Furriend: A Paw-some Summoning Odyssey by LDJam user 359614

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made by LDJam user 359614 for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

coveraa.png A lonely magician wants to make friends, but sadly, She's too afraid to start a conversation. How She will solve it? Yep, a paw-some companion is all you need!

ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif Relax yourself while solving the puzzle. Drag the summoning circle around to summon various pets and fill the arena with lots of addorable companions and enjoy the view while listening to the calming musics.

ss7.png Enjoy 20 levels that divided into 5 theme. Can you solve it all?

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Play the game here: https://pralista.itch.io/furriend

Ratings

Overall 10th 4.429⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 36th 4.259⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 167th 3.884⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Theme 406th 3.902⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 16th 4.688⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Audio 12th 4.418⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Mood 13th 4.5⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 53🗨️

Feedback

LocksmithArmy
15. Apr 2024 · 20:55 UTC
great work on this. It looks so smooth and everything comes together nicely. Great work. and cute tooo ;)
BitLuderRb7804Fr
15. Apr 2024 · 21:24 UTC
Wow! What a great little puzzle game! Love the cats! <3
monkseal
16. Apr 2024 · 01:19 UTC
An elaborate cute game! had a fun time finishing the puzzles, the combination mechanic really brings the challenge up a notch! well done!
stilldreaming
16. Apr 2024 · 02:19 UTC
Cute and calming game with challenging puzzle, i love it!
LDJam user 0
16. Apr 2024 · 03:16 UTC
Very fun simple game, cute characters, interesting gameplay and relaxing music <3 <3 <3
Yyukishe
16. Apr 2024 · 04:37 UTC
Very fun and nice casual game i had a lot of fun solving the puzzles. Also very cute cats, overall love it !
LDJam user 382819
16. Apr 2024 · 05:00 UTC
Ah, this game is insanely cute! How did you whip up such an adorable thing in no time? It's totally winning me over! I'd pay good money for your GIFs as reaction packs!
Ulziton
16. Apr 2024 · 08:06 UTC
Awsome visual and smooth gameplay, well done
lacrymosse
16. Apr 2024 · 08:25 UTC
wonderful and fun to play withhhh
Charl V
16. Apr 2024 · 08:43 UTC
No way!! Amazing!
SparkyDoc07
16. Apr 2024 · 08:48 UTC
Wonderful game!

I appreciate the twist on the summoning theme (i.e. thanks for not making another ghost platformer)! The gameplay is simple, artstyle is adorable, and mechanics are brilliant. Also, I would like to appreciate the fact that you gave me an option to switch between perspective and orthographic.

A few things I would have really appreciated,
1) That the summoning circles be controllable with keyboard input like WASD
2) That the camera be free to turn/spin around the game field
3) Some form or tutorial or intro screen, since I didn't understand how to move the summoning circle until I read the game's description from the ldjam website. Ideally, a game should have all relevant info in the game itself

You've earned yourself a top score. Enjoy!

P.S. the ldjam website allows you to upload a WebGL build directly on the game page!
Stalemeat
16. Apr 2024 · 08:49 UTC
Great game. I really like how it plays. Would be great for a tablet or cellphone. Dragging your finger along while solving a cat puzzle. Had fun with this and I like how it looks too!
Misoukun
16. Apr 2024 · 08:50 UTC
So lovely.
It take me a few times to find out what to do at first. But then, I can no longer stop to finish all levels.
Alecto
16. Apr 2024 · 08:51 UTC
The visuals are really nice but I am lost as to what I am supposed to do.
xun
16. Apr 2024 · 08:54 UTC
Amazing!Cats are super cute, and I'm really into the art style. The music is incredibly soothing, and the puzzles are so addicting!
Inkweeper
16. Apr 2024 · 09:07 UTC
Wonderfulgraphics, audio and level design!
Shardykins
16. Apr 2024 · 10:26 UTC
Puuuurfect little game, wonderful to play with a really tight loop and a cool set of mechanics that build on each other naturally. I got through all 20 levels while I should've been working.
bittripbrit
16. Apr 2024 · 10:29 UTC
Incredibly fun puzzle game, really good mechanics and challenging levels.
🎤 LDJam user 359614
16. Apr 2024 · 11:15 UTC
Hi everyone, thanks for your Paw-some comment & feedbacks! Glad that you're having fun with our little paw-zle game. We'll take notes to your feedbacks and see what we can do to make this game better :smiley_cat:
PromZona
16. Apr 2024 · 11:26 UTC
Suuuper cute game. Nice puzzles, it was quite enjoyable experience

Overall a really good game - Gave a nice jam!
manabreak
16. Apr 2024 · 12:13 UTC
Very cute! I also like the puzzles. The first few got me thinking that this would be a really simple puzzle game, but when you introduced the combinations, I was proven wrong. Very nice job!
AFK_Shark
16. Apr 2024 · 12:58 UTC
Oh, this is such an insanely cute game! Very pleasant in gameplay and visual <3
CodeChomper
16. Apr 2024 · 13:54 UTC
I like the chill nature of this summoning game. Completing the puzzles were challenging but doable. Also the controls were intuitive and I was playing right away. Nice one, congratulations!
FrankieWhispers
16. Apr 2024 · 14:11 UTC
Great work! relaxing and it got challenging as you progressed
ashleypox
16. Apr 2024 · 16:15 UTC
![Screenshot 2024-04-16 090916.png](///raw/f5b/f5/z/63ba1.png)
Diabolical

The art style is SO CUTE and the gameplay is a fun challenge! I am really impressed by the extra polish on things like the score sliding in/out between levels, the little idle animation (and bloop sound!!!) on the animals, the floating title card in the menu, and the orthographic / perspective switch. The music choice was perfect, too :D
ahistyap
17. Apr 2024 · 03:45 UTC
As expected from the developer of Am I Your Type! Adorable and fun game :heart: Man, that music too :heart: :heart:
tstapely07
17. Apr 2024 · 08:32 UTC
So so cute! Very well polished too, I loved it!
Mephistase
17. Apr 2024 · 08:57 UTC
Anime cats invocation!
Huge amount of content for a beautiful and really well crafted game !
The possibility to rewrite path took me by surprise by how good it is.

Small bug: you can erase invocation circles by combining them and then reversing.
Macibacsi56
17. Apr 2024 · 10:51 UTC
Wow, this is amazing! Good job, congratulations! :)
Gede
17. Apr 2024 · 14:58 UTC
I found this game was cutee😍!
I like the graphics, the sketch, the sound effect, and the animation of this game.
This is a game that I would play on my free time when I'm bored.
But I was kinda confused to differentiate the dog and the cat, because they look pretty similar🤔.
nardandas
18. Apr 2024 · 06:24 UTC
Really cute little puzzle game! I share the issues with differentiating the dog and cat, especially their circles, but that's fairly small. I really liked the chill mood!
Irex
18. Apr 2024 · 06:26 UTC
Really liked this game ! Super cute and relaxing but with some challenge
Jiri Hysek
18. Apr 2024 · 06:37 UTC
Wow, it looks paw-some indeed! The graphics are super cute, there are even various biomes! Audio is spot on, and I don't even know how much content there is because it's a lot! It doesn't even feel like a jam game, you could publish it on mobile platforms right away :) Great work!
LDJam user 385671
18. Apr 2024 · 06:41 UTC
Wow this is a really good submission!

Really loved the opening to the game.

Gameplay was well explained and very addicting.

Art style and sound design were absolutely charming!

Also cool to see another fellow puzzle game about summoning cute animals :)

Well done!
the neon shark
18. Apr 2024 · 06:44 UTC
Phenomenal polish. Game plays smoothly and is dripping with personality. Very well made. I'd appreciate an undo button or a faster reset cycle, but otherwise it's perfect!
MartenJ
18. Apr 2024 · 06:52 UTC
Nice! First I thought, now I can create a DoggoCat but okay Im not allowed to combine them. Really lovely art style and nice level switch animation!
Momotiktik
18. Apr 2024 · 06:54 UTC
Such a cute little game, what can I say, I'm a sucker for kitties and doggies! :) I love the art style and music is also very relaxing, after 15th puzzle the difficulty ramped up quite steeply :D really nice work, I enjoyed it!
LDJam user 5243
18. Apr 2024 · 07:42 UTC
When you start out with a darn theme-song, you know it's going to be good! Awesome game. I loved the puzzles and would love to have this as a phone game while killing time. Really nicely done!
FFenril
18. Apr 2024 · 11:50 UTC
Your game starts with its own theme song? How??? 🤯

It is so well polished, so cute, sounds great, and fun! Really, great job!
🎤 LDJam user 359614
19. Apr 2024 · 05:28 UTC
Thank you everyone for the kind and paw-sitive feedbacks! Didn't expect to get this much appreciation :smile_cat:
LDJam user 355344
19. Apr 2024 · 17:54 UTC
I rate all cat games. And they're all beautiful. Yours is no exception)
Momod
19. Apr 2024 · 19:32 UTC
Wow your game is stunning !! the art style is so cute, and the little animation at the beginning is really cool too ! Great job ! :D
asfdfdfd
19. Apr 2024 · 19:56 UTC
Incredible game even without taking 48h into account! Great entry!
nsadie
19. Apr 2024 · 19:59 UTC
Wow I really loved this! Very cute art style, but I also really liked the puzzles! One of my favorites so far!
Nabil Shelim
19. Apr 2024 · 20:44 UTC
Why is this so CUTE :cat:! Congrats to the team for such an amazing and well polished game. I would love to play this on my phone.
Metablep
19. Apr 2024 · 23:34 UTC
_Paw-some_ game, cute art and relaxing music. What's more impressive (to me personally) is that you made it with `Construct` in such an incredible quality. My only wish was being able to undo the circle merging instead of resetting the entire level (unless it's already _paw-ssible_ and I just couldn't figure out how). Otherwise, really well done. Props to your team :smiley_cat:
braktheman
20. Apr 2024 · 19:50 UTC
Well crafted puzzles, good vibes, nice sound design. Couldn't quite finish it had to tap out at stage 17 but I really appreciated the difficulty curve even though I didn't complete the game.

Only small criticisms would be some sort of way to undo previous moves (unless there was one I just couldn't find) and making it easier to differentiate the circles for cats and dogs. These are just small nitpicks though. The game was fantastic.
LDJam user 278146
21. Apr 2024 · 15:09 UTC
Really cute and fun! Really clever idea to combine the different colours! Overall really polished entry - I liked how the level floated in when loading.
One complaint is that I found it difficult to tell which summoning circle corresponded to which animal on the side.
kanity
22. Apr 2024 · 18:47 UTC
Song! Music! What the heck, I didn't expect to be blown away so quickly xD Intro is fantastic!

And THIS

![THIS.jpg](///raw/c93/65/z/64b1c.jpg)

THIS! Too cute!!

And the puzzle levels visuals are so polished, everything just looks so perfect and complete, very impressive +_+
neontropics
24. Apr 2024 · 20:33 UTC
Really good graphics and general vibe! Also props for the music, this is the first entry with vocals I've played hah.

The puzzle gameplay was good and clever - I didn't beat all the levels as I'm just a bit too impatient in general for lots of these games, but what I played was very fun.
Prepe
30. Apr 2024 · 18:02 UTC
3 seconds in an I am blown away already. Are you from a game company, because the quality is through the roof. The only thing that was anoying me was that the reset animation. Took a bit to long for my taste, but other than that great work.
🎤 LDJam user 359614
01. Aug 2024 · 18:37 UTC
![promotion ludum dare.png](///raw/ebc/75/z/650d4.png)
Hello folks! It's really been a while since the Jam is over.

We trully appreciate all your support and lovely feedbacks on the event. While reading your feedbacks and considering the potential of this game, we thought that we really want to push this game further. So, after working the hardest with my team here, I want to share the good news that Furriend now is available on Steam! Yay!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2981800/Furriend/

You can play the game for free, but if you really like the game and want more please give our DLC a try! We tried our best to create 100 challenging levels there :smile:

Hope you enjoy our work and please let me know if you have any feedbacks regarding the game. Cheers all and stay safe! :smile_cat:

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asfdfdfd
01. Oct 2024 · 17:46 UTC
@pralista niiiiiiiiiiiiceeeeeee