The Useless Wizard

The Useless Wizard is a tactical action game about protecting a village from grotesque monster hordes. The villagers’ only hope is an alcoholic retired wizard who knows no spells and fights with rocks. Each day lasts 5 minutes. You must keep the monsters from reaching the left edge of the screen, where they can carry off the village women; if they are all gone, you lose.

Defend the village

You manage enemies across both horizontal and vertical planes. Upgrade your throws and stack abilities to create weapon combos; every upgrade stacks, producing effects that can become powerful, ridiculous or disastrous. Each successive day brings new enemies and bosses that gain powers over time.

A rock-throwing wizard

The wizard has no spells and uses rocks as his only weapon. The game pairs this setup with silly monsters, bizarre abilities and unpredictable situations, while its short days are built around surviving one wave after another.