Faemori by LDJam user 239710
You are a Fae Caller from the forest village of Mori. As a rite of passage you have been sent into the deep wilds to prove your worth. Can you summon and command your minions to face the trial of the Fae Queen in this rogue-like auto-battler?

Controls: - drag and drop - right click to bench minions you placed
Minions: - Phoenix: AOE attack with high knockback, leaves an exploding egg on death - Pyromancer: scaling damage with each hit - Merfolk: strong heal, no attack - Cold Eye: piercing ice beam that slows - Skeleton: revives once after death - Golem: AOE with huge knockback - Bear: heals for damage dealt - Mushroom: adds stacking poison damage but no initial damage - Dark Knight: high health pool - Pigknight: inflicts vulnerable
Art - Conor Goodman, Adam Chapman, Ellie Sievertsson
Programming - Callum 'CalciumKid' Nichols
Music & Sounds - Oscar Garvin
| Itch.io | https://eldraev.itch.io/faemori |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/faemori |
Ratings
| Overall | 28th | 4.303⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 56th | 4.167⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 209th | 3.818⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 74th | 4.355⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 33th | 4.606⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 34th | 4.288⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 88th | 4.167⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
I was loving it the entire time!
Not sure what the choice of direction really did.
also was i upgrading when i dragged new units on top of existing ones?
Awesome game! Really good job! 5/5
I hope you continue to develop this once the event is over, I'd love to buy and play a full version of this. One of the best games I've played so far!
I'd loved the crispy pixelart! and the gameplay is top quality too!
the only minor issues i see are the fact that the countdown before the match begins was exactly where i wanted to place my minions so it was a little bit eye-bothering, the pentagram showing which elements beats which was not super readable to me, and it would have been cool if there was a description of what minion does what on the game screen (and not only on the itch page).
apart from that, great job!
(Also a little description of each monster when you hover over them would be nice, possibly with some info about their stats or skills?)

The execution of the minion mechanic is neat and comfortable, and I love all the cute creatures. Animation and visual effects were great too.
Overall it's cute and relaxing, and I like that we can retry a fight right away instead of having a gameover and being thrown out into the beginning of the game (tbh that's what I kinda expected!)
At some point, it was pretty fun figuring out a better choice & placement to win a round (I mean, when it got bit harder, as at first our minions are pretty much wiping the enemy out ^^)
I noticed elements of my minions not straight away, didn't immediately realize one is a healer (he was standing doing nothing however, so that was a clue, and then there was animation with a heart of him healing other minion, so it's not completely hidden from the player or anything). Maybe just a short description on minion types in the beginning would be helpful <3
To be honest, I didn't find healer type particularly helpful here, though maybe it works with another approach to playstyle :) They heal a bit but that doesn't change much (as far as I can tell w/o seeing the stats), and if they are the only left alive, they can't really defend themselves, it seems.
Just chillin watching eye showdown:

:D
You hit a nice balance with the challenges, especially considering the time frame and the amount of minion variety. Awesome stuff!
The GameBoy look is absolutely perfect (I adore these sprites so) and the tunes are fun to jam to even when you get crushed a bunch of times in a row. It took me a while to really understand what I was doing wrong in a given room, but there is clearly strategy to how you place your troops.
Probably my only real criticisms are that the time limit for placing units feels somewhat unnecessary and I really wish you didn't have to choose a new minion after a fight if you feel your team setup is good.
Still, I had a blast! I just couldn't clear the boss no matter how I tried, but I might well come back to this one after the jam just to try again. One of my favorites this jam.
