It took me a minute to realize how spellbuilding worked, but once I got it it was really fun! I got to wave 22 with dbl-damage x3 + large, I don't know if there was anything better.
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This is really good! My best score in timed mode was 4880, and I wasn't quite able to make a tier 4 gem. In unlimited mode I couldn't get much further, only 5110.
I think my only criticism is that I wish I could start drawing my next merge during the clear animation of the last one, sometimes I had a combo in mind and felt like my inputs were being eaten.
Reminds me of this other submission: https://itch.io/jam/raylib-6x-gamejam/rate/4753810
By comparison, yours feels a lot easier, even clicking randomly it seems like I can't lose unless I clog the board with unused queens. Playing that one first also conditioned me to misinterpret your bottom bar as a queue like in theirs, instead of as a bag. Eventually I also hit the Meadow Miracle/Queen loop, which softlocked my game.
Really clever idea! I saw the first screen and thought: "hah, a platformer with hex tiles, am I gonna bump up and down constantly on flat ground?" and was immediately pleased to see that was the case, and that it was a core mechanic of the game!
I didn't manage to beat the game, the puzzles were too tricky for me, and the control layout wasn't ergonomic. I kept forgetting which key was which and having to move my hand all the time distracted from trying to solve the puzzles.
Great effort, I liked the variety of different game modes and level concept, and the music and voice acting was very charming.
The first crab level is much harder than it needs to be because you can't see the crab with the camera focused above the player like that, adjusting the camera to keep the crabs in frame would make the level a lot fairer. I was stuck on the second crab level for several minutes because I didn't know I could sprint :'( Please add sprint to the controls list on the game page.
After the room with the birds, the game showed me a white screen with very faint lines, I can't make out the picture and don't know what to do from there.












