Wizards RPG

Gameplay begins in one of 4 towns.  From there the player can visit the Lodge (get quests), Class Master (fight to level up), Inn (rest and heal), or the Blacksmith (buy weapons, armor, charms).  These screenshots were taken from one of the first version released on the Palm Pre.

When you leave the town, you appear on a path that leads to three destinations: two combat zones, and return to the town you came from. Since there are four towns in the game, this meant that there were 8 zones where the player can fight monsters and complete quests.  From this screen players can access the world map to travel to a different town, or setup a camp and get robbed by gypsies while regaining health.

Combat in Wizards 1 was pretty simple. You either perform a basic attack with your weapon, or use one of 18 abilities gained throughout the game. Each ability performs a unique attack against the monster.  Abilities have a chance of failing, and cost AP to use. You can try to run away, but will probably fail and die.  The monsters attack with a 'hit' and no abilities.  This was definitely one thing that we wanted to change for Wizards 2.

The blacksmith screen shown here was before charms were added to the game.  Each weapon and armor has a set of stats that affect it.  Wizards 1 underwent a fairly large expansion a few months after it was released, adding the 4th town zone, several stronger weapons and armor, an increase of the level cap, the introduction of charms, and the ability to fight the end game bosses repeatedly.  It also introduced leaderboards and stat tracking of players.