Conjurers Catacomb by xilentor

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made by xilentor for Ludum Dare 55 (COMPO)

Travel through the catacombs and solve the puzzles with your abilities and strength.

Ratings

Overall 47th 3.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 45th 3.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 122th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 240th 3.318⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 123th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 212th 2.639⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 193th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

ollie_d
15. Apr 2024 · 05:59 UTC
A fun Sokoban! There's an unintended mechanic I abused where you can drop a crate on your wizard and still proceed. This lets you solve some puzzles trivially, but a lot of the ones with space restrictions and gates were not as affected. Overall well done!
LDJam user 70850
15. Apr 2024 · 07:09 UTC
Noooo. I was enjoy it heaps, but I think there is a bug with the 'clone' box ability and I wasn't able to proceed. This was very enjoyable. The puzzles were smart. Yes like @ollie-d said, there is also a bug where you can plow through boxes because the bird lets you drop a box on your head and still move forward. Otherwise this was great.I had no audio though, was there audio?
LDJam user 390834
15. Apr 2024 · 07:17 UTC
Oh yea except the bug exploit very well made. Also I tried to click on abilities some key tooltip indicator would be helpful.
ROBOWARRIOR1982
15. Apr 2024 · 11:36 UTC
Good reinterpretation of sokoban game with invocation of pet ! I like the voxel graphics !
The use of the bird make the game little easier, and you can abuse of some bug (character don"t die or stay glitch when box fall on it for example). Good job !
🎤 xilentor
15. Apr 2024 · 16:12 UTC
@lexgear Cloning is working at least mechanically, but sadly there is no feedback when you cast it. You need space between you and the box you want to clone. I know it's bit unintuitive.

![Cloning.png](///raw/757/1/z/61dd6.png)
HacksawUnit
03. May 2024 · 19:52 UTC
Wonderful entry! It feels very cozy, and the puzzles are great brain teasers. The game is very well put together, and besides the "phasing box exploit", it is impressive how solid it feels. And, huge props for the tutorial and hints! :) Great work!! (oh, and the animal companion is very cute! and, the voxel graphics and animations are excellent, too.) (PS: Oh, and I forgot to mention too, that the innovations here are very clever, and the ways they are represented in the world feel great and in-line with the theme of the game.)
Nougato
03. May 2024 · 20:10 UTC
A cool puzzle game! It was enjoyable to play, and the playable tutorial in the first level is clear.

Just a small remark: I was a bit confused about the transition between levels. Perhaps adding a fade effect with a brief period where input is disabled (just to release the current key and not move directly into the next level) would be helpful. Anyway, Well done !
Zinkler
03. May 2024 · 20:55 UTC
A wonderful sokoban, being able to walk through one block really does the trick. I got completely confused on the second Clone level, the one with three gates on the right, can't really wrap my head around it. Always cool to see something new in sokoban genre, at least to me!
JustMars
03. May 2024 · 21:15 UTC
AMAZING compo (!!!) entry! Was really impressed with both the quality and quantity of the puzzles, they were all really creative and fun. Graphics were also really polished. The cloning mechanic could have been explained better and audio would have been nice, but otherwise the game was shockingly great. Keep up the great work!![img.png](///raw/13d/9/z/64f8c.png)
Anton Florey
03. May 2024 · 21:24 UTC
There is so much content for a solo developed game in 3 days, really impressive!
I also get stuck at the box-cloning level. Maybe it is still buggy or I do not get the mechanic. Would love to come back and play the rest of the game when this is fixed :D

Edit: I got it now! you have to look at a box you wanna clone... did not know that you can just turn by holding shift.

Edit Edit: Im stuck at the last lvl. It cant be done 100% change my mind

Edit Edit Edit: Ok I did it. These puzzles are tricky wow :D
Jennyhe
03. May 2024 · 23:02 UTC
I loved your game! Really enjoyed the puzzles and cloning made sense after looking at the comments ;)
jpbash
04. May 2024 · 00:16 UTC
Good work! Nice puzzles, easy to pick up.
If I had a suggestion it would be that the controls feel a little loose, i made a couple of accidental pushes, particularly when entering new levels.
Okamit
04. May 2024 · 00:20 UTC
I do love a sokoban game, and this had a fun twist!
Nice work!
GameDevTraum
04. May 2024 · 00:21 UTC
nice puzzle game! :D
LDJam user 355692
04. May 2024 · 00:31 UTC
Wow the last one was epic, I was like "it doesn't compute" for several minutes, until I realized that you can do *that thing*. Really loved your game!