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Summoning Shift

By quinnster

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5353.6030
Fun5213.5028
Innovation8673.0529
Theme5653.7029
Graphics6253.6730
Audio3583.5929
Humor7342.7628
Mood7073.4429

Comments

daganglyghoul 2024-04-16 02:57

Very fun, and the music is probably the best song I've ever heard in my life.

tyler-law 2024-04-16 03:22

Really fun! A strong game loop to get you into things initially and simple fun attacks. Music and art are really nice too, I love the humans and the main character!

realwangziyang 2024-04-16 03:51

Really cute art style with solid game loop.

mavvy 2024-04-16 23:35

Yo, I am down for the colorful occult hijinks! I like the evil sounding 8 bit drum 'n bass track, I like the scared humans, but I love the main character best. Multi-thousand year old grump massacres countless humans for profit. :heart:

koosalagoopagoop 2024-04-17 16:03

I LOVE the art so much, it seems very polished! Also very rare to see fine audio in gamejam games, which is a huge bonus for your game :) I couldn't get past stage 1 because I could never kill all the humans in time, but I really wanted to see what's next :smiley:

quinn-davis 2024-04-18 01:48

This was super fun. Very satisfying to get a couple upgrades and optimize your path through the level deciding where to shoot the fireball to maximize kills in the time limit. Great art and sound as well.

kirlosev 2024-04-18 03:03

The game loop is solid: trying to strategize your movement and upgrades in the limited time is fun. The music and art also fit the implementation really well! Kudos!

brogan-ward 2024-04-18 03:18

Solid art style and love the retro soundtrack. I do wish there was more indicators for how much time is left before I need to get back to the portal, especially since returning to the portal does not guarantee a teleport back, but I do love the power grind for this and making sure I'm as efficient as possible!

flokami 2024-04-18 07:27

Good art style ! The game loop is good but a bit frustrating. The invocation time is not simple to determine with the actual indicators. And the upgrades are a bit useless after the 4/5 day that's sad.

minkki 2024-04-18 07:29

The demon is so cute!<3

akusan 2024-04-18 08:53

Pretty good game you got. It's got level up system, progression, complete package in a game. Well done. Is there an ending?

akusan 2024-04-18 08:54

Oh, I forgot to mention... I raised my speed really high and then ran into a wall and got stuck which ended my run lol

moebiusmeow 2024-04-18 14:54

Fascinating soundtrack! It was really cool to hear two different remixed versions of the soundtrack in the title screen and in the game levels. It also fits the art style very well, providing the entire game an immersive feel.

I wondered if I can upgrade the speed of my fireball though. It seemed that upgrading the fireball doestn't really have any effects? I wish there was more end-game upgrades. It is still an excellent game after all. Nice work!

coatline 2024-04-18 16:54

It's actually a pretty polished game overall! There were times, though, when I would get the purple particles and then before the sigil ever appeared would end my run immediately. I think allowing the player to upgrade more often then once every three days would make it more engaging. But this is a good entry. Well done.

kseniya 2024-04-18 17:00

A very cute game, and a very cute character

sarafilipa 2024-04-18 17:36

I'm always in awe whenever there is a solo entry (or aaalmost solo) that looks like this. It really is very impressive. My favorite part were the graphics and little animations. I had fun playing this, thank you! :D

padlynn 2024-04-18 17:48

Nice game! i really enjoyed playing it and the art is really cool, well done !

brainles-etertainment 2024-04-21 17:19

Neat visuals, animations and audio. Speaking about gameplay, I didn't really got the mechanics. What should I do when tentacles begin reaching me? Should I back to pentagram or run to escape from them?

whalejam 2024-04-23 19:16

Very cute art, the animations are really nice! The sound effects and music are solid too. The hint of the summoning stuff appearing slowly was nice too so I had an idea of when to get back, but sometimes it was so fast I bearly had time to do anything. OVerall fun game, nice job ^^

pattedecanaard 2024-04-24 20:35

The gameplay loop with the upgrade phases is very nice, and the art is pretty. The music is good too, maybe it would have been nice to add a sound or an effect on the music when you have to return to the summoning circle. I enjoyed the game, Well done!

thyoi 2024-04-28 06:16

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it's a really fun game!

quinnster 2024-05-02 01:40

@thyoi Wow! Thank you so much for the art, never had that happen before. Glad you enjoyed it!