hey there, thanks for playing the game and giving feedback. It's odd that the spells didn't work for you. There should be a sound effect (same one as in the intro) whenever you succesfully cast a spell. Did you hear these? If so there is some weird bug (since almost all spell visibly displace the ship). If not something went wrong in the casting. In that case it is most likely a typing error (the spells are all case sensitive (in hindsight this should be in the tips)) , or some weird bug.