Wizard's Quest Concept

Wizard's Quest

Match 3 Gameplay with RPG elements

Player is a wizard who uses magic to destroy groups of Elemental Orbs.
Each move costs 1 Mana and the Level is lost if the player runs out of mana.

Player must travel through a world map, battling monsters along the way to return to the Magician's Guild and cast out the Dark Sorceror.

Player can click any orb but will only activate an effect if 3 or more of a same colour orbs are destroyed in the single click.
1-2 Orbs = The orbs are destroyed, 1 mana is deducted and no other effect happens.
3 Orbs = A Basic elemental attack, damages the enemy based on the wizards level and the enemies elemental resistance.
4+ Orbs = A stronger form of the elemental spell plus a special effect

Normal Stages just involve destroying a certain amount of orbs without running out of Mana
Battle Stages involve fighting an enemy who will attack the player every few turns and must be defeated by doing damage.

Enemies can be weak or resistant to each element type and will take more or less damage accordingly

Player earns XP which levels him up and Gold for matching orbs and defeating enemies which can be spent on items to improve his abilities.

Red Orbs 	- Fire Element		- Deals Fire damage to enemies
Blue Orbs 	- Water Element		- Deals Water damage to enemies
Yellow Orb	- Electric Element	- Deals Shock damage to enemies
Green Orb	- Earth Element		- Deals Earth damage to enemies
Black Orbs	- Darkness Element	- Deals damage to the player

3 Matched	- Basic Spell (Deals damage to the enemy)
4 Match		- Better Spell (Deals more damage to the enemy)
5 Match		- Alchemy (Transforms a random amount of the board into the same type as the orb)
6+ Match	- Elemental Blast (Destroys all Orbs of the same element, dealing bonus elemental damage for each one)

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Stats

Health (HP) - Simplistic version of the Player's health i.e 30/50
Mana (MP) - The Player's available pool of magic to move orbs.
ATK - Attack Power stat which influences attack damage to enemies
ARM - Armour Stat, reduces incoming damage by the Armour Value before reducing health

Damage Output = ((random()*ATK) + Item bonuses + Fire Path Perk Bonuses) * elemental type weakness/resistance
Damage taken = (starting damage - ARM value)

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Items -

Player can Equip:

Name     Main Stat	Optional Stats

Staff 	   ATK 		Mana
Robes 	   ARM		Mana, HP
Amulet 	   HP 		Mana, ATK, ARM
Gloves 	   ARM		ATK
Boots 	   ARM		HP

Item Levels/Ranks

Wooden/Cloth/Iron	- Lowest rank, cheap, tiny bonuses and worth very little when sold
Bronze/Silk		- Low rank, fairly cheap, small bonuses, worth little when sold
Silver/Leather		- Mid rank, average price, medium bonuses, worth average amount when sold
Gold/Mithril		- High Rank, expensive, high bonuses, worth a lot when sold
Crystal/Dragonhide	- Rare Rank, V expensive, highest bonuses, worth very large amounts when sold


Item Types/Names

of Magic 		- provides a bonus to Mana
of Life 		- provides a bonus to Health
of Warding		- provides a bonus to ARM
of Power		- provides a bonus to ATK

i.e

Wooden Staff of Power
Crystal Amulet of Warding

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Leveling

Each level up improves the player's stats in the following ways

+5 Max Health
+1 Max Mana
Fully Healed (if health wasn't 100% anyway)


Leveling up also allows the player to pick either a perk from one of the 4 elemental paths or a boost

Fire Path	- Fire Path focuses on increasing damage to specific enemy types
Vermin Killer	- Increases Damage to Vermin type enemies by 50%
Bug Sprayer	- Increases Damage to Bug type enemies by 50%
Beast Hunter	- Increases Damage to Beast type enemies by 50%
Undead Slayer	- Increases Damage to Undead type enemies by 50%
Human Killer	- Increases Damage to Human type enemies by 50%
Demon Slayer	- Increases Damage to Demon type enemies by 50%

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Water Path	- Water Path focuses on Mana storage and replishment
Mana Pool	- Increases the Wizard's Max Mana by +5
Liquid Mana	- Every 25 Water Orbs destroyed restores +1 Mana
Mana Pool II	- Increases the Wizard's Max Mana by +10
Liquid Mana II	- Every 20 Water Orbs destroyed restores +1 Mana
Liquid Mana III	- Every 10 Water Orbs destroyed restores +2 Mana
Mana Pool III	- Increases the Wizard's Max Mana by +25

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Shock Path	- Shock Path focuses on increasing XP and Gold earnings
Bright Spark	- Gain a 5% XP bonus at the end of each stage
Alchemy		- Every 15 Shock Orbs destroyed awards +1 Gold
Brighter Spark	- Gain a 10% XP Bonus at the end of each stage.
Alchemy II	- Every 15 Shock Orbs destroyed awards +3 Gold
Alchemy III	- Every 15 Shock Orbs destroyed awards +5 Gold
Brightest Spark - Gain a 25% XP Bonus at the end of each stage.

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Earth Path	- Earth Path focuses on increasing and restoring health
Life Boost	- Increases Player's health by +10
Herbal Remedy	- Every 15 Earth Orbs destroyed restores +1 Health
Life Boost II 	- Increases Player's health by +25
Herbal Cure 	- Every 15 Earth Orbs destroyed restores +3 Health
Herbal Bounty 	- Every 15 Earth Orbs destroyed restores +5 Health
Life Boost III	- Increases Player's health by +50

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Boost Path	- A level up point can be spent on a boost instead (boosts can be bought repeatedly)
Mana Boost	- +1 Max Mana
Health Boost	- +5 Max Health
Gold Boost	- +50 Gold

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Enemies

Name		Type/Class	Details				Elemental Details
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Rat		Vermin		An Average Rat			Weak against Fire and Shock
Rat Pack	Vermin		A group of 3 rats		Weak against Fire and Shock
Giant Rat	Vermin		One large Rat			Weak against Fire, resistant to Water

Zombie		Undead		A zombified human		Weak against fire, resistant to Earth & Water
Ghoul		Undead		A Ghoul				Resistant to Earth
Skeleton	Undead		A Skeleton			Resistant to Shock, Water and Earth
Vampire		Undead		A Vampire			Boss of the Graveyard/Undead area. Resistant to Earth and Shock.

Pickpocket	Human		A slim, unkempt human		Average to all
Thief		Human		A Shady looking human		Weak against Shock
Bandit		Human		A large dumb brute type		Average to All
Bandit King	Human		A hulking human brute		Resistant to Shock and Earth


Webling		Spider		A small baby spider		Weak against Fire, Resistant to Earth
Webspinner	Spider		An average sided spider		Resistant to Earth
Webtrapper	Spider		A larger spider			Resistant to Earth
Web Queen	Spider		Large Bloated Spider		Boss of the Webbed Caverns. Weak to Fire, Immune to Earth and Water