A very well though out game very nice the magic in the game was balanced with the enemies nicely,
I believe the ending was a bit short sided even for the pretty well though out story. I hope I found all the spells. good job please make a squeal
Reviews for "The Wizard"
I have six hearts and 3 secret spells. fighting people who got tangled in toilet paper inside the basement but after exiting the game and using continue it will not let me cast spells. Chrome latest version
HypnoticOwl responds:
Hm, I can't reproduce the error. Could you check the console (Ctrl+Shift+J) if there are any errors other than the ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT (that one's unrelated)? If you find something, send us the output to support@hypnoticowl.com
Pretty decent game, nothing really wrong with it, i personally found the casting system to be original yet annoying after some time. I like invisibility spell it was hidden yet easily found to those willing to spend some extra time. I also think i can help with an issue others are having, this game does not appear to work in chrome, many games it seems are like that, i switched to firefox and had no problem afterwards.
HypnoticOwl responds:
This game does actually work best in Chrome :D (Has problems on Internet Explorer <11)
But anyway thanks for the feedback and fair rating :)
wonderful game, great balance of humor, arsenal, and strategy, and there are plenty of secrets to be found! For I second I recognized the graphics from Dungeons of Trogdar and thought you were the same author, but I guess I was wrong.
I did have to put it down from time to time though, dying near the end and restarting all over got a little tedious.
I wasn't able to step through level 2's learning curve until I realized that I can shock enemies two squares away by accident, maybe a bit more hint on the shock tooltip can avoid further frustration.
What else...
The secret invisibility spell is overpowered, but it sure saved me in many pinches between lv2-5. It puts the shield, haste, and alacrity spell to shame, especially since we get it so early. On the other hand I'm glad to have this lifesaver so I don't have to repeat certain stages from one fumble. I'll try another run without invis sometimes.
The spell casting gestures feels a little unnecessary, it was cool at first but bothersome near the end, plus some of the spell-ready sound clips tend to repeat if you hold the mouse button a certain way, this happens quite often by accident.
I still couldn't figure out what kind of buff the dark elf swordsman is using.
HypnoticOwl responds:
Thanks for the extensive feedback!
The sprites are from Oryx' 16-bit fantasy spritesheet. There are actually a bunch of games using them. However we have added new animations.
Understanding the reach and behaviour of the Shock spell is indeed a little hard. It's just not very intuitive. We have tried our best to clarify it on the hints, but we also didn't want to annoy players with too many hints. Most people get it now, but it always takes some tries ;)
The secret spells are all kind of overpowered, but you'll have troubles without them on Master difficulty.
Regarding the sound repetition, do you mean they looped endlessly?
The dark elf swordsman use Acceleration to boost how far they can walk :)
Skipping seemed to freeze my game for a few seconds.
It went black mid game, reloading and it's still black. Game is playing but you can't see anything.
HypnoticOwl responds:
What do you mean with skipping? It sounds like the fading didn't work. What kind of browser did you use?
EDIT: Try reloading the game frame: Right-click on the game, Select "This Frame" > "Reload Frame"