The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley

aka: The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley HD
Moby ID: 39625
Windows Specs

Description

An apprentice magician must lift the evil spell that haunts a cursed valley, using the spells found in the handbook.

The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley is a hidden object game with a sorcery theme and hand-painted backgrounds. The game has thirteen chapters, each with several locations to explore. The main objective is to find and click with a wand-shaped cursor on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on places filled with assorted paraphernalia within a time limit.

A crystal ball sitting below the list shows the two available spells. The Reveal Spell serves as the hint system, stored as a series of eye icons on the ball. When clicked, the icon disappear and shows the exact position of one of the required objects. The Repel Spell removes distractions from the screen, like flying books and spiders, and illuminates darkened rooms. It takes some time to recharge after use.

Two mini-games appear between chapters. In the potion mixing game, the screen shows a grid with ingredient tiles, and the goal is to keep connecting three or more tiles horizontally, vertically or diagonally until the potion jar is full. In the magical chant game, the screen shows word parts of varying color, size and font that keep moving around, and the goal is to spell the chant at the bottom scroll with a limited number of them.

The player's performance is graded at the end of each chapter. Finding items fast and not relying on spells give better grades, increasing the number of hints available at the start of the next chapter.

Screenshots

Promos

Credits (Windows version)

20 People (14 developers, 6 thanks)

Producer
Lead Programmer
Concept
Design
Ingame Artwork
  • Arsorson Studios [sic]
Mini-Games
Touch-up Artwork
Animations Artwork
  • Talking Donkey Production
Sidebar and Menu Artwork
  • Shimmering Blue
Fonts Provided by
Logo Design
  • Xplicit Creations
Intro and Story Music
  • SoundRangers
Ingame Music
Sound Effect Lib
Sound Effects
  • Sound Rangers
Special Thanks

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 61% (based on 5 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.2 out of 5 (based on 1 ratings with 0 reviews)

Be the first to review this game!

Analytics

MobyPro Early Access

Upgrade to MobyPro to view research rankings!

Related Games

The Cursed Crusade
Released 2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
King of Valley
Released 1983 on Dragon 32/64, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500
The Diamond Mystery of Rosemond Valley
Released 2001 on Windows
Solasta: Lost Valley
Released 2022 on Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One...
Magician's Gambit
Released 2017 on Windows
Magician's Lair
Released 2004 on Windows
The Magician's Ball
Released 1985 on Commodore 64
The Magician's Workshop
Released 2019 on Macintosh, Linux, Windows

Identifiers +

  • MobyGames ID: 39625
  • [ Please login / register to view all identifiers ]

Contribute

Are you familiar with this game? Help document and preserve this entry in video game history! If your contribution is approved, you will earn points and be credited as a contributor.

Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Macs Black.

iPad, iPhone added by Sciere. Android added by Kabushi.

Additional contributors: formercontrib.

Game added March 14, 2009. Last modified February 22, 2023.