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Isekai Summoner

By patatenouille and Sevenso

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5863.5626
Fun5133.5226
Innovation8413.0825
Theme9193.2026
Graphics4983.8427
Audio2253.7926
Humor1034.0226
Mood4693.6824

Comments

sstyles93 2024-04-16 06:47

The summoning theme is respected although it isn't a gameplay feature. Having the audio narrator is really cool and the story is fun.

Nice little game, even if I'm a noob at turn based games ^^'

PS: Poor shrimps T_T

patatenouille 2024-04-16 10:22

@sstyles93 Thank you ! Yeah we had some plans for heroes that would summon things during combat but even then theme would still be mostly for the story.

Tip : the warrior only attacks in orthogonal directions, and deals less damage when stopped by a wall

sstyles93 2024-04-16 10:50

@patatenouille Thanks for the tip ;)

yoyoj 2024-04-16 10:53

Hi ! Cool graphics at the beginning, was expecting the same visuals in game but it's ok :) Quite a quick battle, I lost very quickly xD

patatenouille 2024-04-16 13:36

@yoyoj Lol, the transition from the cool hand drawn art to the rushed pixel art is rough indeed haha x)

derllie 2024-04-17 11:54

such a beautiful game and really good gameplay, you did a great job!

thomasvenner 2024-04-17 12:58

I like that you did a real introduction scene, with voices and everything. Unfortunately, I lost in the first fight, and didn't have the courage to go through the all introduction again, a skip button would have been nice.

Being used to this kind of fight, it felt a bit weird, having to click somewhere is the UI to select the "move" option doesn't feel intuitive for me (also the icon was not helping)

patatenouille 2024-04-17 14:58

@thomasvenner Completely agree, during testing I would disable the cinematics and it didn't come to mind that I would need a skip button until less than an hour before the final build, at which point other things needed to be fixed.

Fortunately for you there is only one fight, there is a cinematic mid-fight and for the good ending but I understand watching the intro multiple times isn't fun.

The move option was supposed to be selected by default but it caused an issue with the preview not being visible until you swapped to another and back, and this was the simplest fix.

xazens 2024-04-17 15:56

The game system looks pretty cool. I wish I did not die that quick. :D

patatenouille 2024-04-17 23:46

@sstyles93 @yoyoj @thomasvenner @xazens

Hey, out of the blue ping but I posted an update that makes the cutscenes skippable !

It also fixes the move action not being selected by default at the beginning of the turn among other small things. I'd be delighted if you had the heart to give the game a second try if you couldn't beat the warrior during the fight, you gotta save those shrimps after all !

baluj 2024-04-18 21:44

It's an interesting game, good job!

cameron-dunlap 2024-04-18 22:28

Fantastic presentation, the work on that front really shows. Loved the overall aesthetic, full voice acting, and the character portraits. I unfortunately didn't figure out how to approach combat in my first time through (the shrimps died ); ) and didn't have the patience for sitting through the full cutscene a second time, though. Overall great work!

patatenouille 2024-04-19 12:48

@cameron-dunlap Thanks a lot for trying it out and the kind words !

I recommend using the 0.1.1 version as it adds a way to skip the cutscene.

caveman54 2024-04-21 02:46

I definitely see how this came from over scope. What you have is short but definitely interesting. The voice acting is cool. Nice entry!

kevvy 2024-04-21 02:46

Oh dear, I almost fell out of my chair on that invocation chanting. That was hilarious!

I feel like I got used. First by the king who is the actual weirdo then by the "true warrior". This is a great start, and I understand there is a lot of work put in here so far. The imagery is adorable, the voice lines from ElvenLabs were responsibly utilized.

I am grateful you put in the skip scene button as that made my losses a bit more bearable. Following your tip helped me defeat the unworthy warrior after a few tries on my own.

Man, I need some shrimp to cope with my feelings right now.

patatenouille 2024-04-21 16:26

@kevvy Hahaha, glad you enjoyed it ! xD

Thank you for playing :D

ogma-badparenting101 2024-04-21 18:49

"They did not" I laughed every time I lost, and I lost every time - the graphics are very good, I loved the story and the voice acting- so so so good!!!!

polygraph-polypraphovich 2024-04-26 21:34

I really liked the humor and art of this game. It would be really good if i could try more content in this game :)