S3E2 - Rift Wizard

Welcome back Wizard, to the ruins of the universe! This week we pick up the coffeebreak hit of the traditional roguelike space Rift Wizard: a solo-dev effort by Dylan White, in which we skitter about pondering orbs of memory and battling all sorts of spritely monsters and mages. Armed with a spellbook a mile long and wild passive skills to boot, we will finally exact our revenge on the evil red wizard Mordred for waking us up from our nap. Scott’s source code dump of all the Rift Wizard spells and skills google sheet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/138efPbH7AgsARwiemFfd1euvw9f-m8E1g1F4KFHgDLc/edit?gid=2025145576#gid=2025145576 00:00 - intro * 2:46 - game stats * 3:48 - one sentence description * 4:50 - Graphics philosophy and infernal bargain of visuals vs depth * 8:35 - Spellbook complexity and 157 individual spells breakdown * 12:46 - UI problems and overwhelming spell selection criticism * 16:11 - Information management issues and upgrade visibility problems * 23:25 - Spell synergies and Python code accessibility discussion * 31:14 - our story begins and spoiler alert warning * 41:19 - Enemy variety and creative monster design analysis * 50:22 - Final boss Mordred fight mechanics and phases * 57:03 - Music discussion and dungeon synth soundtrack evaluation * 1:05:13 - Rift Wizard 2 improvements and sequel features * 1:07:25 - Controls praise and mouse support excellence * 1:12:04 - rankings and final thoughts * 1:21:09 - similar games Next episode: Remnant from the Ashes Contact us at [email protected]! Listen on: Custom RSS - https://grogpod.zone/feed.xml Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grogpod/id1650474911 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/655SEhPUWIC77oO3hILe0b Youtube Music - https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ShOmyMvd4jYFChE6tgj0JYG8RKK4xe0 https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Jerry Granelli - I Put a Spell on You Outro music: K. Hoops - Rift Wizard main menu theme #roguelike #podcast #roguelite #gaming #steam #steamdeck #indiegame #indiedev #pygame #dungeoncrawler #riftwizard #riftwizard2