This was my submission to Mini Jam 52, a 72 hour game jam with the limitation of only allowing the use of the arrow keys and WASD.
Drawn in by the limitation, I came up with the idea of spell casting with the arrow keys as it made me feel like I was a true wizard coming up with my own spells on the fly. It allowed for a naturally high skill ceiling and low entry point as the simple spells would have easy combos and the harder spells would be harder combos that you would be rewarded for memorising like a true wizard studying his magic.
Since it was only a 72 hour project I didn't have time to introduce a tutorial or slow introduction of the spellcasting so I put them as a note in game.
It was one of my favourite game ideas and it was one of my most successful games, and currently I am working on turning Mount Mage into a full, polished game.
Download the game here: https://lexloug.itch.io/mount-mage
Tools and Techniques used:
Unity
Rapid Prototyping
Key based spell casting
Pixel-art