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You Have Been Summoned

By frederika and whenyoucantfindafriend

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9643.2229
Fun11252.7429
Innovation10582.7729
Theme5113.7529
Graphics4863.8729
Humor6452.9227
Mood6583.4827

Comments

justin-pena 2024-04-16 20:49

Interesting story! I did enjoy the possible choices the player had.

ungarblapp 2024-04-18 18:54

enjoyed the story and the art was perfect, matched the tone and theme of the story very well! Good Work!

momokomoloko 2024-04-20 17:17

Interesting interpritation of the summoning theme, I liked it. Story is cool, visuals are great!! Great work

cope 2024-04-20 17:21

With most games choosing magical summoning, it is good to see a different take on the theme!

oatmilkmaid 2024-04-20 17:27

Agree with @momokomoloko, love the take on the theme! Couldn't stop reading the story, and immediately restarting when I failed. Nice entry!

initialposition 2024-04-20 17:44

I did not expect to see a visual novel in this jam. I like the interpretation of "summoning" you went for, I loved that you used the UI for story relevant elements such as the summoning letter and I definitely commend your extra work in drawing all the scenes. I think the story would benefit from some more choices because as is, the story gives you a few options to change what happens and if you manage to find the main route (shoutout to the skip button), you end up on a final decision that ultimately more or less leads to the same ending.

trevor-lentz 2024-04-20 21:25

I like the jury summoning aspect, as it was brought up in my team's jam discussion. The he writing, graphics, and direction were enjoyable. :)

The lack of music and sound detracted from the experience, especially in a VN styled game, but these jams are so short, it's totally understandable. :)

breakfastgun 2024-04-20 21:38

I love the use of the theme and the artwork and the interesting story to follow. Good work!

busisen 2024-04-21 10:13

Really nice artstyle, fits the theme perfectly. Had to restart a few times for choosing the wrong thing, but got there in the end. All in all, really nice entry, even though I rarely play games like these. Nice job!

jelch 2024-04-21 19:09

I liked that the drawings reminded me of courtroom sketches!

papaver 2024-04-21 19:28

Nice artwork and story! Not so many choices to make, but that's quite understandable. Good job!

martta 2024-04-22 12:45

I wish there would have been some sounds. It was interesting story, but to be honest, I hate visual novels. Did not like the graphics either. I however respect this entry, the story was good and implementation was solid.

tyrannas 2024-04-22 13:01

I was a bit sceptikal about the graphics at first but in the end I found myself enjoying them, giving a bit of abstract / weird vibe to the game ! Like @martta I felt the lack of sound pretty hard, but I just ended up playing a "noir detective playlist"(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHAY3FPNCGU) in background and I enjoyed the game way more with that ! About the story, it was really nice ! We did a narrative game too this jam and I feel how hard it is to write a lot of content and give player "choices". But sometimes not much choices are needed to make an immersive story and I feel that it's the case with your game. My only regret is that the "twist" appears a bit too fast in the story in my opinion, a bit more build up would have been a real bonus I think.

Anyway, intersting take on the theme, nice graphics, nice story, well played!

soundgnome 2024-04-23 00:58

Fantastic! Love the art style, and really creative take on the summoning theme.

blazejmg917 2024-04-23 02:54

There's som really fun visuals to this story, and I think it's a very cool concept! It was a bit short, but it was also a very short time span for a jam, so good job! I'd love to see a longer version later!

baluj 2024-04-24 01:15

I like the concept and the art, I feel like it's short but it's a good game. Good job!

kiv 2024-04-26 10:05

The art and atmosphere are fantastic! Thank you!

krummsakura 2024-04-27 15:58

It’s one of the most refreshing interpretations of the summoning theme in LD55. The Courtroom sketch style is brilliant to convey the story which I really enjoyed as a long-time visual novel reader. As for the audio, the game was silent but it can be an issue with the WebGL port. Great job!

whenyoucantfindafriend 2024-04-28 00:01

@krummsakura Thanks for the Comment! We actually ran out of time for the audio so it's silent in the download versions as well. But thanks for the advice!

mibi88 2024-04-29 16:56

The art is amazing, it's impressive, but the lack of audio makes it less enjoyable!

abcdef65g 2024-04-30 03:28

I really like the art style, it works very well for the game. The story was short but pretty good, makes me wonder what would happen to the main character afterwards. My only complaints would be the lack of audio (which is understandable), and some typos here and there. Nice to see a Ren'Py entry too.

Good job!