I noticed that this was made by the COD Game Development club! I had the chance to speak with some of you all a month or so back at a talk there, so I'm glad word of the jam got your way!
VERY cool concept here that I'd love to see more of! Reminds me of Super Paper Mario, which is a plus in my book. I'm especially a big fan of how the music adds some instrumentation when you go into top down mode. I also had trouble getting my controller to work, and the keyboard controls were a tad confusing. I had forgotten what the spell change key was and had to restart to read the sign at the beginning again. I also ran into an issue where I fell through the ground and into the final boss on my second try, which was quite a funny bug but a bug nonetheless. Loved the writing as well. Lots of great stuff here guys! keep it up!