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Elder signals by Hexela

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made by Hexela for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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A game where you are a novice cultist. Decifer weather signals from the gods to understand who you are dealing with and make a perfect (or "good enough") ritual for them.

How to play: You can change the altar, the sacrifice, the ritual circle (sigil), and the decorations around. Every time you ring the bell, the weather will change. Decifer what god you are dealing with, and make a ritual, that fit their taste.

Controls: "WASD" for movement "tab" or "J" for opening your necronomicon "mouse" to look around and interact with objects "Esc" to close the game

Link https://hexela.itch.io/elder-signals
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/elder-signals

Ratings

Overall 117th 4.019⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 29th 4.167⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 278th 3.611⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 324th 3.926⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 225th 4.13⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 155th 3.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 39th 4.204⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 112th 4.185⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 423838
Apr 21st · 14:16 UTC
Fun little game, loved the cat that closes the game
Sound Steppe
Apr 21st · 16:45 UTC
I liked it, awesome cat!
lost990
Apr 21st · 16:52 UTC
best game i ever seen at this jam
turotomo
Apr 21st · 16:54 UTC
It’s very fun and cute! The graphics are great, the animations too- it was nice to see the variety of options. It would be cool to see a continuation with a larger scene and more “god” variations.
Winbion
Apr 21st · 17:07 UTC
It's a funny game. It would be interesting to find different objects in the "Forest" and put them on the altar.
JuanRod707
Apr 21st · 17:27 UTC
Cool game, very cryptic. I can see a whole game being built around this mechanic where you have to accept payments from villagers to do the correct rituals.
half-animal-half-beast
Apr 21st · 18:17 UTC
the roach didn’t like my sacrifice, exploded me, and the game closed itself 😄

love the low poly ps1-style visuals, they look really cool and atmospheric!
LDJam user 383510
Apr 22nd · 20:45 UTC
Honestly the perfect game. Although I did have to go through the roach like 15 times before the other two appeared, but my god was this good. As said above, it would be interesting if you could go into the forest to find the objects for sacrifice or honestly if you could like replay the game without reopening it every time, but these really are just nitpicks. I just cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed this
Vela Pulsar
Apr 22nd · 21:13 UTC
That cat was truly unexpected!
PaulMag
Apr 22nd · 21:21 UTC
One of my favourite games so far!
Reminds me a bit of Phasmophobia where you need to analyse the ghosts behavior the figure out which one it is.
I wish there was more options for gods and rituals. :D

Kinda weird that ESC just instantly quits the game. I kept accidentally quitting when I instinctively press ESC to close the necronomicon or exiting from choosing a part of the ritual.
Hideyzzz
Apr 22nd · 21:39 UTC
This is imba!!! I laughed like crazy at the cat's dislike!
Русский обнаружен.
Pacelin
Apr 22nd · 21:40 UTC
#### EN
The game is very short, but the execution is very fun. Maximum ratings for humor and mood are guaranteed :)

#### RU
Игра очень короткая, но при этом исполнение очень весёлое. Максимальные оценки по юмору и настроению обеспечены :)
UniOwl
Apr 22nd · 21:41 UTC
If I could rate 6 on humor.... Funny + cool + atmospheric + vibe + W + have a nice day! Hope *Кошечка* will like my treats
Mblw
Apr 22nd · 22:20 UTC
clicked 4 times got a dislike from huge cat and desintegrated with a bang. 10/10 experience.
Andrian
Apr 23rd · 12:59 UTC
Really enjoyed the humor in this one! It definitely gave me a good laugh
GARYglhf
Apr 23rd · 21:12 UTC
Прикольная и веселая игра, мне очень понравилась.