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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
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| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | Courier for Conjure | jam | 1008 | 3.16 | 3.06 | 2.68 | 2.93 | 3.35 | 2.84 | 2.46 | 3.12 |
When the game started the last thing I was expecting was that I would be walking through a fleshy hellscape looking at noise-shapes in search for teammates. Needless to say I was extremely surprised! Visually charming game, very pretty characters, not super completely sure what I was doing but I had fun reading the dialogue and finding new demons.
A nice looking game, familiar gameplay and very responsive. Personally, I would've loved to read more about this interacting between the two characters we meet (although that would make it less of an action game :sweat_smile:), and maybe a stage or two less to focus on getting maybe a secondary move instead! Audio is nice and the feedback on your actions is good. Kind of funny that such giant people and such small people can live together in harmony.
A cute little game! I like the idea and the art is pretty, unsure what the intended way was to deal with the last obstacle so I just summoned the fox through the wall :sweat_smile:. Definitely would shine if you had the time to make more rooms!
This game is honestly breathtakingly amazing visually, atmospherically and even the music adds so much weight and mystery to it. I wouldn't know where to begin with, it is simple yet extremely effective, the puzzles are not too hard but understanding them is a (fun) process that I could get behind even if it was several times as long of a game. The only tiniest of issues I have with it is that some of the puzzles that required me to pull things off of others (namely the pyramid) the things seemed rather unwilling at times, and very willing to peel off at others. But it's such a small issue in the grand scheme of things this is an amazing entry through and through.
A really charming game! I really liked the simplicity of the gameplay yet it was difficult enough to keep me engaged (played on hard). Music is fitting, the characters are nice and the story is humorous yet very serious! A thing that I would like is (and it might be the case already but I didn't feel it) if the slimes didn't always have the same 'delay' between them, as in having like a few really rapid presses in a row instead of always same tempo of pressing between each slime. And in regards to feedback, it would be nice to have some information like how much health the bosses have left, or how much damage you'll take if you hit them with the wrong spell as I was really surprised when I lost over two thirds of my health to a single miss against the final boss! Still a really awesome game, thank you for making it.
A type of game I did NOT expect to see, I'm pleasantly surprised. The game is very atmospheric and kind-of intense feeling even if not *that* difficult, it adds to the whole experience. Something that I'd find very helpful would be a visual representation when the gun is ready to shoot because even if it is a static interval, having like a big red bar at the bottom of the screen ticking down so that I know when I can snipe another enemy would be helpful! Still, very charming and neat game.
Really nice little tower defense game that reminds me of old flash games in the best way! The visuals are pretty, especially the enemy skulls they look amazing. Music is great too, would love a little "clang" sound when hitting one of the metal skulls. My only (two) gripe(s) with the game is that I have to click every little money bag individually, I believe a simple fix would be to just make the bags collect in a tiny area around the cursor when you hover near them, and the other is that the towers are not ordered in the buy menu by their price!. . . Although that second one isn't much more than a personal nitpick.
Really cute small game, I really like just how destructible the level is seeing the big demon tear through the walls is very satisfying. With bigger levels or stuff like walls that can't break, or humans that can fight back I can see this game being a ton more fun!
Generally visually pretty game, the spritework is great! The floor pattern is a little harsh on the eyes though. I like that you're offered a downside with your upsides, although the upsides are a bit on the simple side.
Incredibly wonderful art! The animations are lovely and the creatures too. It is a tiny bit of a shot in the dark what you're fighting or what their stats may be (unless I missed something) so that defeats a part of the strategy of autobattlers. Other than that really charming entry and thank you for making it!
A very simple looking but effective in conveying what is going on and charming to look at autobattler. The clinks and clangs are especially nice sounding and the atmospheric sounds add to the feeling of battle. My only complaint is the lack of the ability to see what I'm fighting next as it being a pve game it doesn't need the element of surprise in my opinion.
A cute, simple and to the point platformer. The lack of a background noise can be felt when you're repeating levels and the jumping felt a tiny bit stiff, but other than that I find it to be a charming cute game. Thank you for making it!
A really cute, and fun-mood game! The soundtrack is quite cute too and the character designs are lovely, however my feedback/complaint would be the lack of description on things. While I do like trial and error, it can be a bit hard to remember all the different things or what they mean, or some things that look simple might not be to other peoples eyes.
Really incredible game, it goes from "oh this is a bit harsh?" to "OHHH" and super fun when you realize you can break walls. It was a bit frustrating when I couldn't know that I'll receive more items than I have slots in my inventory and them getting voided, but other than that it is really awesome. Super super pretty artwork too!
The cutscenes are extremely charming, the premise is funny and silly. The gameplay itself felt nice if a bit difficult as the ghost is rather fast and large! I felt like my jump would sometimes not go off, as if there is no coyote time you'd expect in platformers. An overall really nice entry, thank you for sharing!
I feel torn, on one hand the game looks absolutely wonderful! The graphics are so pretty and the characters look so nice. The audio is also very solid. But on the other hand the gameplay itself doesn't feel very rewarding. The fact that actions are automatic leads to you not knowing who your guys will attack, or why, which can turn a fight you _could_ win into one that you don't. The overworld movement feels a bit odd, somehow both stiff and slippery at the same time. I'm still glad that I played it through and thank you for making it!
The game is fun if rather difficult in the enemy balance. What hurts the game the most in my opinion is that while casting spells youre a sitting duck, and without playing for a long while you'll always have to sit there and carefully read every cards input order. Having the game enter a sort of slow-mo or bullet time would've made it a lot more fun!
Really simple game but it does what it does extremely well! The graphics are incredibly charming, the sound effects immaculate, a real treat of an experience.
The visuals are nice and the main character model is really pretty, the game is pretty simple but enjoyable for a one time go. I was really confused at first but once you realize that the floating orb things are your 'ammo' the game is easy to play. With a little bit of audio it would've been even more enjoyable but what you have here is still quite neat!
I really like this game, it has just enough polish and enough silly janky controls that it's really enjoyable to play. I do feel like you might get a bit too much meat, but the inventory managing and the visuals for when you summon minions are very pretty. The only small shame is the lack of variety in what is fighting what, and if there is one thing I'd want improved or added it's definitely that, doesn't even have to be anything special some different shapes like a triangle minion or circle would be great! Thank you for making it.
Excellently executed, polished and pretty game! The art on all the characters is so charming yet incredibly fitting for what they are being summoned for, especially the grandma smoking a big cig, goes hard! I didn't feel like there was any way to lose but that is not a bad thing because then you get to experience all these cute characters. What I believe made the game from awesome to really awesome was that you could move the little guys around in the post-day screen! My one and only issue was how fast the camera would scroll about when reaching for the edges of the screen (on the browser version) but even then the level was just big enough where that wasn't lowering my enjoyment.
A very interesting game, visually looks nice I like how different the creatures you summon look as opposed to the rest of the games style. The audio is, unique, which makes it a bit hard to judge since on one hand it's very fitting on another it could get grating if it lasted too long. I was expecting a tower defense style thing but instead it was more of a real time block projectiles game! I lost so many cats :sob:
An interesting game. Would've liked if the interact and shoot buttons were reversed as pressing the mouse fast is a little easier than spacebar. A really funny idea though, but the lack of any audio leads to a slightly lonely quiet experience of fridge filling.
The visuals are what makes me the most happy about this game and I don't know why, they are so simple yet they have so much soul it's hard to describe! The gameplay is neat, very straight forward most of the time and you quickly understand what each number on a card means after only a single round. My only real complaint (aside from the fact that any noises would make the game a ton more enjoyable) is that I can't infer what my enemies card does, so for the whole of a round or two I was being sniped by a silly ghost at the edge of the screen without knowing why! Still, very neat entry and keep making games!
Good foundation, the art is charming and the music is pretty alright to listen to. Overall a great submission although I do find it a bit harsh that death is so sudden since you die in one hit, and while some previous commenters suggested more health I find that the issue is in the speed at which the summons bullets travel. This means that if you're moving in a direction and your summons trail behind you, if an enemy spawns from said direction the summons will attack it but the bullets would be too slow to save you! Other than that the usual of adding more summons or enemies and all that will make the game even more enjoyable. By the way I think one of the 'mana drop' upgrades has a typo and is giving 20000 mana instead of 2000 :sweat_smile:
I'm quite terrible at games like these so doing anything other than destroying things was difficult, however, destroying the things and making donuts with the skid marks was quite satisfying. Although because there is no (at least I haven't seen/felt one) boundaries to the level a player might accidently skid off and get lost getting back, maybe some walls or an arrow pointing them back would help!
Charming little game! I like the idea. Visually pleasing and nice to play, although I would wish that the different combinations of colors create different effects! At first I was doubtful on having to use both number keys and WASD at the same time but the game was a perfect pace where that wasn't an issue.