Wizard Apprentice

This is a clone of Wizard Apprentice - a game released by Fantasia for RISC OS systems in 1997 - using the original assets.

Play through 100 levels spanning 5 worlds as you progress through your quest to become a true wizard. Your goal is simply to pick up all of the collectables in each level by walking sideways into them. Sounds easy? Be warned - the unwise will find themselves trapped in no time...

The game was designed primarily to run on Linux, but also runs well on macOS. On both systems, it will create a save file at ~/.wizapp_save. The code abstracts all SDL and platform-specific logic such that in theory, it would require minimal effort to adapt to other platforms.

Controls

• Move character: Arrow keys, or the original bindings Z/X (left / right) and P/L (up / down)
• Switch character: Space
• Reset level: R
• Quit to Menu: Q
• Shift: Hold to increase game speed (be careful - one false move and you may well be hitting restart!)
• Press Space to exit the intro sequence

Linux build dependencies

• libsdl2-dev
• libsdl2-image-dev
• libsdl2-mixer-dev
• libsdl2-ttf-dev

MacOS build dependencies

• Install Homebrew
• brew install sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf

Credits

• Music and SFX - Bill Kotsias
• Graphics - Bill Kotsias and Spyros Vergos
• New engine code - Tom Pickering

All content under the 'assets' subdirectory are copyright Bill Kotsias, and are included in this GPLv3-licensed package with his kind permission.

Differeces from the original (incomplete list)

• Runs in windowed mode, no vertical scrolling!
• Music is not restarted between levels which use the same track
• No in-game menu - replaced with single key presses
• No level complete screen (yet)
• Not all levels in a given world are unlocked at the same time
• No level editor (yet) or other main menu functions, however level files are easy to create
• You can hold Shift to increase level speed

Level file key

• . - Empty space
• X - Static block
• B - Pushable block
• b - Breakble block
• c - Collectable (non-flying)
• C - Collectable (flying)
• l - Ladder
• w - Wizard start point
• W - Wizard start point with ladder
• o - Blob start point
• O - Blob start point with ladder

Passing a level file as a command-line argument will launch directly into that level. The game will currently only draw levels of size 11x8 correctly, however in theory the game engine will handle any size...