Golem Quest by celia14

made by celia14 for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Your golem obeys your every command... but you only have a handful of glyphs to command it with. But those glyphs can do a lot, since your golem loops through the glyphs you summon it with.

Pick the right glyphs to puzzle your way through 9 levels and find the rare Golem Grimoire.

How to play * Modify the glyphs assigned to the golem in the left panel by clicking to add or remove different glyphs. * When you're ready, click Summon and the golem will start looping through your commands. * Reach the portal in each level to progress. * Crystals: You must collect all of them before you can enter the portal. * Broken floors: The golem can only cross them once. * New glyphs: If you find one, you can use it in that level - just update the assigned glyphs and re-summon the golem.

Known issues

We ran out of time to do all the polishing we wanted to, and there's no music or sound. If you find any bugs, please let us know!

Youtube	https://celia14.itch.io/golemquest
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/golem-quest

Ratings

Overall	467^th	3.738⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Fun	534^th	3.571⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	590^th	3.524⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Theme	251^th	4.091⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	315^th	4.091⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Mood	766^th	3.425⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		0🗳️	0🗨️

Feedback

kromeboy

06. Oct 2020 · 07:41 UTC

Nice puzzle. I probably done something wrong on one levele. Il could use a back button

Gautstafr

06. Oct 2020 · 11:15 UTC

Really cute game, the art is very nice and I love the purple hue, and the gameplay concept is quite good, though I was a bit confused as to how it worked, at first. I also wish the Golem would perhaps move a little faster and not stand still when it's done with a command. It was a little tedious waiting for it on Level II, otherwise great job :)

jusw85

07. Oct 2020 · 09:58 UTC

Beat the game! Similar to other programming type robot games. The breakable floor was a nice addition. Would've loved some way to speed up the playback, and a quick way to reset the level so that I can study the layout instead of emptying the grimoire wheel. Regardless, good entry!

Here's some of the solutions for the later levels, disguised with a poor attempt at spoiler tags.

###### 3: ~~RFFFF~~
###### 4: ~~FFR / FFL~~
###### 5: ~~FFFL~~
###### 6: ~~FRFL / FJJR~~
###### 7: ~~JFRF~~
###### 8: ~~LFJF~~
###### 9: ~~JJFR~~

Lucien Catonnet

10. Oct 2020 · 09:36 UTC

Neat programming game! I really like the graphics, with just the right amount of detail and a constrained yet very expressive color palette. I feel like sometimes I was more bruteforcing than actually thinking ahead what was going to happen, even though that may be my own fault. I think the breakable floors are a really interesting part because they force the player to think ahead and allow you to create a more complex level design without requiring a bigger space. Congrats!

blubberquark

21. Oct 2020 · 05:46 UTC

I had the a similar idea, but your execution is very different. Among the "set up a loop and watch it run" games, this is the most polished.

danielblanco3d

25. Oct 2020 · 12:00 UTC

Amazing use of the theme! I missed some audio, all the rest so cute! Congrats!![golem.png](///raw/ce9/81/z/3a70e.png)

Wendel Scardua

25. Oct 2020 · 19:02 UTC

I like how you managed to make a magical version of the "character-following-looping-commands" subgenre, where others usually went by a "programming a robot" route. The art is really cute :)

Yword

27. Oct 2020 · 17:33 UTC

Very interesting puzzles, well polished and nice graphics! ^_^

Tobias Kiehnlein

27. Oct 2020 · 18:06 UTC

As someone said above: Music/Sound would have made a huge difference to the feel of the game.
Nevertheless I really enjoyed playing this game and trying to figure out solutions without "bruteforcing" them. I think this is a really nice interpretation of the theme.
Well done :thumbsup_tone2:

aurel

27. Oct 2020 · 18:08 UTC

This was one of the more fun puzzles I've seen. I got stuck on level 8 and had to give up after struggling for a bit. Really well done - this was incredibly cool.