I wasn't able to shoot or casting any spells at the beginning even with the messages trying to help me. I just walked to the end of the map and that was it, pretty uneventful. I tried a second time and I was able to do the first spell but I think I found it by mistake, I think it will be nice that the node in the patterns can glow one at a time or something to know where to start. I wasn't sure what to do even by reading the prompts in respect of using the spells
After I was chased by the enemies I was running and disorienting a lot, I got the hang of memorizing the spell patterns but still I wasn't sure if the enemies were closed to me so I didn't know I was hitting them or not. I was just running around changing direction unintentionally by hitting the spell pattern and getting disoriented. if the map was a little bit more complexed I sure will have had some trouble.