Thank you for playing and the great feedback! Haha you're right that it would be more user friendly to show the spell combination immediately when picking up a new spell. It was something I was struggling with when creating the game but looking back, I could probably just make the notification larger. It's something which is shown for only a few seconds, so it shouldn't block the game too much. And there definitely should be some visual feedback if the spell was cast correctly. One of the ideas I've had for the game was to show text like "Failed to cast spell" and "Cast spell Open Door" when casting spells, but I didn't end up adding it because I thought it would clutter the game too much. But maybe showing a little "poof" (not sure how to better describe it haha) would be enough for feedback.
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Yeah agreed! No need for more text, just some cue that yes, that "code" was right. A puff with perhaps the same sound as the spell would be fine. And about picking the book up, I think you could lose the "FOUND" word and it would fit fine. Sorry for so many opinions haha I just really liked the premise.