In an unknown land, in a distant place
Lived a wizard, peace and content in soul

Surrounded by bees, trees, lady nature's grace
Such a scenery called for a sweet little stroll


In their quest for exploration, wonder
Their stomach suddenly called for hunger

The forest was filled with great ingredients
"Exploring further should be convenient!"


With an empty belly and a wavering mind
Our hero was now lost for certain

With nothing in hand, and their home to find
The Wizard was ready ! Let's open this curtain...




In this platformer, you can go left, right, and jump

Use your keyboard to play

A = to go left

D = to go right

Space = to jump

Spam space  = to climb the big plant

Hold middle mouse button = place a respawn

The water might be useful to grow a seed...


You wont be able to get to your cosy home without dying, use your middleclick to create a sigil so you can come back safely to life.



TechDivers : Code

FrancisRave : Music/SFX & Text

Tori: Art

This game was made during the Wovie game jam 3.0 - from 26.02 to 01.03
The theme was : Failure is progress

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorsTori, TechDivers, FrancisRave
GenrePlatformer, Puzzle
Made withUnity
Tags2D, Game Jam, illustrated, Wizards
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

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How do I get pass the part with the first moving platform?

In some parts it doesnt feel like a platformer because of how buggy jumping onto an edge is, but besides that, it has good music, Good visuals

thanks so much :) i still hop we can push this game a bit further someday, make a postjam version ! ♥ 

if you fix the jankiness then yes

really hard game but good artist!

its sooo good game~~

Very  nice music and visuals. 5/5

The graphics and music are so pretty i just really wish the game was more user friendly , i can't figure out how to get past the second spikes :')

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Hello !

We didn't test the game enough for sure and i'm sorry it impacted your experience, there will be a fixed version posted after the gamejam (in one week or so) that should correct those kind of bug (corpse disapearing, or not being able to use them correctly on web version) the exe/zip version works better 
Thanks a lot for taking the time to write such a kind comment ♥

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So, I keep falling in the spikes at the beginning of the game. Middle mouse does not work. I also cannot stand on the dead bodies. Basically I can't do anything. So even though I like the charm, the game is now unplayable.

Unless someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong ;-)

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Hello !

thanks so much for trying the game, and your very kind comment

If you played the webversion i believe there is some bug that doesn't allow you to stand on dead bodies or the corpse disapear.. i'm very sorry for that, we will make a fixed version after the gamejam (so in one week or so) if you wanna try again in a better setting, or, you can try the zip/exe version if you feel adventurous <3 

Hey Tori, thanks for the response. I gave it a shot on the downloaded version and that works fine indeed. Very nice game, again, I like the whole handdrawn fairytale atmosphere :-) A few remarks:

  • Why would you use the mouse only for the respawn point? Why not use a keyboard button for that so you can play with two hands on the keyboard?
  • When quickly jumping you can cross spikes without dying
  • I am playing on an extra wide screen and then you can see the 'panels' that close when you finish the game. Would be awesome if I can see your beautiful backgrounds on my whole wide screen.

But, like I said, nice experience!

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Ho wow , thanks so much for again, such kinds words !! and also taking the time to download the game and let us feedback, it's really apreciated

i think most of the prob of the game are purely gamedesign mistake we made because we didn't tested the game enough, the mouse button for example isn't the best choice, we got lot of feedback on that, and we will try to replace it with a keyboard touch on the postjam version ☺ i'm not sure how to manage the visual for multiple résolution but i'll be sure to ask if it's possible !

thanks again, really touched and grateful for the time you spent to try the game and to let us know what you though and what went wrong ♥

what if i don't have a mouse---

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You'll need to wait one week at the end of the game jam :D.

I'll correct it when I can modify the game ;)

Ohh I see I see, thanks for replying!

I'm sorry and maybe I'm just stupid but I don't know what to do. I die right at the beginning and it doesn't happen.

spam the space bar

There is a bug sometimes on the web version you sometimes can't walk on your bodies so you need either to download the pc version or refresh your page.

Super nice! Amazing graphics and the sound is appropriate for this type of game. However, I had issues with the game play. Often I could use the dead wizards as stepping stones.

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Malgré le peu de temps disponible pour faire le jeu il est incroyable..

Merci beaucoup ♥ 

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This was truly adorable, the graphics, the music, and the idea! Makes me wish you guys did a second part because was truly fun, I want to plant more seeds and keep exploring! Good job!