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Summonware

By helperwesley and Art-Man-Oil

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1813.97154
Fun1703.93155
Innovation6403.30154
Theme10592.93154
Graphics344.60155
Audio1294.00154
Humor1183.99155
Mood1484.06154

Comments

gabriel-chan 2024-04-16 02:23

Loved it! Visuals and sound are amazing and the different minigames are very fun. My only complaint is that the settings button doesn't work so I cannot adjust the volume.

drahmen 2024-04-16 02:25

This is insanely good. Amazing execution, and top tier art. Really well done.

bearcage 2024-04-16 02:25

Super cute game — thanks for sharing your hard work this weekend! The overall flavor is great, well-matched to the theme, and pretty. I struggled a little bit with the mouse-involved minigames (tricky to do quickly with a trackpad), and at first with understanding the fuse-and-bomb indicator for the timer.

coffie 2024-04-16 02:26

I liked this! Gave me Dumb Ways To Die vibes. Took me a few lives to understand the rules, but when I got it I had fun.

The art style was perfectly achieved, you definitely know what you're doing.

Great job. Congratulations!

dasquid 2024-04-16 02:26

I played this much more than I'd like to admit, it's super addicting and fun, the whimsical animations really keep you glued to the game and the little instructions on the right are really helpful when you first start to understand quickly how to beat the minigames

alex4101 2024-04-16 02:27

Wow great work! This reminds me of Warioware on the Nintendo DS. Great work!! Hope to see more of this game in the future.

mcgank 2024-04-16 02:27

What fantastic visuals and sound, I loved Wario Ware as a kid and this brought back found memories of that time. I'm not sure what this has to do with the summoning theme other than the name, but the game overall was really fun and well put together. I can't believe you made this in 72 hours! Great Job!

judjudson 2024-04-16 02:28

Love the warioware homage. The variety in microgames is pretty amazing for 72 hours, and I love the little punchlines - the skeleton, the goat, all of it was great! Especially with the mouse-drag microgames which is new to me. I haven't played any warioware DS games if there are any.

katelyn-trout 2024-04-16 02:28

wow. why is it giving me bop it nostalgia?? so good. art is great!

meepster 2024-04-16 02:28

This is an amazing submission! The music and art style is absolutely charming! The gameplay was easy to understand while still managing to be very exhilarating as things got faster and faster!

Had a real fun time playing this, great work!

reaxt 2024-04-16 02:28

Woah! This is so pretty! I did notice its not really possible to finish the wand game after you get to a certain speed, but overall its super solid!

adam-konig 2024-04-16 02:29

Woah super super great entry. The microgames were all super quick and fun and responsive really gives wario ware vibes. The art style was super 90s and retro. Had a lot of fun

kilthorne 2024-04-16 02:29

Fun mini games, theme was solid and great pixels!

telo-philippe 2024-04-16 02:29

Very cool game! The art is so cool and cute, it makes the game very polished. I loved the feel of the game. Only complaint, I struggled to figure out what to do the first time because there are a lot of things on the screen, but I imagine that's part of the minigame hahaha

adamg 2024-04-16 02:30

This was fun, a warioware style game is always a good time! The pixel art is great.

drainkid 2024-04-16 02:30

Great art, love games inspired by warioware, though I wish the instructions were more central on the screen so I wouldn't have to look over so much lol

boba 2024-04-16 02:30

The artwork is amazing! Gameplay gets a bit repetitive after a short amount of time.

falk-hoeppner 2024-04-16 02:32

The art and audio are a fabulous combo, and very well executed! The minigames are fun and inventive. Overall a fabulous game!

khaotom 2024-04-16 02:33

Wowzers! This just plays great and looks great! You managed to stuff in an impressive variety in the mini games for just 72 hours :medal:

bry 2024-04-16 02:33

Very fun. Didn't catch much of the summoning theme within the gameplay itself. Visuals are outstanding!

koolruz 2024-04-16 02:34

The graphics were incredible, and I loved the little winking nod towards WarioWare in the "Bow" microgame. In fact, the humor in general had me chuckling throughout (the scroll of cool S, legally-distinct Sans, etc)!

My one complaint was that the instructions for each game were pretty unclear - I eventually noticed that there was a window in the upper right explaining what to do, but I missed the snappy summations that WarioWare would generally give - When you're context switching so quickly, having a quick prompt really helps get your brain in gear to understand what it's looking at. Despite how great the graphics were, I had to play several of the games multiple times before realizing what was happening, because they were over too soon!

Overall though, such a cool and highly polished entry! :)

myrmyxo 2024-04-16 02:34

WOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW what an amazing game !

The graphics are absolutely gorgeous, never expected pixelart of this quality for a Jam game tbh. The music and sound effects are very fitting and sound very cool as well. The gameplay is fun, like a Wario Ware, although some minigames are way easier that other (the skeleton head one being super easy for example compared to the tentacle bowing one at high speeds). THE SKELETON HEAD BECOMING SANS SENT ME LAUGHING SO HARD THOUGH

I went up to 14 summon balls thingies, sounds pretty alright to me but idk tbh.

Great game !

drpepperisgood 2024-04-16 02:35

This was awesome, super fun and well done all around.

comigor 2024-04-16 02:35

Incredible artwork and animations, keep up with the excellent work!

ronn-fever 2024-04-16 02:37

Well hard to dislike a game inspired by Warioware Microgames, I love that series! Great art - the details in the room are a delight and the minigames themselves are fabulous. I def had some framerate issues, even when not maximized, but other than that a very well executed game jam game. (Nice little extra letting my chuck the little creatures around the level!)

silverice 2024-04-16 02:37

Cute game, love the HUD and interface, a little bit confusing at the first seconds but i could quickly pickup what to do with every new scene! The only puzzle i couldnt complete was the one that said "bow", i was pressing at the green bars hitting them correctly but maybe i did something wrong, i couldnt pass that challenge the 2 time it presented to me.

zee-yuen 2024-04-16 02:54

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??? 3 DAYS?? THIS MANY MECHANICS? AND THE ART???? THE ANIMATION??? this is some next next level sh*t, really, i can't believe this was made so quickly. major props to the two devs

scottjmulligan 2024-04-16 03:50

I really liked the artwork and the music! I would love if there was an ending as it gets repetitive fairly quickly. I didn't understand where the controls were for a while as well. I also think the quests could have been more complex. They felt too easy.

skoprimon 2024-04-16 05:27

Great game! The art is great and feels really cohesive. The mini-games are fun and give you enough time to figure out what to do in the first couple of rounds. Nicely done! My only complaint is that after a certain point the music stops playing, but it's really not a big deal. Nice job!

brainrottedven 2024-04-16 06:10

This game is pretty well done. The art and animation is pretty cute and the minigames were fun to play through. Seeing each animation upon clear was humorous.

rogue-tomato 2024-04-16 07:08

Love the WarioWare styled games, great job overall, very impressive!

castitatis 2024-04-16 07:28

The art and animations from art-man-oil always amaze me, the game is so polished

locksmitharmy 2024-04-16 11:49

Tbis was fantastic! Everything is so polished and smooth.

olddog 2024-04-16 11:55

so good game art and animation. I like this pixel art so much,wish for more kinds of games I can play

xahon 2024-04-16 14:08

Wow, I like that style and gameplay based on random mini-games. Such many quality games in so short period of time is cool. But I didn't manage to understand what are these things that fall from thin air and can be dragged for?

zekysky 2024-04-16 14:26

Wow, the art and mechanics of this game have really impressed me. Furthermore, the gameplay is splendid. Additionally, while the mechanics may be simple, the way the art complements them is splendid. A job well done!

art-man-oil 2024-04-16 14:53

To everyone looking at the game thanks for all the kind messages :D wesley and I worked hard on it so im glad you all enjoyed it!

cristian-gurra 2024-04-16 15:24

The quality is incredible, it's surprising for such a short time! The idea of recreating a warioware game in a retro style is interesting. I was expecting some interaction with the "virtual console" too, that would have been cool (maybe I didn't get far enough!)

retromoi 2024-04-16 15:24

Absolutely amazing. Everything from the sarcastic, humorous, state-of-the-art graphics, short bite-size sections and macabre setting makes it a blast to play. Would love to see it getting a release post-jam.

joost 2024-04-16 15:43

Visuals are top notch, gameplay is solid. Great game!

zirzak 2024-04-16 17:48

Very nice. Reminded me of old flash games.

jnur 2024-04-16 17:49

Wooooow, so pretty. Not good at button mashing usually, but the juicy visuals kept me going

mantsje 2024-04-16 17:55

Oh wow this game is insane and the graphics are really top-notch! I'm always so incredibly impressed with what artists can cook up in just such a short time span. It really gave that old-skool feel of playing mini games such as on mario back in the nintendo DS era.

Epic entry loved!

gravityflip 2024-04-16 18:02

Incredibly well done for 72 hours. The art is absolutely amazing :fire:

josion 2024-04-16 19:45

Absolutely fantastic work on the game! The variety in mini-games and the delightful art style make it incredibly engaging and fun. Great job on creating such a polished and entertaining experience in just 72 hours!

thimmythimble 2024-04-16 19:48

A fun game, like dumb ways to die. I felt it didn't incorporate the theme enough - there wasn't really much summoning going on. Other than that great game, good graphics, good audio, fun

bit-flipz 2024-04-16 20:35

Wow the pixel art and animations are fantastic! I cannot comprehend how this could be created in only 72 hours. Incredible. That being said, I didn't immediately figure out that the controls for the minigame are on the right side, but once that was figured out, it was fun from there on

prcastro 2024-04-16 21:02

Amazing warioware inspired game! Loved the art, so expressive =D One of my favorites so far

def-mane 2024-04-16 22:45

Art and audio were absolutely top tier! I only wish the "summoning" aspect had more of an effect on the actual gameplay

romulo-developer 2024-04-16 23:58

I really loved this game! Wesley and ArtManOil at it again. The WarioWare like gameplay is really fun and although I thought the same set of minigames would get boring quickly, I was more than pleasured to be wrong. The only thing I think could be better is the use of the theming "Summoning" but overall a great game!

mayitbeeld 2024-04-17 00:35

Great game. Love the art!

blackcat508 2024-04-17 01:49

amazing art, good humor, simple concept. Overall great submission. only thing I can think to say would be a little more info on controls, it took me some time to figure out each new minigame.

ionbingo 2024-04-17 02:22

Coming from a micro-game fan, very fun!

tomasaquistapace 2024-04-17 03:02

You guys are really pros! is really fun!

drgcandle 2024-04-17 05:14

Oh, snap! How did you guys pull off this level of awesomeness? It's so mind-blowing, I'm genuinely flabbergasted. Did you seriously whip this up in just 72 hours??? Your game mechanics are super polished, like, 'hold my controller while I master this addiction' level of good. This game is so fire, I can't get enough of it. Kudos on the epic win, I'm totally digging it!

james-greenleaf 2024-04-17 05:54

Fantastic visuals, great humor, nice work!

dardasaba 2024-04-17 07:58

What a fun submission! Failed some of the minigames at first because I didn't notice the rectangle which tells you the controls, but once I noticed it I lasted for a while!

wolderado 2024-04-17 08:35

I love these WarioWare types of games and this one is beautifully crafted. I loved every minute of it. Awesome job team!

cmakota 2024-04-17 09:13

One of the highest ratings. Pixel art is just superb, all mini games are cool, everything well presented. Congratulations

avi 2024-04-17 13:37

Really cool art and animations! love the dance the most haha!

rubentl 2024-04-17 15:27

The pixel art is amazing and the mechanics are simple, but very interesting. I loved it. Great job

rild 2024-04-17 19:19

Not sure how it's in the theme. Like the soundtrack, and art style. Had fun.

nomersol 2024-04-18 00:02

My appreciating to artist this is insane amount of content for the jam

euler-moises 2024-04-18 05:01

I hope one day to draw pixel art like this. How beautiful! I miss the time when I played "Warioware". It was very good!

Congratulations

studiocherno 2024-04-18 11:51

Really fun game, good art, didn't fit very well with the theme but overall a fun experience

finde 2024-04-18 18:46

I had some trouble understanding what I was supposed to do, but well done!

fatal-exit 2024-04-18 20:20

I rate it 5 RSIs out of 5. ☹️

dogshroom 2024-04-19 09:33

Amazing art! I love WarioWare, and I think you nailed the vibe of the games. Awesome entry!

dimi-kaye 2024-04-19 15:28

Fun games, the visuals and the art are on point! Very well done!

khofez 2024-04-19 18:44

Great art and fun game!

moritz-jaeger 2024-04-19 18:45

Great visuals and funny minigames. Didn't get what to do sometimes, until I found out its written on the right. My only complain would be that the theme seemed not to be that much in focus.

jaxah 2024-04-19 20:16

Great entry, the audio and visuals were top notch. I didn't realised what I had to do at first, but then I noticed the mini screen on the right. Great Warioware style gaming! Great entry and well done!

artemy-zen 2024-04-19 22:20

That's great! The visual style and overall atmsfera of the game really delivered. It brought me back to my childhood! Mechanics are cool.

psema4 2024-04-20 01:22

Definitely a fun time. To hook players even faster, it may be worth calling out the tip box visually a bit more. Alternatively, adding a graphic or short tutorial on an intermediary screen after the main menu but before gameplay starts should achieve the same effect. Great job, would love to see more.

konstantinreed 2024-04-20 07:52

Really enjoyed the art and animations, skillfully done without any embellishments. I quickly understood the gameplay. In the future, I'd like to see more variety in mini-games and some kind of goal. Not sure about the exploration of the summoning theme, but nonetheless, good job, guys!

sonnybone 2024-04-20 09:49

Wow, this is the best looking and playing thing I've played in a bit. I just wish the connection to the theme was stronger because MAN this is such a satisfying thing to witness and control. <3

k-toll 2024-04-20 22:59

The game's excellent animation and design really set it apart.

It's satisfying to try out this kind of fun project, with the different mini games.

In any case, I'm glad to discover it. Good proposal!

custodi 2024-04-22 15:53

Cool addictive game!

thunderchief 2024-04-23 23:02

All stars game

jeffez 2024-04-24 14:19

What. The. Fuck. Probably the best game I played so far in the jam. It make me think of WarioWare. I know the work that there is behind this type of game, and honestly, I'm impressed you could manage to create it just the time of the game jam ! Love it.

aviv-levy 2024-04-25 21:02

Very cool concept and fantastic art and sounds. It does get a repetitive after a while, since I keep getting the same challenges, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for a jam. Well done!