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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #155 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| Enjoyment | #374 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Overall | #429 | 3.428 | 3.428 |
| Gameplay | #464 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Audio | #544 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Theme | #555 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Visuals | #821 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Cast spells under a wizard's nose to cheat him of coin. Risky!
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Kenney's Cards
Simple Card UI
Music by BobbyColeMusic
Explosion Sound FX - Volume III: Fantasy
Handcrafted by TomWinandySFX
How many people worked on the game?4
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This was a lot of fun once I figured out what was going on. Nice work! I like the idea of the wizard spotting you trying to cast a spell :)
Thanks!
We def could've improved the tutorial, but glad you had fun with the actual game!
Pretty solid game! The spell cast selections could use a bit of clarity! Good work! *this game was live reviewed here: twitch.tv/gratefulllyivory (will post vod after stream)
Watched the stream. Thanks for playing!
Pretty solid game! The spell cast selections could use a bit of clarity! Good work! *this game was live reviewed here: twitch.tv/gratefulllyivory (will post vod after stream)
Really cool and unique concept! Definitely one of the more creative entries I've played. Great work!
Amazing Game!! I playes waaay longer than intended. Very adictive!!
Great entry ! I really liked the fact that we see the opponent's face, gave a really good poker vibe, very pleasing ! :)
Thanks! We just had to have a "poker face" lol
It's so interesting to see how different our games turned out even though a wizard card game can be used to describe both of them XD. Anyways, awesome job, really solid all around.
Haha I think I've seen at least 3 or 4 games that match that description but all play totally different
Very cool to see and appreciate the play!
Feels Very polished and complete. Great submission.
An extremely interesting card game, really loved the vibes! The graphics on par with the ost give it a unique feel I rarely see in other card games. Initially I was a little confused as to what I was supposed to do, but reading the description clarified a ton of things, so that's not an issue. I also ran into this bug where for some reason opponent's card appeared in my hand and I was able to freely move it around for a short while. Overall, a really solid and fun game!
Thanks for the detailed feedback!
There's a spell that lets you swap a card with your opponent, but it sounds like this happened even when you weren't casting that specific one?
yeah, it happened at random and I couldn't interact with the card either. But this was a really minor bug and I had lots of fun regardless!
Love card games like this so this was a really fun one! The wizard portrait was really cool and the music fit really well as well
Additional to what the others are saying about the learning curve, I think this is a really fun game with some interesting ideas :)
This game is so Awesome. I have used the word awesome too much this game jam. I LOVE THE WIZARD EYES. I am bad at the game at the start, but cheating always ALWAYS wins :) I would love to either work on the design of this game or have a full Sorcery style rpg of this a la knucklebones love love lvoe
Appreciate the love! @OneManMenace killed it w/ the portrait art
The need to watch for the enemies eyes is a great idea.
Neat little Game with great music.
Great work!
Fun idea! took me a few goes to understand what was going in but once I did I really enjoyed it. I'd like to see ways to make it harder, once I knew how to play it was pretty easy to win every round. Good work!
100% agreed!
Our original plan was to have multiple NPCs you could play w/ their own playstyles and scaling difficulty, but unfortunately had to cut for time
It's high on our list of things to add if we do a future update!
Had to play a few rounds before getting the hang of it, but it was really fun and cool. The art is great, and love the implementation of stealth as well! Great game
Really cool idea, liked the implementation and the game.
This was a really neat idea. I really liked the strategic aspect of deciding which spells to use at what times and having to conserve mana. The not getting caught part was good flavor, but even without that, the spells just added a bit of a deductive reasoning aspect to the card game that was a lot of fun! It reminded me of how when playing MTG you need to hold cards back and try to predict your opponents moves so you can make sure your play is optimal for the turn. I think evolving that concept could make for a really fun and unique card type game!
You must play blue a little bit huh ;) ? Any comparison to MTG is praise indeed, thank you!
Really enjoyed this game! Had to read the controls a couple of times before I understood (e.g. expected to click and drag opponents card to the spell or double click to select). Other than that, it got me to engage in the strategy, also the spells having a slow decay rate when you release is a nice touch. Great job!
Thanks!
We def struggled w/ deciding on a control scheme, but it's nice to hear that some of the game-feel work was noticed
Clever idea! It would be cool to see it expanded some day. I think this concept would be a lot of fun with multiple opponents at the table all trying to cheat one another.
Thanks!
Multiple opponents was def something we considered but had to cut for time, so that's a validating suggestion :)
I think it is a little hard to understand this spell mechanic and how I can cast spells and whatnot. That said, once I did start figuring it out, it was fun and started opening up more options for me. This idea has a lot of potential if you keep working on it :)
Thanks for the feedback!
Definitely wish we had more time for the tutorials/onboarding, especially since each spell is a lil different
We might've leaned too heavily on tooltips/hover hints lol