Reverse Rituals by LDJam user 360310
A summon from another world… with a twist! This time it’s not humans summoning demons, but quite the opposite.
A simple homage to my favorite genre - idle clickers. 10 characters to summon, who did you get? My favorite is definitely Santa in the underwear :)
How to: In order to summon the creature from another world you need to upgrade all the chanting stations and have enough chants for the summon.
Art: some me and some ChatGPT, so opting out for art.
Audio: deadly silence.
Web build: Might not work in Firefox, works fine in Chrome. Alternative itch.io link below (it doesn't cut the UI there)
| itch.io | https://zelga.itch.io/ludum-dare-55-reverse-rituals |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/reverse-rituals |
Ratings
| Given | 22🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
Real simple concept but the art is nice. Wish there was some audio.
Wasn't clear to me I had to get all the upgrades to finally summon the human but that's all good.
Having a simple restart button would have made it more enticing to replay.
Oh, and I got "Baby Belle" - "She'd pop up if someone mentions pickles and ice cream". O_o.
@pupirka My absolute fav :)
@mrventures @timidger You guys are so right! I didn't add a lot of the features that I initially planned due to time and (mainly) skills constraint. Thanks for sharing. Also Baby Belle is pregnant :)
@bitluderrb7804fr Maybe treat it like a sign haha
I like the concept, however it took a while for me to understand the concept. Before I did I was not sure what I was doing and why. To know that I would eventually summon a character, would make me curious and the way there would probably be more enjoyable.
Another idea that I think would work well is a "pokedex" of characters that you have gotten. Would give the player a sense of progression.
Overall, good work. Thanks for the experience :)
I got a Joy Junior 2x in a row and Rose Buzz third time. Love the characters you summon, I didn't expect them to be regular people.
I wish there was a button to restart a game and place where I can see how many characters I can unlock. I didn't feel like I wanted to continue playing after a third time since I don't know how many chars I can unlock and I didn't want to keep getting the same ones.
Maybe even ability to put summoned characters on tables so you have to do combinations to figure out how to summon new ones.
I know it's a game jam and you probably had to cut a lot to make it in time and it was a good quick experience even without those additions. Great job man, especially the mood/theme you nailed it!
It immediately tick my cookie clicker/paperclips urge to click :D When I saw your cover I was, like, no way you can have art this good in 48 hours ! AI is amazing... But back to the game, I could play those kind of games for hours, it's a "good" thing it ends :D
Same problem as others, solved by playing full screen : I couldn't see everything.
@worldofmush You are so right! I am not competing in visuals because it's just not fair. And you feedback is very on spot as well, it was in my todo list. There are 10 characters btw. Thanks for feedback!
@rpgwanderer Oh another idle clicker lover! <3 Hope you still enjoyed the game despite cut UI, and thanks for feedback!
Cute little game. Though not much to do. I like the look.
"Traditionally doesn’t work in Firefox, use Chrome."
Worked fine for me in FireFox?
Great use of AI. The game looks great. I think the challenge with AI is to maintain a consistent look, and the look is seamless.
The upgrading is very simple, though it's clean and the objectives are obvious. It plays like a multi-step loot box. I only skimmed your description on itch before playing and didn't realize that there multiple endings. Getting Flabbergasted Flo was a hilarious surprise.
- Cool art and nice summon twist
- It was fine doing it once, but it definetly gets boring trying to meet more cahracters
- I use firefox and it was cut both here and on itch. Here I could at least scroll down to the full page button

I got Flabbergasted Flo! I wonder what she would think about hardstyle tho.


I like how you managed to create something in the genre you enjoy but what was also faithful to the theme!
Fun that you got a random character from a bunch, makes it much more rewarding to win in a way.
Team Rose Buzz here!

I really clean and polished clicker
Number go up, I like.
@arcolm @ascenial @wolderado @jcmonkey @afi-olya @jejkobb @olddog @elbbard @rob6566 Thanks for playing!
@mightyelf @dagon @elemel Sam is a popular creep I see!
@pincushion Glad I could surprise you! Thanks for playing and feedback
@ghettobastler OMG, the Naughty Claus? What memories if I dare to ask? hahaha
@harmadillo I am so glad to hear it! I hope you enjoyed and have your favorite :)
@gettingrekt Thanks for the feedback, you are so on point! Audio is my weakness, and this game is indeed deadly silent. Thanks for playing!
@paprigames @xuanqiuyun I think you two are the first who managed to summon a non-human! Thank you for your feedback
@ellaris Thanks for the feedback! Cut UI is a weird bug I see in a lot of web embedded games on LD. Hope you enjoyed anyway!
@dzejpi Oh hello fellow idle games fan! I’m so happy you enjoyed the game. And Flo would probably be opposed to any music that is younger than 70 year hahaah
@jiri-hysek Oh thanks for you feedback! I’m happy you enjoyed playing again and again!
@nash Appreciate you feedback and thanks for playing!
@fredrik-andersson I hate to disappoint, but the character base is AI, I worked on them more after generating but I’m not taking the credit here. I am glad you enjoyed!
@maggardjosh Haha, saved you time for sure! I treat game jams as a tool for concept proofs, but also I’m not skilled enough yet to make anything longer hahaaha. Thanks for playing!
@castitatis All good, he was just summoned, not for his sins for sure haha. Thank you!
Awesome game submission!
Clever use of the theme.
Really loved the artwork.
Overall great work!
I also wish the game managed to get expanded a bit more, as I normally love idle games, but this was a bit short. You could reuse different colors of assets to save time, and maybe have it so each unique victory summon costs more each time instead of requiring a restart.
Found a "bug" where you can't summon from the 13k without maxing out the previous demon.
Despite you opting out of the graphics, I'm surprised you got the style so consistent.
Very easy to understand how to play.
It's a clicker!!! if it was any longer I would definitely spend hours upgrading those demons!
I got the naughty claus!
@trogdor-20x6 @yorsh You are so right, audio would do good, but it’s my kryptonite, I will crack it one day… Thansk for your feedback!
@zekysky You got the only demon out of all summon options, congratulations! Haha. And characters are AI generated, with sometimes heavy post-processing but not enough to opt in for Visuals category. Thansk for playing!
@lcstark Thanks! I guess having an album of unlocked characters would help even more
There was a lot of creativity in creating the characters!
Congratulations!

Short, but very polished; like a good jam game should be :smile:
Oh and I got Baby Belle!
It's a good background clicker idea. Art looks nice but it would be even more atmospheric with sounds and music.
Cute little game, it's just a shame that there are no sound effects.

Maybe also adding like a human-dex, to see the collection of humans we summoned, to motivate to re-try !
Nicely polished though, well done ! :)

As said in the description there is no sound, too bad! :__(
But full of humor ;)


That's a smaaart idea for the character-generation ; )) Good job.