not be easy, but you have a powerful tool to aid you: runic magic. Combine runes to cast spells, defeat your enemies, and then discover their binding invocation to gain a new spell.
The keyboard is small when not full screen. That's basically fine, as you can type things out almost normally. Here's some caveats:
* There is no V sound in runes; v is f.
* There is no Y sound in runes; y is j.
* a, like "lance", is a. a, like "bark", is a different rune, mapped to q. Or shift-A.
* "sh" is mapped to x. Or shift-S.
* "ng" is mapped to c. Or shift-n.
* "th" is mapped to y. Or shift-t.
It takes some practice, and you can sound out the words! That's the point! Learn your magic and you'll be disintegrating (an actual spell) your foes in no time!
Keyboard
The keyboard is small when not full screen. That's basically fine, as you can type things out almost normally. Here's some caveats:
* There is no V sound in runes; v is f.
* There is no Y sound in runes; y is j.
* a, like "lance", is a. a, like "bark", is a different rune, mapped to q. Or shift-A.
* "sh" is mapped to x. Or shift-S.
* "ng" is mapped to c. Or shift-n.
* "th" is mapped to y. Or shift-t.
It takes some practice, and you can sound out the words! That's the point! Learn your magic and you'll be disintegrating (an actual spell) your foes in no time!
Comments4
But all in all great game and awesome idea, good work :)
I kept waiting for healing spells to show up, but it seems one has to make do with the occasional shield and otherwise just attack as fast as possible. In the end, I managed to vanquish six enemies.
There were a few confusing things, such as sometimes getting just two bindings (= Wordle guesses?) while other times getting seven, and like not being able to type the next spell yet because the last one was apparently still busy. A sound effect or any other effect when one is allowed to start mashing in the next sequence of runes one has prepared in one's mind would be helpful.