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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #227 | 4.432 | 4.432 |
| Audio | #600 | 3.705 | 3.705 |
| Enjoyment | #749 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Creativity | #1724 | 3.795 | 3.795 |
| Narrative | #4883 | 2.148 | 2.148 |
Ranked from 88 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
To cast a spell, the player must draw a magical trail that loops back and intersects with itself.
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wowww the are and designs are so cool!! i love the concept of drawing runes for different spells too, i've kicked around a similar idea before. i think it could maybe benefit from auto-straightening the lines we draw a little so it's clearer what shape is gonna come out. an in-game compendium of spells wouldn't go amiss too
This is a great take on the theme and I liked how the spell drawing and character position were tied together. Felt really fun to hit a spell without taking damage. Nice work!
Thanks for playing! Your youtube tutorials helped me a lot to learn godot.
fun game! i like the spell casting mechanic, it's interesting, but the way spells are cast is a awkward, doing five sharp angles is a bit odd, i feel like another shape would have worked better(or even a new shape for each spell)
still really fun
Creative with cute art and great music! Looking forward to the full game!
Thanks for playing! I really enjoy your game.
The game is very polished and fun to play! I enjoy exploring different shapes to cast new spells. The art and animation is great too.
pretty fun!
Really cool, loved all the spells, the art and the music
Really enjoyed the art and visual effects on this one! Casting spells based on the drawn shape was a cool idea (even though I ended up mostly just drawing vague shapes as it was faster). Good job on the game!
I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.
Thank you so much! We're really glad you enjoyed the art and effects. Totally get that the drawing part might be a bit tough, so we made sure the shapes come with some seriously overpowered effects, but surely speed drawing is a valid spellcasting strategy! Appreciate you playing!
Adorable art, but the spells are a little tough to cast
Colors, art, theming, and gameplay are really nice. Reminds me of that one google game
Loved the art and the way the player turns around. Sound track fits the game and overall it is one of my favorite games in the jam. Great job!
The spell mechanic is very clever and creative! I also liked how you indicated the health of the enenmy by their eye count. The art is good and the game is very polished. I think the music wasa little bit unfit for the game. I liked it though! Very cool game, good job!
The art was really cute and I liked how you used the eyes to convey how many loops you need to kill an enemy. Very nice work!
The art was really cute, looping felt good and though the spells were a bit hard for me to do they were fun to the hang of, and I liked how you used the eyes to convey how many loops you need to kill an enemy. Very nice work!
The character is very fun to control! I love how the sprite flips over when it changes direction!
Very fun to play! my favorite part about this game is flipping the witch's sprite :) also you can kinda cheese and cast every single spell by just drawing straight lines lol
one of my favorites in this jam!
fantastic use of the game jam theme. Really cool to try and cast spell. The visuals are especially pretty.
No feedback, this was super polished and fun to play.
Overall: ★★★★★
OSU, what is it? THAT'S THE GAME I BOUGHT MY TABLET FOR
Creativity ★★★★★
Fun and actually hard to implement take on a GJ theme, was thinking of implementing something similiar being inspired by Witch Hat Atelier, but thought it would take me ages to make shape recognition work, while not flawless Arcana Loop handles it well.
Enjoyment★★★★★
Fun fast paced gameplay. And though game core is about precise control it doesn't punish you for not drawing correct shape most of the time anything is of use. Loved that direction mattered. The only think I disliked is that spell completion sometimes lagged, but it's prolly optimization issue and I think I should take away rating for this in GJ:D
Narrative ☆☆☆☆☆
Not rating
Artwork ★★★★★
Cute, simple but really fitting love it! Drawing effect is nice and while highly visible doesn't feel out of place. Really good job on making it work all together
Audio ★★★★☆
BGM is nice, SFXs are clean. Loved it
Thanks for playing! We use the Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm to fit the shape with a polygon and then compute the number of its vertices. The spell completion lag is a bit weird. The .exe version might be better.
cute art and good music! a solid overall entry