Spellbook Shuffle

Ludum Dare 55 Jam game made in 72 hours with the theme "Summoning" (The jam page: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/spellbook-shuffle)

A tower defense where you don't know the rules of summoning!

You wake to find a note left by your wizarding master:

You summon monsters into a lane via a summoning circle with either 2 or 3 ingredients. Every game these "recipes" are randomized, so you'll just have to experiment!

As a studious apprentice, you can take notes of summons which you like by pressing the number keys . These will be saved into the respective slot at the top of the screen. (This is informational only - you will still have to pick up those ingredients and use them to summon that monster again.)

There are a variety of monster types, with different fighting styles. Ranged, tank, etc.

There are also elemental variants of most monsters, which have strengths and weaknesses.

  • Fire is strong against, and takes less damage from, Grass
  • Grass is strong against, and takes less damage from, Water
  • Water is strong against, and takes less damage from, Fire
  • The elusive Rainbow summons are strong against everything



Controls:

  • You move with WASD
  • Press SPACE near an ingredient to pick it up
  • Press SPACE near a summoning circle to use your current ingredients to summon a creature.
  • Press a number key, 1-5, to save the recipe for the last summon. It will display at the top of the screen in the numbered slot.

Wimpy Worms Games:

Programming:

Andrew Wesson
Zak Terry

Art:

Lia Thelen
Arturo Pajuelo


Updated 11 days ago
Published 13 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorawesson
GenreStrategy
Tags2D, Fantasy, Ludum Dare, ludum-dare-55, Magic, Monsters, Top-Down, Tower Defense, Unity

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Super cute game!! I love discovering the different monster types by experimenting with the ingredients, how did you do so many monsters?? :D Artstyle and animations are so cute, good job!!

(+2)

Fun game and cool concept, easy to play and very  enjoyable :D :D 

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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)