Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD55 → Summon Or Unsummon
By daivyishere
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 324 | 3.80 | 22 | |
| Fun | 654 | 3.37 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 81 | 4.05 | 22 | |
| Theme | 156 | 4.22 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 243 | 4.20 | 22 | |
| Humor | 158 | 3.85 | 19 | |
| Mood | 310 | 3.86 | 21 |
Good game!
i totally did not panic in the middle and lose all my score.
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i liked the concept, but pressing opposite keys was really difficult, idk if that's really a skill issue.
also it wasnt obvious if the game ran out of content or was waiting for me to level up more, it felt like a waiting game a lot.
Enjoyed it! Very minimalistic but fun. Had a lot of issues with O and Q though.
All hail the mighty fish god! What an incredible twist, and I really enjoyed learning the game without a tutorial, I just wish you could see the level of summoned enemies before they drop. Great work, super memorable game! :heart:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2123757357
simple idea with great execution and unexpected ending hehehe very nice!
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For those who doesn't know the entire alphabet this game is definetely hard. Maybe you should put the alphabet in? I think that would be fair. The graphics, music and vibe are really good.
This is an excellent combination of simple ideas that really come together well. And I absolutely adore the idea of summoning food only to be defeated by it, reminds me of the frozen pizza I couldn't finish last night
this is a really interesting idea! didn't click right away but when it did, i was definitely tuned in : ) it took me a minute to notice the letter hints, once i caught that it helped a LOT, glad y'all added that in.
i also kneejerk wanted a way to check what level things were without having to sacrifice a health to find out-- but I don't hate that sacrificing health was required to check, as it seems like a 'tough but fair' decision. There are times where the gameplay also does feel like a bit of a repetitive task but i think i also might have needed to strategize a bit more and reject more of the 5 point cookies that were coming my way in favor of more nutritious opponents to make things go faster.
The sound effects were useful... My eyes were glued to the left of the screen and i relied heavily on that crunching noise or the damage noise to confirm what the outcome of my summon was! They were super distinct sounds and that helped.
I like the minimal pastel pixel look, i think it suits the rest of the game very nicely, and i think the UI and animations do a good job of helping the player to understand the summon mechanic. Really like this take on the summoning theme and thought this was a cool, creative minimalist gameplay idea around it!
Really cool game!
Hard to summon the long one, took me a few attempts haha
Really love the visuals
You managed to make me terrified by the mere sight of a fish. What a great little game! It was a little frustrating how long the letters took to appear again in the heat of the moment as I wasn't able to get (what I assume to be) the final boss summoned. That being said, I played the html5 version and I know full well how hard balancing a game can be xD So hats off to you! Definitely downloading this as it's a really good little game to learn to type blindly!
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this was a really interesting idea. I can see a lot of areas for improvement but overall the game is still pretty well executed. Nice graphics, simple and effective audio, and the gameplay is quite smooth. I think the other comments covered the main issues, but basically the gameplay could do with some smoothing over - typing opposites is really hard, what about typing 0-9 but the opposite required you to type the opposite number? Having to pause between summons breaks the flow a bit, it would be nice to be able to type very fast and stay in the flow. The mid game drags on a bit, it would be nicer to have some indication of closeness to the end. Pretty sweet game!
Very stylish and clean graphics, a bit hard to de-summon some of the harder ones due to not typing fast enough, but good clean fun!
Well done!
Haha I loved the fish surprise and that there was actually some story to this typing game. Could be a cool way to improve typing speed if the letter came in a bit faster or there were more of them. Very cool graphics, enjoyed it!
Quite fun experience, though I just went with it as if it was a typing exercise. Did not quite understand the rules of the game :sweat_smile: I was anyhow able to get 3875 for the score. Not sure if it is good or bad :D
Maybe one could use some strategy to get better score, but it was hard to know what could I do otherwise than just type the letters I see. Typing letters filled up the timer so that seemed like the most obvious thing to do to not lose lives.
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Took quite a while but I love the overall feel of the game! Really polished and fun! I love the humor and the slow build up. I now have a fear of fish though haha