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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Dan Allison's comment | |
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| Apr 16 01:42:35 | WORD EXORCIST | ♥ 1 | This is first game I'm getting to play this jam and yeah, what a good way to start it. Game looks and sounds amazing, really nails the whole satanic vibe and does a lot to set the mood. I always thought I was a decently skilled typist but playing a few rounds of this is making me realise that maybe I'm not haha. Great job! | |
| Apr 17 17:40:35 | 39h 58m | MizWizWiz | ♥ 3 | Very impressive for a solo project, there's a lot going on here. The amount of enemies that spawn is chaotic but in a fun way, and I really liked how you could destroy parts of the environment too. Killing enemies to regain magic is a fun mechanic too, meant I could stay in the air for quite a while when I was playing well. Like the art a lot too, thought the mouse cursor was a very nice touch. Great job! |
| Apr 17 18:16:39 | 36m 04s | Subpoena Magus | ♥ 1 | Ah I love this! Just an incredibly well polished jam game that's full of charm. Very clever to combine two different styles of summoning together into one theme. Love the art, love the sound, love the general vibe, expecting to see this game get very high up the rankings. |
| Apr 17 18:36:36 | 19m 57s | Tonidachi | ♥ 1 | There's a lot to like here - the art is especially great, makes it hard to not love your wee demon pal. I agree with what others are saying about the speed but balancing stuff in jams is such a hard job that it's completely understandable. And honestly I could see the game working at the same speed (or even slower) but as a background app you just check into every so often while going around your day, could be a fun way to take it. Good job here, would love to see more it in the future, |
| Apr 17 18:46:52 | 10m 16s | Souls Summoners | ♥ 2 | Really enjoyed this, good job! Really loved the art style and the animations - mushroom is a personal highlight but it all looks great. Think the gameplay is really solid, there's something very satisfying about summoning a huge army! Could see this working as a fun level based game where you fight different enemies with different approaches to summoning minions. |
| Apr 17 18:48:36 | 1m 44s | Summoney (VR Only) | ♥ 1 | I don't have a VR setup to try this on but needed to comment to say that I love how you made a VR game for a jam. That's some serious skill right there. It's a shame I can't play it because the screenshots love great! |
| Apr 17 19:03:16 | 14m 40s | Beckoned to Battle | ♥ 1 | I really like this one, could see myself sinking a lot of time into it if you eve decided to make a more expanded version! Was just quite satisfying seeing all the numbers going up haha. Really like the art, the knight is especially good but it's all really cohesive. Feels well balanced too, movement speed feels good and the capture time is long enough to worry about enemies but not too long where you get bored. Well done! |
| Apr 17 19:19:34 | 16m 18s | Dominion | ♥ 1 | Normally I'll play a jam game once and then move on so I was surprised to go through 2 more times after the first run! I love it. Progression system is great and everything feels well balanced, it looks amazing but some really lovely sprites, the actual summoning mechanic is really clever too. Just a really polished, well executed game that I had a huge amount of fun with. One of the best I've played so far! If you ever turn this into a full game I need you to promise me you'll let me know Also, I'll set the bar for the high scores with this. Capture.PNG |
| Apr 17 19:46:54 | 27m 20s | Final Forest Fiasco | ♥ 2 | I'm a simple man - I see a chicken with a sword and I'll play your game. I had great fun with this overall, always like seeing turn based games showing up in jams and this was a good implementation of that. My highlight was definitely the writing though. I definitely didn't expect the game with the talking rabbit to have such good dialogue and world building but here we are. Balancing is always hard in jams and for the most part it was fine but I think the snake fight was a bit too tough. I tried it 3 times before having to give up because I couldn't stay alive long enough. Still a really great submission and one I enjoyed a lot so great job to everyone who worked on it. P.S. Vni is my new hero. |
| Apr 17 19:53:00 | 6m 06s | Crimes Against Carrots | ♥ 1 | The carrots had it coming if you ask me... Liked this game a lot. Like others said this was incredibly well polished, looks and feels great and is just a really well executed game. Great effort, especially for a solo entry. |
| Apr 17 20:06:37 | 13m 37s | The Duke's Cartographer. | ♥ 2 | Liked how chill this game is, was fun exploring and seeing what was next. Quite satisfying to chip away at completing the map too. Could see this idea having a lot of room for expanding too, with a bit variety and some fun secrets to find. Main bit of feedback is that I would have loved something to tell me if I was correct or not with my map stuff after a certain amount of time. Good job overall though (And I also voted for the cartography theme haha) |
| Apr 18 12:32:16 | 16h 25m | Summonology | ♥ 2 | This is a really impressive entry, great job. Had plenty of moments where I felt clever for solving puzzles once I'd figured out exactly how to setup things. It is a bit unclear how to set things up but it's a jam game, can hardly expect a perfectly crafted tutorial so I don't think it's a problem here. One thing I'd add is that I think it would be better to be able to have an input for spins and splits rather than them happening automatically, feel like it might make it a bit clearer. But overall good job! |
| Apr 18 12:43:08 | 10m 52s | Hell Shift | ♥ 0 | Big fan of the guard design, there's a lot of character there. Had fun with this overall, could see it being a good foundation to add more to as well. Well done! |
| Apr 18 17:53:35 | 5h 10m | Summoner Tycoon | ♥ 0 | Super impressive to get an online game working in a game jam, feels like magic (Which is very on brand for the jam)! Very fun idea too, I enjoyed amassing an army of cute slime helpers to get me mana. Could this see being a lot of fun with other players too. Good job! One thing I'll add is that the game only worked for me when I clicked on the host game button before clicking on play. If I clicked on play first it would get stuck so that might be why @prepe has issues. |
| Apr 18 18:25:19 | 31m 44s | Summoner Story | ♥ 1 | Very, very cool game that actually had me sitting here with a pencil and paper figuring out the symbols. It took me a while to figure out the clues were on the cards and not hidden in the environment which threw me off a bit. But once I realised what I was supposed to do I had a blast. Big fan of the music/art and general vibes too. One of my favourites of the jam, well done! |
| Apr 18 18:39:29 | 14m 10s | Nectar Nexus | ♥ 3 | Very chill, relaxing vibes which I like a lot. Great audio and art really reinforces that. I had fun solving the puzzles, had some great "aha!" moments too. Wanted to especially call out the first few puzzles which did a really good job of teaching how the mechanics work in a very intuitive way. Only real criticism is to make it a bit clearer when you need to go over one of the flowers more than once, that threw me off a bit but otherwise a very good entry. |
| Apr 18 19:01:42 | 22m 13s | Angel Summoner & BMX Bandit | ♥ 0 | I can't believe you made his haha, it got a good laugh from me. Game is fun too, couldn't finish it - got the end (I think) a few times but couldn't past the final set of spikes without clearing them and then the last set of enemies got me. But thanks for the fun game and the laugh. I'm also expecting a sequel with Gymkhana Girl next Jam now. |
| Apr 18 19:12:26 | 10m 44s | Colormancer | ♥ 1 | Yeah this is awesome. From level 5 onwards I was making a mental note to mention that level in the comments because of how much I enjoyed it but then every level just kept on getting better. Really creative game with an equally creative art style too, one of my favourites of the jam so far! |
| Apr 18 19:19:56 | 7m 30s | Booking It | ♥ 1 | I know it's a jam game and I can't expect hours of content but I'm genuinely bummed out that it was over so quickly. I thought the summon mechanic was incredibly clever and only having one of each demon at a time made for some fun moments (Mostly me falling down because I resummoned what I was standing on haha). I love the art - both the cutscene and platformer art is great. Music was awesome as well, platforming felt really tight too. Overall, this is just a really, really solid entry in every way so huge well done. |
| Apr 18 19:49:11 | 29m 15s | Master of Elements | ♥ 2 | Had fun with this, solid platforming and some great art. Only downside for me really is that I struggled to see some of the spikes. |
| Apr 19 17:24:31 | 21h 35m | Evocation | ♥ 1 | I always love coming across text adventures/visual novels when playing the jam games because I don't play them enough and it's a nice reminder how good they can be. I had a really good time with this - the writing was good, it has this really great, spooky vibe (Some of the SFX gave me a good fright - that growl in the south room) and it looks great too. Enjoyed going back through for different as well. Really impressive, especially for a solo dev! |
| Apr 19 17:46:00 | 21m 29s | Doomsday Care | ♥ 1 | When submitting my game I laughed at the console dropdown list you could choose from having so many options and it honestly make so happy seeing somebody actually using it! And it's GBA no less (one of my favourite handhelds for sure). Game itself is really cool. The monsters that I saw all look great (Though I was expecting my cat hybrids to be a lot cuter haha) and I love the background art/UI as well. Only bit of feedback for me really would be to have some kind of indicator as to how close the monster is to evolving. But that's not even a huge deal really, I was fine just letting it run in the background for a bit. I need to specifically call out the 3rd level of the cat/skull (Won't post a picture cos spoilers) as being incredibly cool, it came a long way from the goofy wee dude at the start. Loved the ending scene as well. I love this, I think it's super impressive and a great achievement for a jam, huge well done. |
| Apr 19 17:50:05 | 4m 05s | Revenge of Lord Chicken | ♥ 2 | Agree with others are suggesting as improvements but it's a jam at the end of the day and there's only so much you add so well done on what's here. It's a fun little game, big fan of the art especially - that's really solid sprite and animation work. And honestly, just playing as a wizard chicken is enough for me to come away from this happy. |
| Apr 19 18:03:29 | 13m 24s | Daemonis Algebra | ♥ 2 | Had a really good time playing this. Platforming is tight and snappy and feels good, so does flying the broom. And it's short enough that it was fun to go through a few times as well. There's some really solid spritework here as well, big fan of how the cutscenes and the platforming looks. Music is a good as well, found myself bobbing my head along haha. Great job with this! |
| Apr 20 10:29:03 | 16h 25m | The Wizard Wizard | ♥ 1 | This is a fun game, and a pretty interesting proof of concept. I think a bigger game with more scenarios to use specific types of wizards could a really cool way to expand on the idea. I like the pixel art a lot as well, the player's beard is appropriately majestic. |
| Apr 20 10:43:23 | 14m 20s | Summoned Army | ♥ 1 | I really liked this. Simple enough to understand but complex enough to keep getting more interesting. I felt very clever when I thought to send warriors from the centre to get to fight faster while letting my other units move in a bit slower from the further away portals. Feels like a well balanced game which is hard thing to get done in a jam so well done. |
| Apr 20 14:46:08 | 4h 02m | Creature Conjurers | ♥ 1 | I love this! The art style is maybe my favourite of jam so far, just incredibly well done pixel art. But what really elevates things further is just how great the summon designs are, there was no combination I was disappointed with and I was very surprised that every combo was unique! Really impressive amount of content for a game jam, Also, if you could please let me know how I might go about summoning my own mud cat in real life I would very much appreciate it. |
| Apr 20 15:06:40 | 20m 32s | Slay the Skull | ♥ 2 | One of my favourites of the jam so far! I'm kind of glad it only took me 10 minutes because I could have lost hours to this haha. Really like the whole thing - art, creature design, game balance, UI is all awesome. And the extra layer of polish really elevates it. Great job! |
| Apr 20 16:02:21 | 55m 41s | Super Pal Summoner! | ♥ 1 | Fun game, with a surprising amount of complexity when it comes to chaining combos together. Really nicely polished too, looks great and feels great to play. |
| Apr 20 16:26:55 | 24m 34s | Salmoning | ♥ 5 | Had a blast playing this, especially since I could play in a team. Movement feels really good and the world is just fun to be in and see. Love the vibe, the sound, the looks, basically everything here is just great. And then it's even more impressive when you consider it's for a game jam too. |
| Apr 20 16:45:00 | 18m 05s | Summon World | ♥ 1 | I really enjoyed this. Wasn't sure I was going to be able to win at first but managed to pull it round which was very satisfying. Like how it's kind of a reverse city builder too, where I'm here to ruin things instead haha. Game feels nicely balanced and polished, one of my favourites so far - great job. |
| Apr 20 17:05:54 | 20m 54s | Gacha Panic | ♥ 2 | Can't believe this is a game jam game, it's more polished than fully released games I've played! The art is beautiful, the music is super catchy, the animations are so full of charm, it feels great to run about, the creatures and enemies have such creative designs and the voice acting is wonderful (I'm going to be shouting "Gachapon" all day now). What an incredible effort here, huge well done to all of you. |
| Apr 20 21:04:27 | 3h 58m | Demon Corp | ♥ 1 | I think is my favourite music from any game of the jam so far. The juxtaposition between the pre and post devil audio is so good and both tracks are awesome. I really just enjoyed the chaos of the gameplay, there's something about the aesthetic and the music and just the unrelating nature of the devils coming that just made feel like I was unstoppable and it was good fun. Great job with this. |
| Apr 20 21:25:42 | 21m 15s | Arsenal Toy | ♥ 2 | This was a vibe, I think you really nailed the colourful kids toy aesthetic. I could 100% see the (much) younger me having a great time playing with that looked like this. I think the other comments talking about the camera are right, it could be better but this is a jam, everything could be better and I think it's perfectly serviceable once you get used to it. Shooting is fun, enemy designs are really good and it's a nice way to include the theme as well. Very solid entry, great job. |
| Apr 22 12:27:09 | 39h 01m | The Dank Sorceress | ♥ 1 | I thought this was really well put together actually. I know the art is unfinished (but it actually gives out a pretty cool vibe the way it is) but the different environments and characters and how the small things like music changes and animations in cutscenes really made it feel like a complete experience. I liked the combat system once I realised why my own summons were killing (Which is a very cool mechanic), my favourite combo was using the fire summon to boost attack, that was good fun. I enjoyed the writing as well, could see something cool come from expanding on it. Well done, great entry. |
| Apr 22 12:33:43 | 6m 34s | Magikitty Fights The Sea | ♥ 1 | This is really great. I actually did something similar with using arrows to summon for my entry but I think I prefer the way you've implemented it, mine was a bit clunky. The art is really cute - the cat and the summons especially. I think there's a nice variety of different summon types here which is great, it really helps you play in a few different ways. Well done! |
| Apr 22 17:46:32 | 5h 12m | Sigillum Daemon | ♥ 1 | I really liked this - the art and music are especially great. I really liked the spellcasting with the house, was really satisfying when I got quite quick at sending fireballs all over the place. The only thing I felt like the shape detection maybe could been a bit less strict. If I drew one side too long for the fireball for example it didn't seem to register but that's the kind of thing that's hard to detect in a jam so it's not a big deal really. The rest felt quite well balanced, combat was tough but not too tough. Well done to the whole team! |
| Apr 22 18:00:39 | 14m 07s | No Tea Time for Slimes | ♥ 0 | Music is great, so are the visuals - the animations are especially juicy which I liked. The actually movement I thought was really clever, having your jump change based on if you're holding an item led to some clever mechanics. The only issue I had really was the tiles that only had spikes when you went near them, it led some trial and error to figure out some parts which might have been better if the spike were always going up and down. But considering time limits it's not a huge problem, especially when you consider how much is here and how polished it is, this is a really good entry. Well done. |
| Apr 23 11:56:17 | 17h 55m | Summon Sandbox | ♥ 1 | For somebody who wasn't inspired by the theme I thought this was an amazing way to interpret the theme. A fun input system, some interesting spells and some clever level design make this a really solid entry so well done. There's a lot going on here and getting it done within a jam is super impressive. |
| Apr 23 12:09:56 | 13m 39s | The Summoner's Forest | ♥ 1 | I like the core of this a lot, I think summoning new ways to move around the world is a really cool twist on a platformer and when it works well here it works really well. The main issue for me is the cooldowns/mana system. Right now with one mistake, which I think is quite easy to make since since the summons don't stay around for very long means you're then out of mana. So there's a lot of going back and forth to the last bush to try again. I think tweaking this system or even having a quick reset to last mana bush button could change things for the better. I still think it's a solid idea and the core is executed well. There's a lot going on here as well so to get this much in and working in a game jam is really impressive so well done. |
| Apr 23 12:14:56 | 5m 00s | Weather wizard | ♥ 1 | I really like this. I played with water/ice a bit in my entry but yours is a lot smarter than mine, being able to move the water around before freezing is really interesting. All the different interactions the spells have feels like a good backbone to something bigger really, would be cool to see where you could take it. I like the art style as well, everything is really cohesive and I'm a fan of the colours as well. Would have liked to play more it but short and well executed is a great way to make a jam game so good job! |
| Apr 25 19:17:19 | 55h 02m | Cat-o-Conjurer | ♥ 1 | This was really fun and the different cats were designed in clever enough ways to all feel useful in their own way. The is really cute and the animations are great - the poofy cat and the cat burglar animations were favourites of mine. Really solid game and a fun way to interpret the theme, well done. |
| Apr 30 17:10:53 | 117h 53m | Sumi & Portia: Rescue Service '55 | ♥ 1 | I enjoyed this game a lot. This is a straightforward, but clever, game with a bunch of polish and some really nice visuals and audio which is amazing for a game jam. I had that nice "aha" moment when the mechanics clicked for me and I realised exactly what to do which was really satisfying. Great job! |
| Apr 30 17:17:45 | 6m 52s | SoundSummoner | ♥ 1 | This is a really fun way to interpret the theme, haha. I have very little musical ability so all I could really do was hit keys and watch notes fly up but I imagine more musically talented people could do some cool stuff with this. Like others say it seems like it could be expanded on too. Well done! |
