Lexispell (Free Demo)
Strategy meets physics, in this roguelike word game, where you combine spelling with cool upgrades to score high.
Merge letters, spell big words, trigger upgrades, drink potions, wield wands and restore order!
This is only a demo, wishlist the full game on Steam!
Craft long words to score high
Merge, merge, merge = more points
Choose specific words to trigger cool upgrades
Defeat bosses with mind twisting rules
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Languages
The game is available in both English and French.
āØ More than a roguelike
Explore various game modes: roguelike, time rush, jar puzzle and daily challenges.
š Cozy & relaxing
Sit back, grab a hot drink, and spell your way to victory
š Interact how you want
Play with mouse, keyboard, touchscreen or controller.
šāāļø Chill or hectic play, you decide!
- Classic craft: Roguelike mode where you must score enough to continue to the next chapters. You win if you beat all 9 levels.
- Letter rush: Letters are dropped continuously in the cauldron and you must spell words fast enough to avoid overflow. You compete for the high score. Ends we the cauldron is full.
After Dashpong, Hyperslice and many action oriented jam games, I wanted to work on something more chill. I've been thinking about creating a word game for a while, and I'm super happy to explore a new direction with Lexispell. The goal is to make a small and cozy word game that can also be challenging for avid gamers.
I'm making this alone, with help from Trevron for the music, so don't hesitate to share and wishlist Lexispell!
I hope you'll enjoy :) - Eliptik
š Useful Links
- āØ Wishlist on Steam
- š¢ Get your name in the credits by filling the Feedback form
- š Content creator form (for release key)
- š° Presskit
- š Discord
Download
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Development log
- Demo update 0.0.2635 days ago
- Demo update 0.0.24 - Missing word submission fixed42 days ago
- Demo update 0.0.2250 days ago
- Demo update 0.0.2153 days ago
- Lexispell demo is out!54 days ago
- Playtest #2 is out!65 days ago
Comments
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I had difficulty using the laptop's touchpad while playing.
OP why the HELL does it accept ch*nk
chunk?
Assuming your asterisk is an i that's a real word that has everwl meanings. One of the most common examples would be the classic phrase, "A chink in their armor." Referring to a vulnerability.
using the wand of disconsonance (replacing a consonant with a random vowel) i chose a consonant (g or c) and it changed it to a P, definitely not a vowel lol. i really like the game though, very fun
Good catch! I fixed it and itāll be live in the coming week hopefully. Thanks for playing!
PS: sorry for the late reply, you comment was hidden under āpending moderationā
Great concept and gameplay, a very solid deckbulider! This does seem to have some sort of a memory leak problem though. The web version of the game sorta crashes after 3-4 minutes of gameplay. This could be an issues solely on my computer but I thought it would be helpful to let you guys know.
Thanks for letting me know, Iāll investigate to see if I can understand whatās hapenning!
PS: sorry for the late reply, you comment was hidden under āpending moderationā
Funny! I wasted several hours and don't regret anything. Tried my best to gather supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Unfortunately I couldn't :)
Thatās awesome thaks for playing!
PS: sorry for the late reply, you comment was hidden under āpending moderationā
Hi
Cool game! :D
i love it :D
I think this is really fun, I like it!
I do want to mention just to see, in the later levels I completed them in about 2 words. in the final 'normalist' level I completed it in 1 word
Tried it on Steam!
Quite a fun experience in my opinion, but there few minor issues.
First, the color scheme is soft and visually appealing, but it makes a lot of the UI blend together, which makes hard to tell what's important/relevant. Consider adding something to help separate the foreground from the background.
If you have 10 Scrolls, you cannot sell the bottom one because the button is so low that it's off the screen.
Also, if you have at least 3 runes, it starts removing them from the shop.
All in all, a joy to play! Looking forward to seeing where you go with it.
Thank you for your feedback! Iām already working on some of it so it should be better soon :)
Like some other people said, it seems to have issues running on Firefox. Even after I left and continued a run, it still had severe lag on specifically the first level after I entered a shop on each attempt.
Going to try it on Steam
so cool, i feel like it'd do great on mobile or apple arcade
C'est un vif plaisir et la complexitĆ© potentielle ajoute du piment. Je joue pour le moment en vitesse restreinte et me prĆ©pare Ć faire chauffer les neurones. Les franƧais aiment les mots et vont aimer.
I had severe stutter on web here, to a standstill, during the second chapter of the tutorial
Can you tell me your specs? Try the desktop version if you can
Mozilla 148.0.2
2080ti
i9-9900K
I liked what I saw, so I wishlisted the game. If you plan on playtesting a build, I'll gladly join your discord and give it a go again
Weird you have a beefy computer. Iām wondering if itās not because of firefox or harwarde acceleration not working correctly.
Looks great and funnn
very strong core machanism! I love the UI design
Idea simple pero muy bien ejecutada y muy bien vestida con un buen tutorial y apartado grƔfico. Interesante!
Appearantly, you donāt want Feedback from Phone Players
The feedback form was made for Steam and when I published it on itch I didnāt think people would play on their phone because I didnāt put an android build.
Iāll update the form to include Itch
Thereās a WebĀ Version and itch didnāt warn that āThis game is not designed to run on your device.ā, so ofĀ Course i would tryĀ it on my Phone.
The style kind of reminds me of the game "Is this seat taken?"
yeah it does :/
Yeah their game looks really great the palette is inspired from them!
It looks really neat (which is why I've downloaded it now, hoping to play it) but it basically doesn't work in my browser (Firefox). There's about a half a second of lag between input and response, which isn't the end of the world. Animations play in stop motion, which is also not the end of the world but I don't think it's supposed to happen. Two minutes into this experience, the entire browser crashes (this has happened twice now), which is . . . not ideal.
Wow weird, have you had a better experience with the downloaded version?
Whatās your config out of curiosity. Also I think generally chrome is better for games (or chromium based if you want to avoid google).
Works for me on fox with no issue. May be browser settings like reduced motion and graphics acceleration :c
Awesome game! It grabs your attention from the start and keeps you hooked. The graphics are super stylish (speaking as an artist š), and the music is perfectly chosen — really meditative and immersive. Overall, just excellent! š®āØ
I like the idea behind this game, and I also like the background choice for the page!
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will it have local highscores lists I hope?
Yeah I could do that for the itch version. Ideally Iād have a shared leaderboard for all platforms but not for now. Thanks for the suggestion!
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yw and thank you <3
This game is really fun and cute. My name is lexi and I smile every time I open the game! Would love if the layout was a little better for mobile browser as the text and floating windows are all a bit small when playing vertical. Thank you for this really cool game!
Thatās awesome, glad you like it! Iāll think about a proper mobile version after the PC release :)
Fantastic game.
Arachnoid, arachnophile, and a bunch of other medical and scientific terminology aren't in the dictionary. though.
Donāt hesitate to submit them in game (pause menu > missing word). Iāll add them to the list
Are you really advertising your own project on the page of someone elseās ? ._.
SO FUN. I wish it was an app so I could play it wherever. My only critique is sometimes the gem instructions stay up too long and I can't see the letters behind it. Great job.
Thank you! Iām focusing on PC release first but Iām not against a potential mobile release too ;)
would love to play mobile!!!!!!!
The lexicopedia doesnāt seem to be scrollable. Mouse scrolling, clicking or dragging the scrollbar, and clicking or dragging the content, all did not work.
Youāre right thanks for reporting! I already have a fix, Iāll push asap
I assumed additive was supposed to accrue a bonus that applies to every word you play but that is not how it works. Can it either be made more clear or bugfixed depending on intention?
Oh yeah youāre right the definition is not clear. Itās supposed to apply only when you use the letter but the bonus itself grows everytime
After playing some more I clicked the feedback button. Several of the required questions ask for things that weren't applicable. Like the first I encountered asked if I used a Steamdeck, Windows PC, or Apple PC. I used an Android tablet. One of the next questions asked what I thought of the Steam page. I've never seen it, I found this on the front page of Itch and had never heard of it before.
You might want to adjust the form a little bit.
Thanks for your comment, Iāll take a look
It seems pretty fun. Playing on an android tablet with touch controls, it was kind of hard to see what special characters did. If I touched them in a word it would just deselect them. If I tried to hold it the explainer tip would come up, but it wobbled around a lot and lowered the opacity to the point it was basically unreadable despite all the other game text being clear.
Otherwise it seemed good. In the speed mode, the letters fell pretty quickly, but I've never been great at these kinds of games. It might be nice if the overflow timer didn't start until the letters had settled, as it's difficult to start spelling when the letters are still merging and moving around.
Thanks for your feedback. I know touch controls are not optimal right now. Itās not yet my focus as Iām targetting PC first. Iāll definitely make it better in the future.
I adore this cute art style, and the pigeon
The game feels too easy at first but gradually, almost without noticing it, the bar rises until it becomes a challenge and then seems nearly impossible. Then, after you've lost you start rethinking those earlier purchases and realizing that they only seemed superfluous at first because their purpose is for that later time. Unexpected depth.
PS. but "creamsicles" is totally a word.
Just did a round of Letter Rush. My word list went out of bounds.
Lol, I might put that into a scrollContainer! Thanks for sharing :)
I put this in the feedback survey but I found a bug! when the tutorial is asking you to put a letter in the backpack, you can use the remaining letters which soft locks the game, since you cannot request more letters while in that stage of the tutorial
Oh yeah that should not be possible, thanks!
cool game :)
the most fun ive had in a while!!! can't wait for the full version to be out!!
also petrichor not accepted as a word? T T
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed :) hmmm, Iām adding it to the list
Balatro x Scrabble!
Btw the mute button doesn't seem to work, nor does pressing E
The mute button is just to mute Pip during the tutorial so he doesnāt do pigeon noise when talking
Ah ok, then maybe the icon should have a pigeon icon in it, otherwise it just looks broken! Btw why does pip have one green leg and one purple? Fashion accessory?