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The Wizard Ran: Chapter 3

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The third episode in the wizard's adventures, this time in 3D!

You've just entered the cursed forest. In it, there are cursed monsters. Will you survive?


Controls:

  • WASD/Arrow keys: move
  • Spacebar/X/Shift: interact
  • Use the mouse for some actions
  • You cannot reach B in this game

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Unlike most people in the comments, I REALLY liked the navigation system and weird rendering. The problem I have with this chapter is the monsters. It took me way too long finish this chapter (2/5 ending) due to me now knowing how how to deal with the monsters. I thought the pink dudes were too brutal, but then I saw they were nothing compared to the redish one.
I really liked Shades's mechanic, but I didn't like his part of the game that much due to the monsters which flooded the map.
I loved Sharp's part and the decay thing.
Sadly I don't think I'll be trying to get more endings/lores so soon due to the scribbly's.

adriendittrick responds:

poor scribbly's

For the soundtrack definitely like

adriendittrick responds:

thx for listening :D

the fact that its pixelated is cool and creative but ITS SO CONFUSING AND HARD BUT MAYBE THATS CUZ IM JUST BAD

I must admit, as fun as it was to navigate these mazes, this is nevertheless probably not one of my favorites. The walls turn to look at me (which makes navigation confusing), I can't tell where I'm going because everything looks alike (worse when I find myself in a place in the forest that has identical-looking trees, so I don't feel like I turned/moved), and the monsters are brutally fast. This is also probably the longest chapter of all! (Other than the maze in ch. 7, that is - maybe.) Fortunately, I figured out a couple shortcuts, so it's not so bad now. :-)

On the plus side, it was fun to destroy stuff (esp. after ending 4! fun!), and the 3D experience was worth it in the end. I was also clever enough to figure out that some things were easier than I expected. (Sorry I can't be more positive. It was definitely worth the patience. *shrug*)

I finally found the fifth ending by watching a YouTube video. It feels like there was a mix-up. That pattern I was supposed to create is found elsewhere in the game, but I don't know how I'm supposed to figure out the third ending except by trial-and-error (but it was also in the YouTube video).

Well, in the end it was a worthwhile experience! :-)

adriendittrick responds:

thanks for keeping up despite all your trouble :)
the key to the fifth ending is magrets

A 3D Maze that is confusing and frustrating at first, but admittedly becomes less so as you start to figure things out. The jank never really goes away though, from certain perspectives things that should be visible (or shouldn't yet) are hard to find or successfully navigate towards. In most regions/levels, the placement of the houses as safe spots does make for a somewhat coherent experience, jumping from one to another you don't even have to hunt very far from that path to find the Lore, but there is plenty of room to get off that path and get lost, turned around, and killed by monsters. The perspective on buildings when you're not looking straight at them is also quite weird, the tiles that should make up the walls not forming together. Not sure I'll be able to get all 5 endings with this one, but I've enjoyed the endings I did find. It took me up until the last lore tablet to realize what you were going for with Ending 4, LOVED that callback

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Dec 14, 2022
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