Genre: Darts, RPG

Features: Turn-Based Darts-Based RPG

Project started on: November 1st 2015
Project completed on: November 7th 2015
Approximate time spent on project: 37 hours

Magic Darts is a 'GameJam' project where the goal of this particular jam was to find a box for a NES game that we don't know about, and make a game based only on that single picture! I've chosen the Darts game 'Magic Darts' and decided to create a turn-based RPG where you fought enemies by throwing darts on a board filled with runes, using them to cast various spells. I think the idea works well and with my one-week deadline, I'm pretty happy with what I've done.

Screenshots

About the game

The goal of Magic Darts is to defeat as many enemies as possible before you inevitably die. Enemies grow in strengths and get more and more special attacks and passive abilities while you also get stronger, but a bit slower. It only controls with the Return key, used to move dialog forward and to throw darts - although you can use the Escape key in the tutorial to quit it. Nothing is really explained in the game so you have to go through some trial and error in order to figure the effect of certain spells and what the abilities of enemies do.

Spell List

Magic Missile (Requires 1-3 neutral runes): Deals 2 damage
Mana Wave (Requires 4-5 neutral runes): Deals 4 damage
Energy Bomb (Requires 6+ neutral runes): Deals 6 damage
Firestarter (Requires 1-3 fire runes): Burns the enemy for 2 turns
Fireball (Requires 4-5 fire runes): Deals 5 damage
Inferno (Requires 6+ fire runes): Deals 3 damage and burns the enemy for 3 turns
Icebolt (Requires 1-3 ice runes): Deals 3 damage
Glacier (Requires 4-5 ice runes): Freezes the enemy for 2 turns
Blizzard (Requires 6+ ice runes): Deals 5 damage and freezes the enemy for 5 turns
Charged Bolt (Requires 1-3 lightning runes): Deals 1-5 damage
Shock (Requires 4-5 lightning runes): Deals 5 damage
Thunder (Requires 6+ ice runes): Deals 3-9 damage
Gust (Requires 1-3 wind runes): Deals 3 damage
Dust Cloud (Requires 4-5 wind runes): Blinds the enemy for 4 turns
Hurricane (Requires 6+ wind runes): Deals 4 damage and blinds the enemy for 4 turns
Timeshock (Requires 1-3 time runes): Deals 4 damage
Feedback (Requires 4-5 time runes): Causes the enemy to take feedback for 3 turns
Time Paradox (Requires 6+ time runes): Deals 4 damage and causes the enemy to take feedback for 4 turns
Cauterize (Requires equal neutral and fire runes): Heals 3 health
Ice Barrier (Requires equal neutral and ice runes): Reduces damage taken for 5 turns
Static Field (Requires equal neutral and lightning runes): Increases damage for 4 turns
Carrier Winds (Requires equal neutral and wind runes): Improves aim for 4 turns
Haste (Requires equal neutral and time runes): Increases dart toss bar speed and adds chance for free throws for 4 turns
Antipode (Requires equal fire and ice runes): Deals 5 damage and has a chance to give 3 ice and fire runes on the next turn
Power Surge (Requires equal fire and lightning runes): Increases damage for 2 turns and has a chance to give 3 lightning and fire runes on the next turn
Flashfire (Requires equal fire and wind runes): Blinds and burns the enemy for 2 turn, has a chance to give 3 wind and fire runes on the next turn
Blazing Speed (Requires equal fire and time runes): Deals 2 damage, hastes you for 2 turns and has a chance to give 3 time and fire runes on the next turn
Cleansing (Requires equal ice and lightning runes): Removes all negative status effects
Hail Ward (Requires equal ice and wind runes): Reduces damage taken and protects against passive enemy effects for 3 turns
Regeneration (Requires equal ice and time runes): Recovers health every turn for 5 turns
Concentrate Blast (Requires equal lightning and wind runes): Deals 2 damage, damage increased by 2 for each turn it's used consecutively
Overwhelm (Requires equal lightning and time runes): Deals 10 damage, deals 5 damage to the player if used again in the battle
Elemental Conversion (Requires equal wind and time runes): Converts neutral runes to elemental runes for the next 2 turns
Magic Surge (Occurs when you have 3 equal type of runes): Deals damage to the enemy and the player