The Ancient Seal of Terrabruma has shattered, unleashing the forces of Chaos once more. As one of the last Mages of Wizordum sanctuary, you must embark on a quest to find the source of this corruption and push the Chaos back before they consume the kingdom in a speedrun-friendly fantasy FPS tearing a page from the spellbooks of ‘90s fantasy FPS classics like Hexen and Heretic.
Design and download custom adventures or full-fledged episodes with the in-game level editor.
Wizordum is a retro FPS that's designed to deliver a seriously strong nostalgia hit, for everyone who grew up slinging spells in Hexen, Heretic and other classic 90s shooters. Of course it features a ton of modern elements, with one of the major ones been an integrated in-game level editor and browser powered by mod.io's Unity plugin. The previous link will allow you to explore all of the community creations as they flow in.
As for gameplay, you take the role of a Mage, on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma. It's got all the key pieces you'd expect like secret passages, puzzles, epic magic and weapons, speedrun leaderboards and other challenges.
You can grab Wizordum today on Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG, or grab the demo using the button above.
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๐๐น๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐งโโ๏ธ Why we should, need and want to vote for ""Wizordum"" as the best indie game of 2023? let's discover why:
๐ฐ๐๐๐ก Among the myriad of indie games released in 2023, one title stands out as a testament to the fusion of nostalgic charm and cutting-edge gameplayโWizordum. Drawing inspiration from the classic '90s fantasy FPS games such as Hexen and Heretic, Wizordum catapults players into a world brimming with magic, chaos, and the enduring spirit of retro gaming.
๐พ๐๐ป๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ." ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐, ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป-๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ.๐ถ๐ผ'๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ด๐ถ๐ป. This innovation, akin to Lovelace's vision, empowers players to shape and share their unique experiences within the enchanted realms of Terrabruma.
๐๐ญ๐ฌ Delving into the rich tapestry of Wizordum's narrative, we are reminded of the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, the esteemed author known for her profound insights into the human condition. Le Guin once wrote, "๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ?" ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐บ, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐๐๐-๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฎ.
โ๐ป๐จโ๐๐๐ The integration of diverse spells and magical artifacts within Wizordum's gameplay echoes the sentiments of ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, "๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐; ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป." In Wizordum, players wield a wide arsenal of magical abilities, navigating secret passages, solving intricate puzzles, and engaging in epic battlesโa testament to the power vested in the individual player to shape the destiny of Terrabruma.
๐ป๐๐๏ธ๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐ ๏ธ๐๐ฅ๐ฉโ๐ผ๐จโ๐ป๐Moreover, Wizordum's commitment to inclusivity and community-driven content resonates with the words of ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐: '๐๐'๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐.'" ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐บ.
โ๐๐๐ป๐๐จ As we reflect on the profound impact of Wizordum within the indie gaming landscape, let us heed the words of ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป: "๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ." ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐บ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ not only as a technically proficient game but as the right productโan epitome of excellence in the indie gaming sphere.
๐ซ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐โจ In conclusion, with echoes of ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป'๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต, ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐, Wizordum stands tall as the indisputable champion among indie games of 2023. As we immerse ourselves in its magical realms, we are reminded that in the synthesis of tradition and innovation lies the true alchemy of gaming excellence.
This looks amazing. I have some questions if you'll entertain me! :3
I love the looks of your level editor and I feel it gives us an insight into how you've constructed levels for the game. Are your world geometry assets models that you've imported 3D cubes that you're placing in a grid array?
I'm very curious because I've got a few ideas on the backburner and I think this is a seriously simply and brilliant way to create a 3D environment for a 2D / 3D FPS. I may have to experiment with a similar system myself!
Looks amazing!