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The Unsummoning

By baran, Sothar, abstruse, herka, Lamiaceae, tobiasg, Rex240 and jonas2602

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall444.2533
Fun1024.0633
Innovation1503.9033
Theme3453.9633
Graphics444.5833
Audio2003.8333
Humor3123.5129
Mood3343.8431

Comments

pwrs 2024-04-16 17:06

favorite so far. looooooove the graphics, funny voice when spelling, great concept

vinzbad 2024-04-16 17:09

Very cool game! Love the artstyle and the typing sounds. Is there an end to it, or is it normal to get overwhelmed eventually?

judjudson 2024-04-16 17:09

LET'S GOOOO TYPING OF THE DEAD GAME!!! Generally, one of the most cohesive entries I've seen in this entire jam. Lots of it all fits together - the music, the UI, the enemy and environment art, and it all feels high quality. I really, really enjoyed this game, and it immediately got me wondering how you would expand it given more time. I think that's always the mark of a great jam game!

holysparks 2024-04-16 17:09

This looks and plays SO WELL, great style that encompasses the whole game. Loved it, just a shame I can't take a break to read what the demon lord is saying XD

igorekkedziorek 2024-04-16 17:11

omg this so amazing

sampai 2024-04-16 17:11

The art direction is stunning, too bad I have to look away from my screen constantly to find the correct letters ^^

Maybe this game will finally teach me to touch type properly, it also helps that it makes me go out of my comfort zone by having to type words I'm not familiar with. Overall a fun little typing game!

lyamgtt 2024-04-16 17:11

The art is perfect !! Really fun as well, well done!

oznarox 2024-04-16 17:12

Great idea. Could be a little slower. It gets heavy too quickly.

untick 2024-04-16 17:13

How neat! Pretty graphics, right on theme, and the "talking" gimmick was also very nice. I will say that, once like... 10 monsters or so are on your screen (i am not the fastest typer) it gets _very_ hectic, and I found it irritating to not be able to finish some monsters because their LONG names were covered by the shorter ones that sprint at you... The music was also not... my cup of tea, though fitting. I didn't reach it, but, is there an end? Will have to give it a few more tries eventually :)

hollowbeargames 2024-04-16 17:13

Wow what a great take on the theme. The typing is super fluid and the game juice on the letters getting matched really stood out. Blew me away when I realised that the menu was also using the typing game approach, great idea and really added to the games vibe. The artwork is impressive, it's very stylised and was executed well, just my kind of game art. The difficulty felt pretty good and the different creature attack speeds meant you had to constantly juggle which word to type at a given time. Great work to your whole team :)

dotiocat 2024-04-16 17:13

Really simple game but it does what it does extremely well! The graphics are incredibly charming, the sound effects immaculate, a real treat of an experience.

liu-pa-yueh 2024-04-16 17:14

Beautiful graphics, mature gameplay. Just not sure why the protagonist knows the names of the enemies. (Probably because I missed it and English is not my native language)

tyler-walton 2024-04-16 17:14

At first I was thinking "I hope this picks up, I wanna TYPE!" then it got really hard, but that was fun! Got 1309 score

judjudson 2024-04-16 17:14

@holysparks He's mostly saying "magic has no effect on me"/variations on "u suck + u stink + ratio!"

atomicptr 2024-04-16 17:14

I was playing this thinking about how easy this is cuz I type very well but kinda ended up playing a decent amount smile. Good job was fun :)

speedphoenix 2024-04-16 17:15

Wow I absolutely loved this one

Especially how you made the main menu and the credits using the same mechanics

I think it would have been nice to see the current speed/swarm level somewhere, so see beyond the score how far I got and the difficulty where I lost

Overall absolutely great game

fenix131113 2024-04-16 17:18

A very good game, but after a few minutes the game becomes very difficult

liniux 2024-04-16 17:22

I love this artstyle

rollcreators 2024-04-16 17:29

Like this noordinary mechanics) No sure about link with theme, but is's good result)

Good keboard trainer xD

unrealkazu 2024-04-16 17:47

I always love me a good typing game! The art is great, and the difficulty ramps up nicely. The words getting covered during the more hectic parts is maybe something that needs tweaking, but it also adds to the difficulty, so maybe it's fine. I did notice that you run out of the dictionary pretty quick and words start repeating a lot, so I would've loved to see a much bigger dictionary.

Overall great take on the theme!

dmitry-mozgin 2024-04-16 18:25

I'm curios, does the game have an ending? It looks like waves of enemies are endless. It is hard for me to judge the game because I don't like typing much, but it was fun. I like the design of small quick monsters with few letters and big slow ones with many letters. Nice game with cool graphics!

gravityflip 2024-04-16 18:33

Just got a new keyboard layout so this was perfect for me! 🎯 The art is great and the voice that is voicing out while you are typing is a really fun touch! How did you do that? Amazing entry! Wish there was a clearer ending or indication of progress in game✨

callmety 2024-04-16 20:17

Great concept, great execution. That was very fun! Thanks for making the game, I loved it! You guys can be proud of what you've done! :)

laflaurine 2024-04-16 22:48

such an amazing game!! I had a blast. I switched to a qwerty recently so it was a good keyboard training. The art and sound are perfect! Sunch a funny combination :sparkles: Keep it up guys!

kuggenhoffen 2024-04-17 08:10

Great game, looks very pleasing and the sounds are quite fun. Good job!

n3k0k33p3r 2024-04-17 11:10

The graphics are super engaging, and the quirky voice when spelling adds a great touch of humor to the gameplay. The whole concept is brilliant and really stands out in this jam. Btw we also did typing game

n3k0k33p3r 2024-04-17 11:12

I found it quite challenging to manage the controls and read the text while also trying to keep an eye on the bat tlefield, which made the experience a bit hectic. But i love the art and sound!

avaclava 2024-04-17 21:41

Playing this made me realize how slow i type lol. The art and music is great. being able to hear what letters i press made it more interesting and funny when i failed. Good job!

willhoit 2024-04-19 17:32

I love fun typing games! I really feel like typing correctly and quickly is a lost art - glad to see things that bring it back. While some repetition was nice, I felt like the word bank was maybe a bit small and I got tired of seeing the same ones (or maybe I didn't get to a high enough level!0. I especially like the touch there you had to type the menu names to work the menu (though maybe if you click on them it should show a hint at the bottom.) Good use of simple 2d art too.

evgenii-victorovich 2024-04-20 11:40

Love that typing practice game! The idea is great, also like the visuals.

kitira 2024-04-21 18:19

Very polished and fun! I really like the graphics. Absolutely great game :)

andruid 2024-04-21 19:25

Hi! Visiting you back! Creative idea for the theme and cool art. A nice game overall! I think the demon lord speaking would be rather more interesting in a post jam version. I wasn't able to read anything he said cause I'm a typing boomer sometimes. My game had a similar issue. :sweat_smile:

joeshanahan 2024-04-23 21:05

> Will you be able to reach the Demon lord ?

Well I made two attempts and didn't manage to reach them, so I guess the answer is no :joy:

Really nice art style, and the mix of fast moving easy words and slower moving complex words makes for some nice balance. I think the demon lord was talking, but I have absolutely no way of knowing because I was fully concentrating on the words I needed to type.

joeshanahan 2024-04-27 13:29

I uploaded my playthrough to YouTube - hope it's useful for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8uopwdMHCc

cursedembassy 2024-05-01 19:22

that was fun! I like to type fast

euler-moises 2024-05-02 04:06

A great way to practice typing. I liked it a lot.