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Toad-O-Mental

By wmute, Razicat, tnnv, alexvr and julia.nemo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6713.4958
Fun7743.2557
Innovation5923.3657
Theme2224.1258
Graphics2314.2159
Humor5003.1656
Mood7473.4056

Comments

potahto 2024-04-16 00:47

Really lovely graphics!

jlv 2024-04-16 03:08

Really cute, crispy graphics and take on the theme. It wasn't always clear when I could or could not summon, but when I got the grasp of it I had a great time. Awesome job!

vantalogic 2024-04-16 03:11

Really liked the UI when I saw the enemies I GYATT something in my eye.

niltonfirmo 2024-04-16 03:12

Very beautiful game

accordaquo 2024-04-16 03:18

Like everybody else I love the art! The cat is sooo cute

spudsef 2024-04-16 03:20

At first it was a little confusing but quickly picked it up. Really fun to strategize! Wonderful game

twist 2024-04-16 03:22

Graphics were great, as was the implementation of the theme. Was fun getting the hang of it and slowly working my way up to the other wizard. Great job with both the 2D and 3D assets!

wanyo 2024-04-16 03:37

The little toad butts gave me a good chuckle, it kept me in to learn how fun it was!

wmute 2024-04-16 03:48

Yes toad buts was our focus! The game was built on top of them!

spit 2024-04-16 03:59

I really love the frog butts. The game is cute and the music is really nice. Good job! :)

jeremydi 2024-04-16 04:26

I was drawn in for the cheeks stayed for the frustration of needing to beat the other cat. My game glitched and one of the mana gaining points broke so it took me like 40 minutes to win. Overall fun concept and other cat is cheating.

langit 2024-04-16 05:11

Nice work! I was a little confused at the objective at first, but I found a good strategy to push back against the flame frogs and defeat the enemy wizard. Great work on the Art, Music, and Gameplay!

2024-04-16 07:18

Nice art!

radjax 2024-04-16 08:01

Super cute! Some good strategy in there with the different types of units, and once I understood which units were mine vs the enemies it really got going. The thicc frogs were great!

wmute 2024-04-16 08:08

@radjax Yes we have same filings regarding enemy/ally identification. Thinking how it can be organically highlighted.

missingpixel 2024-04-16 08:37

Nice and cute game! had some trouble figuring out how to play it at first, but eventually got the hang of it. Great work!

namnam 2024-04-16 09:09

That 2d cat animation ! I had trouble to understand the gameplay but it was visually awesome

wmute 2024-04-16 09:16

@namnam You need to place tods on field. they have different behaviors. fire - moves and attacks enemies, earth - holds the ground, and the water - heals you and your toads. you need to defeat the enemy. There a few mana tiles which can restore your mana points. earth toad can help you with it ;)

eravil 2024-04-16 10:24

I really liked the game! Worthily executed!

2024-04-16 11:43

Nice and beautiful :)

finde 2024-04-16 14:13

Nice visuals! :)

gdmage 2024-04-16 15:43

Cool idea. But very difficult to manage. And there are many enemies at once. It would be better if they came in batches. So that there would be an element of training and mechanics could be developed.

wmute 2024-04-16 17:21

@gdmage The earth toad is a key to win =)

tricky-fat-cat 2024-04-16 18:37

I like the idea of the game, however it has some issues with UX and feedback. First, it's hard to understand the goal of the game from the very beginning, it would be great to add some UI indication of the enemy cat. Second, it lacks some sound and visual feedback which indicates that my character gets some damage and summon the frog. Anyway, congrats with submission!

nyanpierre 2024-04-16 18:45

the visual are trully cool, remind me of some board game I played. take few second to understand each part of the game but overall I had fun, and the mood was cool :)

storeyware 2024-04-16 18:57

Full points! Great visuals. Great music. Hard to understand at the verrrryyy beginning but once I figured out I could place the earth toads on the mana wells it was game over. Great job.

Consider some more audio implementation with spell effects and differentiating between enemy summons and ally summons.

anaastaska 2024-04-16 19:45

I really like visual and music, gameplay is interesting, but it would be great if you add some tutorials and explonations in the beggining.

josion 2024-04-16 20:00

The visuals and concept are absolutely delightful! Really enjoyed strategizing with the different toads. Great work on creating an engaging and visually appealing experience!

orangedragon 2024-04-16 21:50

Cute visuals and great battle mechanics! I think it would be great if you added some SFX for toads, movement and spells. But other than that a lovely game! Great job!

enreh 2024-04-16 23:30

It took me a little bit of time to understand what I was supposed to do, but it went quite smoothly after that. The game is really fun and I would love to play more of it if you ever expand on it, both in terms of mechanics and balancing. Specifically, I think the game is way too easy right now. Once you estabilish an earth toad, you're basically invincible, just get a water toad or two and spam fire toads while moving forward and setting more earth toads as you go. Still, it's a great entry!

kseniya 2024-04-17 00:53

A very sweet and fun game, I would play it more than once!

roman-novikov 2024-04-17 07:59

Great stylised graphics and interesting gameplay, but lacks a tutorial at the beginning of the game, I think you will add this later. Would love to see the further development of the project. Great job!

friskila 2024-04-17 09:11

Love the idea how the Cat Wizard summons allies and attack enemies. I really like how it plays!

moebiusmeow 2024-04-17 11:14

The cat is just soooooooooo cute and I LOVE the Live2D animation. The gameplay is also solid and fun. Nice entry!

rita-pressanykey 2024-04-17 12:51

OMG those toads' butt cheeks)))) I love the UI art and game animations. The gameplay is also fun and addictive and very intuitive. Great work!🐸

recursiveanomaly 2024-04-18 04:24

Lovely graphics. I was able to overwhelm the enemy once I read the details and realized I could plant earth toads on the mana spawners. Thanks for the game.

momokomoloko 2024-04-18 11:06

Cute art, i like the cat and the frogs hehe! Gamelay was nice, but took me a little to understand what i should do. I had fun!!

forager 2024-04-18 14:15

The cat icon at the bottom is awesome. Props to the artist. All the vfx are lookin good too.

dywanix 2024-04-18 14:39

At first I got a little bit confused about what to do, but after a while I really enjoyed it

pringlae 2024-04-18 16:27

A very cute game, cool animations and overall the visuals are very attractive. Крутаны, так держать!)

meranolean 2024-04-19 11:03

Hey! Good job! You did a lot, I like the map, visual stuff, and of cause toad's ass hahaha :) That's very fun. Pathfining ans summoning work wrong sometimes, but that's ok. I fastly found the solution to win, but that's was fun.

Thank you fro the game (and funny frogs)!

rubixnoob13 2024-04-22 06:55

Really nice graphics. I was a little confused on what to do at first, but the walkthrough video helped quite a bit. Maybe (if you have time of course!) you could make a tutorial of sorts to help explain what to do at first.

I also liked the music! Good job!

emaigualmc2-art 2024-04-22 22:37

Great job! I loved all the artistic work, both the 3D modeling of the character and the 2D art, the music is also very good and accompanies the atmosphere of the game very well. The character designs are great, the animations, the UI are very worked and polished. Great game! xD

2024-04-23 22:59

There are some really strong telltale signs the main artwork is AI-generated, in how details are constructed and how errors look similar to AI mistakes rather than human errors.

I really hope I'm wrong though!

k-toll 2024-04-24 00:56

The graphics are beautiful, the atmosphere is pleasant and the title screen art is incredible!

It's a good idea to exploit, but the difficulty balance needs fine-tuning. I only used fire and that was enough to finish.

Maybe add some sound effects depending on the invocation, like splash for water and so on...

The cat summoner sometimes takes an indirect route if I select a tile a bit far away instead of going straight ahead.

Anyway, good job!