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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202455SummoningSummon & Chilljam4763.653.383.933.502.724.251.974.11

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Comments by Flogram

LD55 — Summoning

Orbitals by pvg 2024-04-18T11:59:10Z

Great concept with a lot of potential! - Most of my deaths were due to the non-precise movement controls, which made it annoying. - Seems that there's no need for the ball summoning to be user-triggered, since you want to activate them instantly all the time - maybe it would be more fun if they would just be auto-summoned when picked up. - I feel like the health should go back up after not being hit for a while, currently it feels too punishing. - I agree with the feedback about the first set of orbs being the hardest, after that it gets easier. Maybe a bit of balancing could fix this. - I also encountered the bug about the game starting with zero orbs, if holding space down for a fraction of a second too long. Sounds like the code might be checking for key down instead of key press?

ShapeSummoner by frederikja163 2024-04-20T19:53:40Z

I had to download [.NET 8](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-8.0.4-windows-x64-installer) (and resize the window) to make it run on Windows. Also for me it seemed like some letters were not registering at times, and also holding backspace doesn't work. Seems to be caused by listening for key up events instead of key down? Otherwise, a very cool game idea and looks great!

Necromancy Survivors by Gorr 2024-04-17T21:18:57Z

It took me ages to figure out how to summon and how to attack. But after that it was pretty fun. Would also be nice to be able to summon much more skeletons! Screenshot 2024-04-18 001745.png

SUMMOLIO by neowhoru 2024-04-18T18:03:30Z

Died too many times to lack of coyote time, gave up. The summoned items were cool though, as well as the summoning animation!

Good Night! Sleep with the Demon! by edugpinheiro 2024-04-17T15:23:20Z

I also had trouble holding the buttons long enough to start :D and also figuring out what is the correct time to press the buttons during gameplay, since it wasn't told anywhere. But the graphics and sounds are great!

The Answer From Beyond by BlushingCrow 2024-04-18T14:02:13Z

Hey, I can't see any links or downloads on your submission:

Screenshot 2024-04-18 170127.png

Salmoning by kuviman 2024-04-19T22:51:03Z

_\*Darth Vader voice*_ Impressive... most impressive.

The Acolyte's Handbook by ditam 2024-04-19T13:26:24Z

Very cool sounds! Especially the summoning bass.

First Time Summoning by TheGamer 2024-04-18T17:52:34Z

I managed to collect and buy everything only because I found the scroll wheel cheat, which made it a lot easier :D but I also couldn't figure out how to summon after getting all the items.

inner vacant- by She Wrote 2024-04-19T16:50:57Z

The game got a lot easier when I tried the fixed version and realized the mouse wheel can be used :sweat_smile:

⌰⟒⏁⍜ (leto) by Sodoj 2024-04-17T21:47:58Z

Awesome graphics and gameplay! Very polished and simple :ok_hand:

Arcane Sorcerer by Ruby Mayrio 2024-04-18T17:38:19Z

I wish it had some way to regain health. Currently feels too punishing. Otherwise a lot of fun!

Battle of the Serifs by CamD67 2024-04-18T11:17:40Z

I think it might be too easy. Just spamming ASD works too well.

Moving In and Moving On by Artmuse62 2024-04-17T12:32:24Z

I pressed ESC and the game got stuck in this screen, and I had to restart :(

But up to that point, it was really promising! Especially nice that the interactables were brighter than the environment. And you got to pet the dog (or at least try)! And the voice acting and sounds were great, especially at the summoning.

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Summon & Chill by Flogram 2024-04-16T15:41:30Z

@leoatopos Thanks for the feedback! I uploaded a new version with increased cursor contrast.

Summon & Chill by Flogram 2024-04-18T13:59:37Z

@escyll Thanks! There seems to be a bug where sometimes some words get stuck somewhere. Sorry about that. I'll look into it.

Summoned by Cshep99 2024-04-20T19:24:31Z

Nice graphics, especially the skellies!

Trapped inbetween a Ritual by Tarwaft 2024-04-17T10:03:36Z

I think it should show a visual effect (and sound effect) _on the player_ before getting teleported. Right now it happens very unexpectedly if the target is on the other side of the screen :sweat_smile:

A Nug's Life by PBampersandJ 2024-04-16T14:40:51Z

The game looks and sounds good, but I think it needs a tutorial text or something. I was confused by a lot of things, e.g. how to increase the stockpiled food number, why dinosaurs that hatch from eggs die immediately, and in general what I should be doing, what's the objective, and what are the controls. Also the download link seems to be broken.

Welcoming the WORLD-EATER by coolasjake 2024-04-17T20:30:36Z

Took me a while to figure out how to summon, and the meaning of the white/red text, etc. but once I figured it all out and the game got going, it was really engaging, especially once I got the auto-summoner, which I first thought was a bug lol. The build-up to the world-eater was great and a good motivator. Oh and excellent drawings!

Consume the Countryside by labcatgames 2024-04-16T16:22:03Z

Cute graphics and fun game mechanics (deploying hordes of units and then "vacuuming" the eggs back). What I didn't understand was the difference between the three species and how to choose between them. And once I got to stage 6, the game became quite slow-paced and harder, I keep failing that stage :cold_sweat: