Echo Rift
Tip: The game runs in browser, but the music doesn't seem to work and I couldn't get it fixed. The music are overlapping tracks that change depending on your element, your shadow's element and the spell level. Consider downloading if you're not a judge :-).
Btw: I do realize the game is very cheesable - if you want to safespot the enemy for 1000 score, feel free to - it's a prototype :P.
Spells: We were out of time to clearly show what spell you currently have equipped. Refer to the first page of the GDD to see all spells.
Fire spells are by far the most fun to use imo, so make sure to collect red orbs and try all levels.
GDD: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13sDHNmY-jORJvYOv80nB9saXvN6x5BeHmmlvZCPUgvE
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Install instructions
Unpack the zip file and run the executable.
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First of all the character art is fantastic, 10/10 for that. But this game absolutely kicks my ***. The AI snipes so well and even after like 10+ attempts when I managed to beat her her health just refilled and she didn't die?
I'm not sure if it was a spell being cast on me but sometimes my controls would just randomly invert? Super confusing if it's intentional or not!
I like the voice acting and it's very ambitious to add to a gamejam game so great job on that and the music.
I'd really like to dive further into the game and some of the spells in the screenshots look awesome but It's just waay too hard for me.
Hey, thanks for the review!
> The AI
It's not an AI that's kicking your ass, it's YOU! If you move, the shadow moves. If you jump, the shadow jumps. If you shoot wildly and dash everywhere that means the shadow will shoot wildly and dash everywhere, which will be a difficult opponent because indeed, the shadow snipes well.
Instead of playing it like you would play Super Smash Brothers, you can take your sweet time. The shadow does a random attack every ~10 seconds, but that's it. During that time you can build the spells you want.
Some notable spells are Fire+2, which is the beam. Water+1 is a self-heal. If the enemy has void and you cast a +3 spell, you can see the black hole featured in the screenshots!
> her health just refilled and she didn't die
I tried to keep the wall of text small, but that's how you score. Every time you kill the shadow, you score a point. If you die you see your final score at the end screen. I know it isn't very clear but we were getting out of time :(
> Super confusing if it's intentional or not!
It's intentional, it's the Manipulation+0 enemy spell - but I agree that there might've been an indication for it.
Oooooh I did not play this game properly at all. I have to give it a 2nd go now I'm a dumb***