bing-xie 2024-04-13 00:59
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Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD55 → Idea Catcher——Summoning Tools
By drgcandle, Bing Xie, xun, Elica, Echonobita, Uzz2z and kerosuta
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 177 | 3.97 | 166 | |
| Fun | 219 | 3.86 | 165 | |
| Innovation | 318 | 3.66 | 164 | |
| Theme | 872 | 3.27 | 165 | |
| Graphics | 242 | 4.20 | 166 | |
| Audio | 366 | 3.58 | 165 | |
| Humor | 326 | 3.48 | 162 | |
| Mood | 399 | 3.77 | 161 |
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Your game looks great, can't wait to try it!
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Insane work, super puzzle games everything is well done. Great to see that you've found something else to summon than monsters or spells.
Congratulations on achieving all this in such a short space of time.
HTML game doesn't work, trying the download though
dont know how to play this. It says drag tools, i tried to drag it then it fell onto the platform and space just pauses/plays the character, dont know what was suppose to happen.
But I like how the game starts you click on the screen
@xer0bot Please forgive our crappy English. If we swapped "drag" for "put," it might make more sense to you. Anyway, thanks a bunch for digging our game.
The audio was so super relaxing to listen to, I love the mechanics of this game, I don't think I've ever seen a game where you can pause it to think about what to do next, really nicely made and the art is super amazing! Awesome take on this jam's theme! Keep up the good work!
非常精致的游戏，特别喜欢TAT，特别喜欢小脑（？跑动的样子，很有趣。 解谜的设计点和流程也控制的很合适，只需要暂停和放置，结合非常好看的和画面和声效，非常的放松！
Very cute and clever! I would recommend putting in some kind of indication/instruction that the player is supposed to bring the puzzle pieces back to the start. Otherwise, fantastic game!
Excellent game. Maybe the best I've played so far. Great theme, hard puzzles, really nice graphics and sound. Would love to see more!
Nice game! It took me a while to realize I needed to return to the start, some kind of tutorial would be helpful. Other than that, the game play is solid with lots of room to expand and introduce new mechanics. Great work!
Guys your game is so good, incredible cute polished art, ingenious puzzles and a good use of the theme, so much fun! You guys did an amazing work and I hope you are proud of it, couse I am!
And thanks so much for your kind words on our game Call The Abyss <3 :*
The puzzles are well-made. Very nice.
Great game, had fun playing this! Animation is cute and charming. Puzzles are interesting.
Lovely puzzle game I felt like it was rather intuitive to figure out what the puzzle pieces do.
Very Innovative! Your game is so good , had fun play ur game >v<
The puzzles were really fun!
相当优秀啊
super polished great job
Fun little game. Well done for the diversity of puzzles. The different ideas of tools are fun too and the graphics are coherent. Overall, well done :)
完成度好高的作品。玩起来很轻松，整体概念也很有趣
What a happy brain! I love this!！
it is very cute :3
Great game, it was fun trying to solve all the puzzles.
A very cute game! The art is beautiful :D And the song is stuck to my head on repeat haha
Cute game
Amazing job! Just what I wanted after all this rush-mode brainwork :smile:
Amazing art and good puzzles too!
Really nice puzzle game. Love the gameplay :)
GOOD JOB, i love the game
Awesome work! I really like how the puzzles are in this game. Very well thought out. I like how the different tools actually integrated with solving the puzzle. Having a pause feature that allows you to still use the tool was a good game design choice. The art is fantastic as well. It was fun!
One of the best puzzles I have played. 好工作! :low_brightness:
Amazing ! Nice work !
Took me a second to realise I had to click the text on the screen to start xD but once I got started it all came together really well. Really good visual style, the gameplay is fun and ramps up in challenge nicely. Really solid job here, great work!
Love this puzzle game! Nice Work!
Excellent puzzle game! Really satisfying to figure out the solutions on some of the levels! The levels were so well designed and challenging, but fair. I had a great time! Level 2-4 was my favorite :)
finished game, you are great, art my respects
Wow, very interesting. Cool graphics and idea. really love this game!
Super high quality, great level design. Took me sometime to solve them but when I did it felt rewarding.
@goodwincek Thank you so much for loving our game, my friend! Your affirmation makes me feel that everything is worthwhile. I'm particularly proud of the puzzle design, as I've truly poured my heart into it. Especially for levels 2-4, I had a strong desire to create a puzzle that wasn't overly complex but definitely engaging. I'm honored to say that it seems I succeeded.
@punniz Your review has made my day, it's my first time co-creating a puzzle game with friends. They are all seasoned artists and programmers, while I was a newbie in this field. Taking on the entire puzzle design solo was quite the challenge for me, but your feedback assures me that I hit the mark. Your game is fantastic too—we had played it together earlier today and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.
@chrisbeck This is precisely the effect we were aiming for—nailed it if I do say so myself. Despite the excruciating pain we endured while crafting this game, knowing that it brings relaxation and sneaky smiles to players makes it all worth.
@ninjacatz Your high praise for us is so touching it's almost bringing me to tears – and I'm not crying, I'm just allergic to awesome! It's incredibly moving, my friend. Anyway, getting this kind of feedback means all the headaches we've been through were totally worth it. Thanks a ton for digging our game!
What a neat and well designed puzzle game! At first it seemed a bit to easy, but then the world 2 came and it required me to think outside of the box, which I loved! The premise of the game is also extremely relatable for everyone who participated in this jam, sometimes it is really hard to get those ideas to work! Lovely little game, great job! ^^
It's nice, but solving puzzles after 72 hours of jam is hard, lol :D
@stalemeat Thank you so much for the kind words – you've given our team, newcomers to the ld scene, a serious boost of encouragement. It's like we just hit the jackpot on our first spin! We're also huge fans of the games you've crafted. Your art has left our crew absolutely mesmerized – it's so captivating, it's like we're under a spell. Keep slaying with those game dev skills!
@moonblast 大佬评价好高，有点受宠若惊了407D594CA86C8424084450D62EDA845F.jpg
妈的，做的真好
@sodoj That's exactly the vibe we were going for, my friend. I really hoped our game would be that perfect blend of challenging and fun, and it looks like we nailed it. For real, while we were grinding on this game, we figured other teams were probably going through the same creative agony. So we thought, why not turn this game into a gift for everyone? And just like that, our game was born. Honored that you're enjoying it – it's like getting a high-five from the gaming gods!
@olddog C638DC1F807E32833183281D7D35AA2D.jpg大佬是solo的，太牛逼了。
This is really good, very professional polish. Great work.
The game is really well thought out, the use of PC icons and their own properties to become puzzle elements is an original idea and really fun. Big bonus point on the polish of the very clean game with the small animations.
Fun game whit interesting puzzles, well done in such short time. summons are also a unique idea
Visuals are grrreat. Microanimations, subtle movements and the whole idea is very nice. Totally loved that the That-One-Social-Network-With-Brainrot-Videos is the main enemy in it. :laughing: Great job!
It's amazing how much content is here for a jam, it's like a complete puzzle game! The style is fantastic, the way it slowly introduces new puzzle pieces was very smart. Really great game!
Also the cat is super cute! :laughing:
搜索引擎"不那么可靠"和踩过去就会裂开的设定,属实让人会心一笑:D
所以你的意思是抖音是脑细胞杀手,我们抖音玩家怎么你了(?
The art is simply amazing!!.all is very well thought out and beautiful game, congratulations.
A game that is very comfortable to play. The graphics are soothing and the animations are top-notch. While the concept isn't groundbreaking, it's undeniably entertaining. The level design strikes the perfect balance, not too hard and not too easy, making it not only enjoyable but also surprisingly relaxing (was that intentional?). I started playing and before I knew it, one hours had flown by. Definitely a game worth praising. The best game I've ever played in LD55.
（我，打开游戏的前一刻：刷着抖音，抱着猫猫布偶，吃着烧鸡，电脑后台开着一堆文件夹，心想：坏了冲我来的(bushi）
Very cute! Love the general theme.
Very nice !
The levels get quite hard though, I had to place stuff at just the right timing to bypass certain restrictions, like placing a search engine platform on the line the character is about to jump to so that he can go "through" the platform.
I'm pretty sure that's not the intended way but I couldn't figure out any other solution.
Eventually reached the third quarter puzzle piece but got stuck on the second level I believe (the one with 2 folders, 1 search engine and 1 return, 1 cat and 1 roasted chicken). It felt like I needed 2 platforms/bridges or a couple more folders to do anything.
I'm not sure if the puzzle got some mishap and isn't possible or if it's just a matter of the difficulty rising way too fast, expecting the player to know special tricks when they didn't get introduced in a tutorial level. Given how many puzzles there are it's still very impressive.
I wish I could've seen it through to the end, I wonder what happens once the four quarters are completed.
@patatenouille Hey there! I'm beyond grateful you're diggin' our game so much and took the time to shoot us this feedback—it's like gold for our game-dev souls.
Now, about that difficulty. My bad if the game's been a bit of a head-scratcher; we aimed for simple fun, but seems like we might've misfired on the 'simple' part. We'll take this as a learning and level up our game design skills for the next round.
As for item placement, yeah, some items need to be set down while you're on the move to bust through. But here's a pro tip: you can always pause the game to place your items. It's like taking a strategic timeout in sports, and it'll save you a ton of hassle.
Regarding that level you're stuck on (I'm guessing it's Level 3-3), I've gone over our design docs and the game with a fine-toothed comb, and I'm confident the resources you've got are enough to push through. If it's still feeling like a brick wall, might be you missed some interconnected details in the earlier levels. Maybe take a breather, grab a snack, and dive back in with fresh eyes.
Anyway, thank you from the bottom of our game-loving hearts for playing our game, and I hope it brings you buckets of joy!
It's a game that feels very comfortable to play. The Meta element is the finishing touch.
Hi! what a cool game, everything feels extremely polished or with well thought decisions on what final art and content should be, even more for 3 day game jam. Hope your happy with the results (I KNOW you're tired for sure, you deserve to rest). Thanks a lot for your craft. Hope to see more of your stuff in the future. J
Wow! I love the look of this game. very clear you had a strong vison for the art direction. The gameplay is simple but it works great and it all comes together nice! I had a good time playing it, super impressive polish for the amount of time. I fond the difficulty just right.
The graphics are superb, the sound is good, but I just can't get a feel for the game's theme :/.
Well! This is a very nice and polished game and it's fun to play! Very well done!
關卡完整，好玩得無法想像兩天內能做出來，謎題也很適中。唯二的抱怨是揭露主角性別，以及主角有不必要的色情模型。
Super polished game and with really cute art. Puzzles are challenging, but rewarding. Love it!
This is a very cool puzzle game, it was extremely polished and for 3 days I don't know how you guys managed to do all of this. Really nice submission!
Very cool game! Liked the visual effects and comic-like style. Puzzles are very amusing. Thank you!
I really liked your game. You did a great job and did a great job!!!
It's amazing, I love it!
You are really great! The game turned out great!
Really liked the game! Hope you make lots more in the future!
Very cute puzzle game, love the graphics and smooth gameplay. The main menu is honestly pretty cool. The puzzle mechanic is fun and executed in an interesting way ^-^
@liu-pa-yueh 佛曰，色即是空，施主着相了
@kanity Thank you so much for loving our game! Your kind words have our artist, @kerosuta, doing happy dances – she's almost bouncing off the walls. She poured her heart and soul into this project, because let's face it, that theme interface is where first impressions are made, and it's been weighing on her like a boss-level challenge. But your appreciation has her breathing a sigh of relief! And just so you know, she's a big fan of your game too! It's like we're all in a mutual admiration society of game creators and enthusiasts, and it's awesome.
@drgcandle thank you ^^ I agree, the part after the deadline when we get to experience other projects is my favourite as well. So curious to see different interpretations of the theme, and play many different great games <3
@uniowl Your love for our art style is like music to our ears! Let me let you in on a little secret, but don't spread it around, okay? Our artists chose this style because, well, it's a sneaky way to take it down a notch and avoid overworking themselves... because creating all this stuff within a 72-hour crunch is like trying to fit a week's worth of laundry into a single dryer cycle – it's just not for the faint of heart!
Really polished, great work :)
Great work! Super polished game, the puzzles got pretty tricky! I liked the theming and the graphics too. The music got slightly repetitive but that's my only real criticism. I'm impressed!
Very impressive. I loved how things such as folders and search engines got translated into part of the game. It's a nice metaphor for how doing creative work feels.
Unique, easy controls. I enjoy the comic styling. Good work!
@aly-name 为什么我们了解的如此透彻，因为我们也是这么做的游戏2333
创意很有趣也很有梗，成为一朵脑花某种意义上也是真正扮演自我了XD。关卡设计难度适中，美术也很可爱
@aegisfate 大佬的游戏美术风格跟整体演出效果都实在是太强了，手机效果居然是3d转像素是我没想到的。77BC981EF08D23AE59886A68196ED616.gif
Cranking the Innovative aspect to 5! Impressive stuff!
Cute and clever, great game :)
Great idea!!! The little brain is sooooo cute!!
love the puzzles and the art!! sooo satisfying :D well done!
I really love graphics in this game, good work!
Very interesting gameplay, liked the style of the game, but the music is starting to get a bit annoying, nice work!
好可爱的画风，谜题的设计也很有趣，牛牛 :heart:
I'd appreciate a Linux build if that's possible. I tried it with Wine but it didn't seem to work
@zowieI'm sorry that we haven't developed anything for the Linux platform and lack the expertise in that area—it's a system we're not very familiar with. I apologize for not being able to let you play our game right away, but I've already encouraged our programmers to learn the necessary skills. I sincerely regret the inconvenience, my friend, and I appreciate your support.
I love the humor, the concept, the puzzles, the audio, the art, even the game page is amazingly funny…it’s all fantastic! Amazing work y’all!!
@artmuse62 Oh my gosh, I'm truly astonished that you like our game so much, and I sincerely thank you for that. Receiving such praise will definitely brighten our entire day!
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Great work. Loved the visuals, and the puzzles had some fun head-scratchers!
Really fun game, I enjoyed doing the puzzles. Also loved the super cute graphics :)
Wow! So polished. Graphics are very nice, all works perfectly and a huge level count for such a short time.
很好的游戏，使我大脑旋转。 精彩的表现力与创意与关卡设计！
Such a nice game!!! Can't believe this is done within such a short time. Love it.
@unchain To be honest, the effort to successfully design and complete this game has been so intense that I've almost lost all my hair...
Loved this project! Amazing use of the time to create something with immense polish and efficient use of time! As the artist of my team I am clicking around trying to study other games on how to scale down my complexity that way I can do all of the art rather than just a portion and use asset packs for the rest and this gave me a bunch of ideas! The only thing I'd suggest if you were to tweak anything is to balance the sound effect noise levels a little bit? Some of your effects got a bit loud for my headphones. Might just be on my end! Loved the puzzles though, and the intro animation was spectacular!
This game was alot of fun! Neat puzzles, the graphics are funny, music is chill. I was stuck for 20min because I wanted to finish it so badly. Thanks for your entry and thanks for playing our game!
@starstia Oh my gosh, you're here too! I really didn't expect everyone in your group to be so fond of our game; it's quite flattering. Seriously, the people in your group are incredibly warm-hearted. You're definitely the most precious thing I've gained from this competition, hands down. Regarding your question, I'll discuss it with our artist right now and get back to you with a serious response. Our artist is really good at "cutting corners," and it seems like their approach is actually quite effective, haha.
@sn4pi I'm thrilled that you've taken such a liking to our game, as it's a treat we've prepared for all creators. Seriously, man, our team checked out your game together, and our programmer commented that "it has a very mature and robust underlying framework, which suggests that your programmer must be a seasoned professional in the industry." When I clicked on your profile, I was utterly amazed. I never expected that programming was just a hobby for you, and the depth of skill you've developed in your hobby is truly impressive. Of course, our programmer felt a bit humbled by this and has now gone off to further his studies, haha.
The game looks really polished! Great job!
Well done! I like how many puzzles there were, and had an end goal. I especially like the puzzle where you had to place a folder to get up, then use the alpha tile to drop the folder down to use again.
Really an excellent game! It is very beautiful and polished. The idea we had was very similar to yours. It's very interesting how they are two very different games. I was really shocked by the amount of comments and ratings. That's a great sign. The game really deserves it.
Congratulations!
@drgcandle Wow thank you so much, now I feel really encouraged! Concerning programming, I started this hobby for over 10 years now, have also been at a tech school where we had 6hs of IT per week. I almost ended ended up working as a programmer but teaching dance was just more of a passion for me I'd say :man_dancing:
You guys have done such an amazing job with this game! I loved how relatable it was and how you had to dodge stuff like "nyantok" as I call it and use tools like doogle!
The artsyle is lovely and the music and sound effects are really good too. The puzzles were simple but intuitive. They struck the best balance between difficult and easy.
Polishing is also very on point. Everything feels and looks smooth!
Overall, this submission was on of my favourite!
Guess what? We also refer to it as "nyan-tok"—a rather fascinating consensus has been reached, LOL! In any case, I'm thrilled that you enjoy our game, buddy. I know our game may not measure up to those with more clout, so it's quite flattering to have received such praise. I have some friends with games that are also fantastic, even better than ours. If you have some time, you might want to check out their games. Here's the link:[https://ldj.am/$393695](https://ldj.am/$393695)
Nice game! Really incredible look overall, all the illustrations/animations are cute and consistent with the overall environment. I really enjoyed the freedom you gave the player to stop and think with the option to pause, and also to pick and choose which tools to use, without forcing the player to use them all or to use a certain solution. I personally really liked the difficulty balance, and finishing the game was quite satisfying.
I'll be nitpicking now (just in case you wanted a few critiques), but here are a few aspects that were somewhat unclear for me:
1) The buttons on the main menu screen. To be honest, I was already caught off guard by the amazing art and didn't realize that it *wasn't* a cutscene, that I was waiting for nothing to happen and the 'Play' button was on the screen the entire time. However, making the buttons look even just slightly more like clickable buttons when not hovered over is probably enough to remedy this, so it's no big deal at all.
2) The fact that 'Space' could be used to pause (and that I could pause in general while still playing the game). I understood that 'Space' was used to begin movement (the giant 'PRESS SPACE' makes this clear), but it took me a few levels to realize that I could use it to pause as well. I'm not sure whether it was intended for the pause feature to be used while playing the game—though it seems intentional, as the player can still place tools down while paused—but it could still be useful to know regardless. Again, a simple fix like a tooltip/textbox informing the player about this would probably be sufficient.
Don't get me wrong though, this game is fantastic, very well put together. I'm truly inspired by this great feat your team has been able to pull off, and I hope every single one of you is proud of the work you've contributed to make this game possible. Simply put, amazing!
Hahaha this blissful brain how it runs. Very nice graphics and a very funny way to interpret the theme :D
Really interesting puzzle, piece like infinitely long doogle is really smart. Also liked game setting, something unusual too.
This is such a polished entry that's out of the usual summoning theme. The clean graphics and audio, and the interesting brain mechanic is well captured with the intended message/theme of wracking our brains for ideas. I'm surprised this is your first game jam, well done!
This is such a good game! Its so polished and unique, love it! The design of the Doogle letters only being able to activate on the left side also makes so much sense in languages that read from left to right. Awesome!
太强了！游戏完成度好高，关卡跟机制有一些挑战度又都很有趣，美术风格也很喜欢。很能跟剧情里的主人公共鸣 ;_;
可能希望能有关卡选单吧，玩的时候习惯性觉得R是重启键，结果误触T键跳关了（
Enjoyed puzzles, not in the theme though
It was fun, but honestly the levels were easy and many levels were completed without using all the items. And the topic is poorly developed. But it was nice to play anyway.
almost all levels are too easy, cat ignores empty block end doesnt go through it, on some levels some blocks not being used, almost nothing connected to jam theme, but art is nice
I can't get over how cute the little brain is
Such a cute game with adorable presentation! And not only that, such an enjoyable and creative puzzle game. It's so charming! You people did such a great job on all fronts!!! Definitely something to look up to
Awesome game! The artwork was phenomenal, and felt like a completed game.
@rild @paulsams @xmake
Thank you all. Our game indeed needs some deeper evaluations, and your presence has made the feedback process complete. Regarding the issue of level difficulty, I must admit there were some bugs that led to "skipping classes" problems. The bugs were particularly concentrated in the "roast chicken" part. Since they were discovered late and did not affect most players' experience, we didn't make changes. However, if it affected your experience, then I do apologize. And frankly speaking, our puzzles are not very difficult. Looking back now, perhaps I still have a long way to go in balancing the fun and difficulty of puzzles. I also sincerely hope to know if you think there is a better design for these puzzles, as we could discuss it. As for being unable to connect with our expressions and themes, that's actually more normal and common. After all, such things are more subjective, but you have also proven that we achieved differentiation, which is great. In any case, thank you for these evaluations, and thank you for your support.
Please publish a web build!
@cheesepencil Bro, I won't beat around the bush—I've been dying to do this for a while now. But unfortunately, our programmer got "arrested" by endless overtime after the competition ended, completely unable to break free. Even though he was more than willing and had planned everything out, those damn bosses threw a wrench in all of it. He handed me his project files, like he was entrusting me with some sort of "bucket list" or his dearest girl. He told me, "Find someone, give them the project files, and ask if they can help make a version that can be played on the web." I know it might not be that hard, but the harsh reality is that everyone's super busy, and no one wants to take on a thankless task like this. But I can tell you that I'm still looking for help, and as soon as someone is willing to lend a hand, I'll make sure you're one of the first to play it.
I just love the doodle graphics, it looked clean and well polished. As others said, the puzzles weren't challenging in particular, but I think that's completely fine for a game jam where you don't have as much time to get player feedback and adjust the difficulty.
Really liked the art style, and the music was sweet too. Great Work!
Wow, this is awesome! I can't believe that somebody can do so much work at at the little time period. I've had so much fun, playing your game. Thanks and good luck!)
Awesome job!
I like the art, well animated
A really strong puzzle with excellent progression and use of mechanics. It feels like full game, rather than a game jam experiment. Well done!
Oh, cool! I love tricky puzzles :) Very polished and solid!
Very good game!! The art style is masterful and the idea is very creative! The puzzles were really challenging and I felt immersed while playing this game ^^
Fancy game. Cute graphics and relaxing background music. The mechanism of level tricks is smart and interesting, but the level pace could be designed more faster.
The art is beautiful, and the puzzles are clever and engaging. Adding a brief tutorial for newcomers (because im a little bit stupid) would be helpful.
Overall, a fantastic experience. Great job!
This is great! The art was awesome, and the puzzles were very well made. I had a lot of fun playing through the game, and I especially liked the last level of the third puzzle piece. You really nailed the level design. It was easy to understand how to play and very fun to figure out the solutions to the levels. Well done!
Incredible, loved the sheer amount of polish and the clever ideas you have for each of the tools for the levels. Loved it!
This is super polished! the artstyle is awesome and very very creative use of the theme!
The puzzles are really made mechanics are used to their full potential! I felt really clever for managing to cheese some of the puzzles, but that doesn't take away from the strength of the level design, it's a very well made and complete feeling entry, great job!