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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #15 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Fun | #16 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #16 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Polish | #26 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Successful or Incomplete?
Success
Did development of the game take place during the 7DRL Challenge week?
Yes
Is your game a roguelike?
Yes
Turn-based
Yes
Meta-Progression
No
Roguelike Elements
Turns, grid, ascii, you play as an @ symbol, randomized terrain and monster placement each level
Screenshots
Yes
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Comments
This is really clever.
Thanks! 😊
You made this in like, one day???
interesting game, pretty tough. I’m no genius wordsmith, but try as I did, I couldn’t come up with any words that worked as spells: I just learned from the suggestions. Not sure if a full list would spoil the fun, but it might give me a chance to study and basically try to not die to easily.
It was difficult for me to gauge when I should just smack something to death and when I need to summon a minion. Tried to kill a giant with poison and it didn’t go too well - one snake got one-shot, another attempt meant I had to be the punching bag. Maybe I need to snatch letters and flee downwards a bit more.
Haha, no, it was 4 days ;) The jam lasts 10 days, and you choose 7 consecutive days to work (but I could only do 4).
There is a full list available in game -- press the ? button, to the right of your health.
If I pursue this idea further, I want to try out mechanics for learning words, but the I think the game would need to include a LOT more words for that to work. They need to be scripted one by one, so that wasn't feasible for the jam, so i added the bestiary / spellbook and suggestions.
Fair, the game is in a bit of weird spot with the balance of summons. I haven't decided the on a sulution to that yet.
Thanks for playing and leaving feedback!