Magic Wand

A little bit too chaotic for my personal taste but honestly that's what thecatamites games are all about. loved the collectable figures and the night sky.

I love games that feel like getting a brief look into someone else's nostalgia. Pure fun from beginning to end, I love the unwieldy mechanics, bizzare 3d design of the world, and capsule toy collecting. Catamites is the king of obnoxiously colorful weirdo games.

I fell in love with thecatamites' classic "Space Funeral" a while ago and decided to play some other games of his! "Magic Wand" falls somewhat into in the same category in terms of length (around 1,5 h) and conceptual direction: You are an insomniac sword wielding-wanderer and capsule-toy affecionado with no pokets named "Radiget", traversing an uncanny and artistically wild world with weird denizens to talk to in a way that often makes little sense. You can move the camera angle to platform around the 3d-areas, equip your weapon to fend off enemies and destroy pots for some change. Thats it, basically. Most people will find the pure gameplay appaling, but "Magic Wand" clearly doesn't want to be a "game" in the usual term. It is more an experience of oddly feeling at home in a charming and glitchy travesty of typical fantasy adventure tropes. Sometimes heartfelt corruption overweighs well crafted but ultimatively shallow coherence. Recommended for anyone who enjoys "real" "indie" concepts! If you are unsure, play some free game of his first. Plus I liked the character collecting mechanic (which may contain grind if you want it 100%), because the odd sprites and the descriptions are grotesquely charming!