dotblank 2024-04-13 20:42
Hey, I was unable to play the web version
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD55 → Happy Little Demons
By zirconcode
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 225 | 3.30 | 27 | |
| Fun | 133 | 3.56 | 27 | |
| Innovation | 86 | 3.72 | 27 | |
| Theme | 264 | 3.16 | 27 | |
| Graphics | 267 | 2.94 | 27 | |
| Humor | 178 | 2.80 | 27 | |
| Mood | 301 | 2.68 | 27 |
Hey, I was unable to play the web version
@dotblank My bad, I forgot to set it public, it should be public now, thanks!
The game said I did a good job <3
Took me a moment to realize how to connect the demons, maybe a live preview of dragging the line might be nice.
But an interesting concept overall - and congrats for being one of the first submitted games :D
Nice, took a second to piece together the mechanics, but I guess that's what "listening" is for.
Something I bet you could learn the complexities of like picross or sudoku when there's more complexity.
Initially, the game was a bit confusing for me, but after a moment, it became clear and straightforward. It's a shame there aren't more levels, as the game is quite simple but still well done.
I saw your blog posts already and wow, this is really a nice game to play.
this game is simple but fun, cool visual effects too! nice concept hope there are more levels
Fun game! I made all the demons happy! I love your little demon art, and how they are animated. Was it suppose to have sound? Or by "listening" to them, did you mean hovering over them for the chat box?
It took me a moment to figure out how to get the demons to connect, but after that I really enjoyed this concept. The demons are adorable, and making them happy makes me happy! I'm not sure if there's supposed to be any audio, but I didn't get any on my end. The visuals were nice.
Whoever else is also confused: You click on a demon to select it, then, click on another and it will connect them! It's worthy it. The rest I won't say since I think figuring this one out is part of the fun, I will leave to the game creator to decide that. To the author: What a simple but cool concept, feels like a puzzle I could spend hours playing, good one! I second the request for more levels.
took some time to figure out how to connect the demons. solig game !
A really neat idea! Intuitive and fun! I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't hear any audio though, it would really make it pop. I also found the glow effects quite overwhelming.
I loved the crazy flame effects as the levels progressed! Really impressive for being made in a day. I think the basic puzzle mechanic was well enough explored, and it's easy to see how it could have been extended if there was more time (e.g., by adding other constraints to the demon graph).
I was confused for a very long time about the controls. I thought that there was something wrong because it said "listen" but I heard no sound. I read the instructions above on how to connect them and it wasn't clear I had to do it in the circle.
Once I got it I breezed right through. Not sure if I just got lucky or if the puzzles are actually quite easy. Wished it expanded a bit more with complexity. E.g. wish you couldn't cross the lines and you had to arrange them in particular way. Or expand on the one where there was a pentagram and you have to contort them into shapes -- e.g. there's an example shape which you need to make and you need to determine which demon goes at which vertex.
Really cool game, I struggled a little bit to learn how to do things but once understood the mecanic is clever and addicting to figured out and complete the game, good job !
I'd recommend some instructions.
The game itself is a charming little puzzle game. I enjoyed the concept, though it was incredible easy to blow through all 7 levels in a minute or two. I suppose the timeline makes it difficult to set up some actual challenging levels. But put some time into coming up with some head scratchers, and I could totally see this on steam or mobile store!
Took me a while to realise how I connect the demons together too - but I like games that let you figure it out, once I grabbed my coffee the game started to click together. I completed all 7 levels - yay! A fun puzzle game idea! It would be great to see more levels, that get super difficult in the future.
Really fun little puzzle, some directions on connecting the demons would've been nice, but I figured it out fairly quick. Definitely a lot of potential as a puzzle game, as there's a lot of variations on the main mechanic. I think the only think I would have wanted different is some more demon sprites to indicate how many connections that demon needed, but other than that really great job!
the pentacle level was a nice touch :-)
Really cool idea, thoroughly enjoyed this one. A little stumped at first but it was quite intuitive and then I smashed through every level. Great jam.
Took some time to figure out how to "connect"; I had to read the comments to figure that out. After knowing the basics, I was able to complete the game. I like the "fade-in/out" effects and seeing the progression as the candle by the side. Getting the win condition for each level also increased in difficulty as the levels went on, which helped to ease into the puzzle logic of the game. Good work!
Took me a little while to figure out I needed to click on 2 demons to join them rather than drag them together, but otherwise a good puzzle game.
Fun little game. Probably needed some instructions or how to play (like @air-dinghy, I tried dragging demons together before figuring out how to join the demons together). Well done!
Neat puzzle game! I would have liked it if the puzzles were harder, but it was nice anyway. The timer does add some pressure :)
Really good game. I like the transition colored blur among the levels. The best part playing was in the fact that I had to understand how to connect demons between them - and what colors meant. There is no tutorial and it's a good idea. The main gameplay is not too hard, but the key is its interpretation. Once you understand how to play, it becomes really easy to win. It's just a matter of connection tree. Really well done. However I would like music or some sounds clicking, dragging demons. No sound - it's a shame ++
I was completely puzzled with this game until I figured out that I could click demons not just drag them to create links.
Nice use of shaders!
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This game brings me so much joy to play, thank you so much!! 60f92.gif