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The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2022 - Free Course For All Submissions!

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A jam submission

Wizard GuardView game page

🔫 A top down shooter game with a mix of tower defense! 🎮 IT ALSO HAS A LEADERBOARD!📜
Submitted by Prietse, The4R1O — 42 minutes, 18 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#314.1274.127
Sound#433.7273.727
Mechanics#453.9453.945
Aesthetics#874.1094.109
Music#873.7453.745
Story#2902.6002.600
Theme#5072.5092.509

Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game total?
2

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes, PaperUIKit(“Lynda Mc Donald”)

Link to your source?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18kLoyXsd9o0WA1ymVxuAZuX32JZYZz3o?usp=sharing

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debajrSubmitted2 years ago

Cool and fun! Great work!

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RK Compost Factory
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The4R1ODeveloper2 years ago

Thank you!

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cambiarJimmySubmitted2 years ago

I enjoyed it. I love the cute visuals and the particle effects. I also love that you can try to block an enemy with your own body however futile that is xD I suck at this game, but I can see the amount of love put into it. This can be its own full game and I'd play the hell out of it. One minor annoyance I had was that I ran out of mana quick and it regenerated too slowly, and mana potions that dropped are usually very far from where I am. Overall nice game, feels polished, but just needs more balancing. Congrats!

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Outer Darkness
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The4R1ODeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, game definitely needs more balancing.

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0nitenshiSubmitted2 years ago

Very fun to play, mechanics are very smart.

9th on the leaderboard :)

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1 Life 2 Die
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The4R1ODeveloper2 years ago

Thank you, and congratz on 9th place. :)

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DomenixiusSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

As the proud owner of the current 5th place, great game! Really satisfying with great player feedback! I don't know if the game might have been better without a mana system as I felt like I played perfectly and only took the mana pots when I needed them but I still ran out and could do nothing :( Maybe the difficulty could ramp up a tad quicker but that might just be my taste! Red and brown look a little bit to similar, and I would have liked to be able to select my elements with number keys or so as cycling through them got a little bit messy. But overall very addictive gameplay, good job! Ohh and I love the custom curser that is such a great addition!

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Growth Circles
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The4R1ODeveloper2 years ago(+1)

First of all thank you for your review. We didn't spent much time testing out the game so mana system might feel like it's not balanced enough. Many people suggested different spell switch I can understand why current one can be frustrating later in the run. We are glad you enjoyed it.

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Phoenix GamesSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hard game :D 

I noticed now in the comments, that you can switch spells... typical me :D

I give it another shot!

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Blake the Ghosthunter
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for giving it another shot, I just updated the game page actually with a GIF to show which spells are for what creature, totally understandable we didn't put a clear way that showed it. 

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Phoenix GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

My bad! I didn't even read the texts :D

Now i got 4th! ;P

Can you play and rate my game, too?

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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago

wow  great job 🙌 sure thing I'll check out your game 

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Lewis MarksSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Amazing game! Love everything about it, you've inspired me to create a game that uses online leaderboards. At first I thought opposing elements destroyed them, but soon realised that it was matching elements.

I'm Lew1s on the leaderboards, second place! (for now)

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Ghostman
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

wow, Congrats on being on the leaderboard.  Thank you for that 🙌 btw if you are interested, I used Lootlocker SDK for our leaderboard, and was easy to implement. Took me 3 hours to implement and was a last-minute thing to add. But I'm glad to have inspired you to put this feature in your future games. One of the lootlocker team actually played the game 😅

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Lewis MarksSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Yo, thanks man! I'll keep that in mind. That's dope! I hope y'all can make a full game out of this, I'd be interested in trying it out for sure!

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vo0do0Submitted2 years ago(+1)

Very hard at first, but defo cool game

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Lost Soul
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vo0do0Submitted2 years ago(+1)

Very hard at first, but defo cool game

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Lost Soul
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NS StudiosSubmitted2 years ago

HighScore = 119.

Really fun and beautiful, cool mechanics.

It was really hard

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The Mortician
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you for playing our game, sorry that you find our game hard, but totally understandable, we should have been clearer on saying which spells are for which creatures. But we have updated the game page to show this clearly with a GIF. Thank you for your feedback

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g3rgSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game, frantic music suited the mood. One thing I think that might have helped me, was allowing the mousewheel to change spells, as it got more frantic, the using the same fingers for movement and switching got a little much, though that could just be me! Great jam game!

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Death Witch - GDTV Game Jam
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NickMckinnisSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really loved all of the attention to detail you guys put into this.  From the moment I loaded the game and saw the cursor change I was impressed but I can't believe all the features you crammed into this thing. Although I wasn't that great at the game I still really appreciated the mechanics. Great submission!

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The Mighty Oak
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

We are glad that you had a great time with our game, There were still a lot of features that got cut out due to the time limitation, and to tell you honestly, I only started on the leader board 6 hours left on the deadline and finished with 3 hours left. so glad that there was no major game-breaking bug because we thought that after the deadline we were not able to edit the game anymore. Thank you for playing the game

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shizuniikSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game and great art! 

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The Trainee Ghost
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Sleepy1CloudSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That was fun. Love the leaderboard.

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Fading Away
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago

Wow, You got to the top of the leaderboard.  Congrats, Thanks for playing 🙌

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BT HadleySubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice little top down shooter and great addition of the leaderboard. Good sound and graphics as well, great job!

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Alliance Reborn
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Chris | Indie Game DevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Love defense games, and I love the mechanic that forces you to really move to chase the mana

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E.C.C.: ENHANCED COMBAT CADAVERS
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Digital GamezSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Played the game but I played it with a laptop trackpad and with that, it's really hard to play.
could see a fair few people enjoying it if its their cup of tea, the leaderboard is a very nice addition.
very welldone for making a game :) you win for just making one.

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Hope
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Mushroom Adobe GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very fun. I love the artwork and contrasts.

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Summoner of Souls
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PcKaffeSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Now this is my jam, top down shooter! It even has a leaderboard! The mana mechanic works really well and makes you have to manouver around more instead of getting the best angle all the time. Top marks!

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PUGB - Battlegrounds
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Yang PulseJam Host2 years ago(+1)

Hi, I noticed your submission is missing source. Your source is everything someone needs to download your game, open it in the game engine, and hit Play to play the game. Here is an example of the files to include: https://github.com/icepol/DeathIsOnlyTheBeginning

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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago

Hi, Sorry for the late upload on the gdrive link, But the source can now be found both in the game page and gdrive link. Thank you 

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Yang PulseJam Host2 years ago

Yup, it looks good now :)

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AinarScorpSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I really liked the graphics, neat mechanics. A little more enemy variety or challenges and it can be very fun game to play

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Restless Battle
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PrietseDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing! we'll keep that suggestion in mind but sadly we can't add more features for now.  Did you manage to post your high score? 

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