Her Majesty's Magical Secret Service
A downloadable game for Windows
It is 1942. The Nazis are close to victory, so England sets up a psychic intelligence agency. As a Psychic Interrogator recruit, Julia Chalmer pulls a stream of magic through her heart to cast spells on detainees and learn what they are hiding. Also, awkward conversations with colleagues.
Background
This game was created for the Houdini 2020 7 day game jam, with the theme of Don't Panic. I scoped down a little from my initial intentions but am fairly happy with what I could get done in evenings and a weekend.
Controls:
Left mouse: everything
Right mouse: tutorial text overlay during gameplay
Tutorial text:
Swipe magic through your heart's veins until it reaches a destination spell.
Click down only on the beat to avoid stress.
Also, you can wait a beat or so before the magic goes backwards. To get it to switch direction, wait until it has gone past a junction. The location of the mouse or magic does not matter, only the direction you swipe. "On the beat" means when the triangular beat cursor is lit up.
Cheat/ debug controls (not recommended due to bugginess):
Press 1 for next gameplay sequence, 2 for next cutscene. This is not reliable!
Spells can be cast with the first letter of their name.
Credits
Game: Patrick Reece
Sound FX: Freesound.org
Music: Bensound
People: artbreeder
Fonts: 1001fonts
Download
Install instructions
Unzip and run the exe
Comments
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new idea, it was interesting, took me a few tries to get how to do it, it is better to make the tutorial more clear, i think
Thank you! I have added some tutorial text to the description, and hopefully the gameplay is a bit more clear. I wanted the magic to feel a bit tricky to grasp, like some chaotic force, but it is probably harder to play than I would have liked.