One Trick Mage

One Trick Mage is an action puzzle game and a prequel to the Sleepy Knight series. It consists of several single screen levels where a mage needs to collect all treasure chests to free the people inside. Shown from a side view, it heavily relies on platform elements and there are enemies as well. The core game mechanic is that the protagonist, a mage, can only use one spell at a time. The game features different spells such as a double jump, fireball and teleportation. A spell can be used by picking up a potion, but as soon as a new potion is picked up the previous one is forgotten. That means the player has to analyse all elements in the environment to establish a logical sequence of events to be able to collect all treasure chests. The mage can die and levels can be restarted at any time without a penalty or lives system. The game can be played in a regular mode or a speedrun mode.