Wizard's Poem

Made for HaxeJam 2024: Summer Jam

Made With the Heaps game engine

i would first like to say that heaps is a very interesting engine
it can be described as flexible yet unorthodox
its like you get a house but you only get the frame, and you're supposed to build the rest yourself
i love this engine and would definitely use for it for a couple more games/projects.

now as for the game itself i decided to attempt a recreation of the gameplay in bookworm adventures, a childhood classic.
i had trouble getting the gameplay down, because despite how simple it looked, i know for a fact bookworm adventures rigs the letter generation to the player's favor, something i couldn't manage to implement in time

as for the visuals 
i wanted to break away from pixel art for a game
then i remembered why:
i'm, diagnosed with ADHD and dysgraphia, and in testing for genetic tourette, a deadly combination that basically means i physically can't hold my hand straight, and the only way for me to get anywhere close to a straight line is by either going very fast. or going very slowly, both lack accuracy.
so this was fun experience for me to remind myself why i do pixel art.

Credits:

Some sound effects came from pixabay: 
while others i made myself
all graphics in the game were drawn by hand by me in krita with a wacom drawing tablet
font is Welcome Magic, by khurasan