lots of people are saying they cannot get past the first skeleton, did you read the spell scrolls on the bookshelf along the way? most spells you can get from that will definitely help, and the game might take some patience to get used to at first but trust me it's really cool once it clicks. i do hope you give it a second try if you feel so inclined.
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I read the scroll the first time, but instinctively went; "got dmg spell, lets kill skeleton" only to realise he's gonna pound me into a wall and kill me xD
I played the game again, and got past the first skeleton, but the game is still rather hard(one mistake and an enemy will just walk up and kill you).
Once i got the spider climb spell cast, i did not remember it afterwards, the only spell i remembered was call lightning because it was powerful enough and by constantly reminding myself the "code" 1-2-5,1-2-4,2.
Remembering spells like that is really difficult, especially when its multiple spells.
I plays into your story very well though.
Also the hands on the scroll are kinda hard to read + when i think i did it right, but nothing happened, its hard to figure out which finger was not supposed to be up.
The system is very interesting and cool, if it is also easier to use.
so yeah, tldr; hands on scrolls are hard to read/understand, spells are hard to remember.
hey thanks for giving it a second shot! that really helps. the spells are probably just a bit too complicated at the moment and could've used some balancing. with regards to memorization you could check any spells you previously cast or found in the memory castle from the pause menu, but that probably could've used a much better tutorial to explain as well. i may continue working with this idea in the future so it's good to know what to change, thanks for all the feedback.