Wow, this concept is fun!
At 1st it was a bit hard for me to understand but I got it in the 2nd cycle, and it's good to see the instructions on the corner right. I appreciate that the items are activated from the start, in my first gameplay I didn’t touch them, in the second it was challenging to get the 3 bars without items but you really win more points haha
This game can be very short if you just focus on the gameplay but I did another run just to see the dialogues between the characters and it’s funny, I don’t know how much there are because in the second gameplay I let the game play by itself and I saw more dialogues than I expected, it’s good to see the magician get a little more confident through the cycles haha. And this is another thing I like, you can just enjoy the dynamic between the characters and do nothing else because the lines will overlap enough times to beat the game without your input, so this can be enjoyed in 2 ways :)
The visuals are cute, I like the animation and the end screen is great, it’s a cozy game and I had a great time playing this!
(And nice you did make another game after shovel jam! You got my follow ^_^)