Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

• Thanks a lot for participating in the 7DRL, and getting an entry submitted. I enjoyed this one quite a bit - once I figured out how to not kill myself with fire spells. The rune / spell system is a neat idea, and it doesn't take long to figure out the rune combinations that work for your style. Great sprites - I urge you to continue building on this one if you have some further ideas you want to pursue here. Thanks again, and hope you had a great time putting this together!
• A lot of great stuff about this game, and a lot of room for improvement. Will try to document my ratings: Completeness (3): My main complaint is that inventive spellcrafting isn't needed to win the game. There aren't many (any?) situations when I really need to think what to use; I think I won without using poison and force. If I understood correctly, fire and ice are identical as well. You could add resistances to enemies, more puzzle elements like doors that open when you use the correct rune, and probably lots of other stuff - the base concept is great and it should be easy to extend it! In addition, I think it would help to know what level the player is on - I lost count and took a while to realize that I was on the last level, and should use that portal in my inventory to win :) It's not clear what attributes each item has, beyond simple max HP increase. Aesthetics (4): I liked the art, especially the visuals of spellcasting and all the different enemies. I did not enjoy the waiting time after every action, although I understand the technical limitations behind it. Fun (3): The game was still enjoyable enough to finish, but I think it can be much more fun with the abovementioned additions, and perhaps a final boss? Right now it doesn't pose much challenge after the player learns the spells. Innovation (3): This seems to resemble Magicka quite a lot conceptually, but I can't bring myself to give it a 2.