A Familiar Spell

Game Design Document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DfaGN9fiW7sS7AJpvPqt3UkEvdy6aov3hOMpxcneLi8/edit?usp=sharing

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A Familiar Spell

Help Fizzle, a Wizard's familiar as they do their best to help fill their master's spell book with all kinds of ridiculously named  incredibly useful spells!

But uh oh! This wizard--of course--be wizardin',  so they're super protective of their spell book! So it's best keep your additions a surprise! Try not to get caught! 

Use letter (or arrow) keys to call alchemical symbols, and hold down the space bar to pretend you were innocently loafing on a chair like any other non-meddling cat.

About the Game:

An entry for Pirate Software - Game Jam 15 with the theme of "Shadows and Alchemy"!

It's a short matching (sorta)/puzzle game, that may double as a spell name generator, since focus was on finishing the project vs a massive game experience. It  can be played over and over though (if it doesn't break--apologies for any errors).

Note: I couldn't get around to adding sound.

I figured out sound at the last minute! Sort of?

Music: To Frighten by Magnetic_Trailer
Sfx:  Spell Sounds by Lieceo
Sfx:  Violin Sting by Pixabay
Sfx:  Meow Sound by Pixabay

Controls:

DEL or Q, U = Life
PGDN or E, O = Death
UP or W, I = Fire
LEFT or A, J = Wind
DOWN or S, K = Water
RIGHT or D, L = Earth
SPACE  = Hide/Reset Spell
ENTER = View Spellbook (After Playing a Round)

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About Me:

I'm GrinnKitty! I'm an artist who used to think  she might be too dumb & too old to learn  to code games. (SPOILER: I learned that apparently you're never too old  and probably smarter than you give yourself credit for.)

This is my first ever completed entry to a game jam (I've entered some jams but never submitted or finished anything until now, and foolishly stubbornly determined...ly wanted my first game to be something I made myself), so there's plenty I'm celebrating! I'm VERY new to coding, and this project was to test what I've been learning and experimenting with since Feb/March or so. 

What I Learned In Boating School Is:

✨ Return. Functions. That. You. Need. Math. From.
✨ Inputs are a dumb but necessary evil for video games, and get called from special functions/events in Godot.
✨ Submit early, and double check dates.
✨ Gotta tell the computer what stuff is or it will look at me like i'm crazy.
✨ Arrays are tricky, and might not like me putting things in them and emptying them over and over.   Also I keep forgetting you start at 0. You're so weird Arrays. B-baka.
✨ Sound probably shouldn't wait until the last minute.

Known Errors/Glitches:

🐈 Sometimes inputing recipes will make an error with the input array, I think trying to reference an empty spot. I've only been able to replicate it by repeatedly ducking while the wizard is watching.
🐈 Q & E keys don't register at present. (Thanks oneir0mancer)
🐈  Since there's no pause, navigating away from a game in progress has some funky effects >.<;
🐈  Wizard's a bit omnipotent. Some wizards are but maybe not this one; need to tweak the telegraphing/when the wizard can show up a bit.