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Summoner's Paradise

By poboy, milkwine, breadstick and zeq

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9113.2752
Fun7523.2853
Innovation10612.7753
Theme6783.5553
Graphics8703.2354
Audio6313.0853
Humor2153.7055
Mood7623.3955

Comments

locksmitharmy 2024-04-16 01:28

So... I picked every silly choice there was... and lost when I literally chose to die... but I had 4 nipples and a really cool hat, oh an lactose was not a problem anymore. 10/10 would play again.

ecb 2024-04-16 01:30

The auxiliary nipple upgrade cooks

adamag 2024-04-16 01:31

Wasn't able to press play button :( - update from breadstick it is now fixed! thanks!

niewrsis 2024-04-16 01:36

The idea is very interesting. There is not enough tutorial. As well as a lot of special effects and screen shakes, this makes the game incomprehensible with small freezes.

breadstick 2024-04-16 01:58

@adamag the html5 build should be fixed, and there's also a Windows version you should be able to download!

batisdark 2024-04-16 02:41

I was promised a hat! Also I am not sure what I was expecting when option said that I would die hmmm... Pure chaos! Quite violent at times hahah

spudsef 2024-04-16 03:04

Difficult to understand what's happening due to screen shakes and repetitive high pitched voice lines got old quick. Otherwise I thank you for the cool hat, extra nipple and fixing my relationship with lactose :)

gabriel-chan 2024-04-16 04:25

Neat game, it was a little hard to understand with all the screen shaking and constant dialogue. Also making the player glide around was an interesting choice. Wasn't sure if it was possible to lose as I stopped moving after a certain point and my hp bar never seemed to go down. Got an extra nipple though so all around enjoyed it!

manabreak 2024-04-16 04:31

Took a while to understand what's going on, but in the end, I made it to the paradise! Nice touch with the old Finnish mythology stuff. :)

bluepir 2024-04-16 04:34

Once I started getting upgrades ever single second and the screen started shaking so much I was at 2 frames per second, it was a little tricky to tell what was happening. (I also couldn't pay attention to the dialogue through the chaos) And yet I still loved it. 10/10 for the cool hat

yoruvii 2024-04-16 04:35

solid game I enjoyed it I like the 2D art One issue I had was that it was hard to read the dialogue while playing

adam-gallina 2024-04-16 04:45

Really great game, the dialogue was hilarious, and the screen shake was amazing - and like any good vampire-survivors style game my upgrades lagged the game so much I could barely play by the end, 10/10. My only real complaint was the map felt a little cramped, it would've been nice if it was a bit deeper, but the 3D models blended really nicely with the 2D images

poboy 2024-04-16 05:09

thanks all for playing :) the extra nipples are implemented but you can't see them cause of the clothes

re: the screenshake, I ought to mention that this is the toned down version, and it used to be way, way worse. there's a button in the Settings (Esc) to disable it if it's too much

there's a secret ending no one has found yet

@manabreak glad someone recognized the Finnish lore :)

thanks all, appreciate the comments!

partkyle 2024-04-16 05:55

Art style is really fun. I love the paper effect.

They vocal audio effect is a little distracting, but they have a lot of banter which is fun.

How do you not click "Literally Die" the first time is what I want to know.

breadstick 2024-04-16 06:07

@partkyle We watched and enjoyed your stream!! Although I thought the hat was really cool πŸ₯ΊπŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ

svenerik 2024-04-16 06:57

Very funky art style, enjoyed the overall aesthetics a lot. Very amusing entry, although it did lag a bit, but I guess my setup is too old at this point. Excellent work!

anaastaska 2024-04-16 07:26

I really enjoy art style of the game, concept also is very cool, but there is not enough tutorials(from my side), but overall game is cool!

ziggy 2024-04-16 10:11

Cool idea, lacks a bit of balancing as later on you get so OP that you cannot even die. I loved the "level up" options of getting an extra nipple, being lactose intolerant and so on

ziggy 2024-04-16 10:11

Cool idea, lacks a bit of balancing as later on you get so OP that you cannot even die. I loved the "level up" options of getting an extra nipple, being lactose intolerant and so on

escyll 2024-04-16 10:13

Insane game. Love the chaos. I did get way to many upgrades though, that was a bit overwhelming. Very fun to play!

olavdeng2 2024-04-16 11:00

Great game! quick and easy to get into, everything was clear. Might need some more balancing, but I enjoyed it quite a bit!

rokevicius 2024-04-16 12:21

Love the Art style and the writing!!

gettingrekt 2024-04-16 13:21

Good looking and fast paced game. Great job!

mark-swinimer 2024-04-16 14:52

Unfortunately there was a weird glitching graphical effect for me in the web version. I love the animations for the muscle guy. Nice work, very ambitious. I felt like it was too fast paced for me to grasp what to do and appreciate the dialogue.

semenov 2024-04-16 14:59

I like it when 2D sprites are in a 3D world. looks fresh!

7uc4s 2024-04-16 14:59

No clue what I was doing, but ended up committing suicide :shrug:

pwrs 2024-04-16 15:02

Loved game name, never made it to paradise though. Kinda seemed like I couldn't die? Kinda too fast paced for me... But awesome idea, just slightly "glitchy" I'd say. Cool looking graphics too!

lindote 2024-04-16 15:49

THERE IS A LOOOOOOOOT GOING ON! AHAHAHAHAAHA One word: Chaotically Fantastic.

josion 2024-04-16 19:54

What a wild ride! The humor and creativity are off the charts. Loved the unique upgrades and the chaotic fun. Great job on crafting such a memorable experience!

poutine-studio 2024-04-16 20:55

Wow, that's something, I have to say it was hard to follow what was happening and the camera was a bit hectic but i guess it's part of the games feel. Not really my type but I can only recognize the great work done here. Good Job.

kirass 2024-04-16 22:31

Cool game, I liked it!

poboy 2024-04-17 05:29

thanks again everyone :)

@mark-swinimer we had a friend have that too! None of us on the dev team were able to re-create it. Are you on Mac by any chance?

jhonny111 2024-04-17 08:31

There was so much going on at once. Loved it

misoukun 2024-04-17 11:02

Too much fire makes the game lag over hell. I did not really get how and what summon is. Camera only goes left-right, then I can lost my character below the viewport.

But only run around was enough. I laugh so much with the competency proposal at each level. Thanks for that. And the graphics are so nice.

abominablescience 2024-04-17 11:50

the game has everything it needs to be an excellent game, the idea works, the feedback is perfect, the mechanics are well thought out but the balancing is ill-adapted, I would have hoped to have a little more difficulty. It has a lot of potential, a fun experience, keep it up!

mark-swinimer 2024-04-17 13:55

@poboy I meant to mention that, I did play in in html5 on mac. So it's totally understandable haha. Aint nobody got time for that.

snory 2024-04-17 16:04

Ok, I finished it (cant tell that about many games) so it was definitely catchy. What is more, I had motion sickness during the whole experience. But once you offered me more nipples, I knew I have to finish it to see what else is there. I even chose to die, thinking I will get something from it, haha.

Nice, thanks you for your entry.

dymino 2024-04-17 16:04

Nice idea and quite on theme. I liked the art and music. I sometimes felt like the screen shake was a bit too intense. Near the end I was just getting constant upgrades as well which was kind of annoying. I sometimes walked off the bottom of the screen, not sure if that was intentional.

Overall it was quite a fun and interesting game but I feel like there are some bugs and problems with the gameplay loop which could be made clearer (what is the point in having to summon your companions? Can they die or was I just on easy mode?).

mnemosynevl 2024-04-17 16:06

I beat the game with 6 hats and probably a hundred nipples. Great game! Some feedback: 1. Maybe make the camera a bit less shaky, it wasn't too annoying, but it made it hard to see what's going on sometimes. 2. Need more levels! (and nipples)

baluj 2024-04-17 16:10

It's a good game, but I feel like the controls are weird.

stefan-funke 2024-04-17 16:41

Cool game!

Here are my first impressions, after playing for a bit. Hope they're helpful.

1) The movement feels like standing on ice. The player shouldn't slide at all, in my opinion. Only move, when the player presses a button. That would make evading the enemies less frustrating.

2) It's possible to move outside the camera view, when moving too far to the bottom.

3) The summons don't really do much at the moment. For example I just summoned the first one and let it fight, while I was just moving around until the portal opened.

The upgrades were fun, especially the multiple hats :D Good job with the game! Keep it up :)

themixedmaster 2024-04-17 19:13

Pure chaos. I loved this experience. It's amazing how absurd everything is. My only complaint is the summoning salt bar doesn't appear when i try going into full screen on my monitor. The pure chaos of the random dialogue and the enemies coming out of nowhere and all the upgrades that don't help at all. Perfect. I got all 4 endings and also what I consider the true ending of getting a bunch of really cool hats.temp.png

pimeko 2024-04-19 22:09

Nice game, cool touch with the lactose tolerancy haha A bit special on the movements (physic-based?) but overall had a good time!

poboy 2024-04-20 02:28

thanks all for playing our game!

@themixedmaster did you get the secret ending? If so you might be the first person to discover it :D also your hat tower brought us great joy

@dymino the summons cannot die, tbh we had summon death implemented and removed it for some reason, it probably would've been better kept in. thank you for the feedback!

@stefan-funke agree with the movement, I tend to prefer a tiny amount of slide but it should be way snappier, it's too icy as-is currently. thank you for playing!

themixedmaster 2024-04-20 04:10

@poboy yeah if the secret ending brings the total number of endings to 4 then I got the secret ending. The screenshots gave me the clue I needed to get it ;) The hat tower brought me great joy too

sodoj 2024-04-25 15:42

I got so many cool hats and nipples the game started running at a quarter of a frame per second. This was a blast to play and the cast of summons is the funniest one in this jam!