very very intesting concept and theme, its like im getting rewarded by learning how to play by attacking, this next level dude! congrasts really impressed! A+
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Casting Scales's itch.io pageHow does your game incorporate the theme?
I took SCALE in its musical sense: the game is literally about casting scales. Every spell is played on a musical scale, chords decide the element (a major triad burns, a minor one soaks, a tritone blinds), and the way you travel the scale decides the shape: climb it fast and the spell slithers, plunge down it and a vortex opens, strike it all at once and it bursts.
The deeper idea: you learn music by wandering up and down a scale, and that is exactly how the game teaches. Players explore key combinations to find new spells, and without noticing they are actually learning real intervals, chords and rhythm by ear and by fingers.
And because it is a roguelite: enemies scale up wave after wave and your power scales with the upgrades you pick between fights
Did you use any sort of AI during the development of your submission?
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