Cat Summoning Puzzle by Kobato Games
You're a necromancer and a crazy cat person. After your five cats passed on, you found solace in summoning their souls when they were in the vicinity. Of course, a household of five cats is bound to have their squabbles and that does affect the summoning process. Basically, if you summon the wrong cats together (or alone), they'll become upset and reverse the summoning process. Three levels to master in this short, relatively simple Ludum Dare 55 (Summoning) game.
This game was inspired by the old riddle about getting a fox, hen and bag of grain (or some variation) across a river, but the boat only has two seats.
Credits
Background Parallax Halloween 2D Game Backgrounds Author: Craftpix https://free-game-assets.itch.io/parallax-halloween-2d-game-backgrounds
Music 4 Music Box Tracks (musicbox1spookywaltz.ogg) Author: Aureolus_Omicron https://opengameart.org/content/4-music-box-tracks
All other assets CC0 I did not have time to add.
| Link | https://kobato-games.itch.io/cat-summoning-puzzle |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/cat-summoning-puzzle |
Ratings
| Overall | 469th | 3.667⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 576th | 3.452⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 473th | 3.476⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 404th | 3.905⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 342th | 3.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 195th | 4⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
so I can relate with this soo much and actually the three of them are a lot like if I had snowball, blackie and ginger <3
I think a lot of people would relate to this, but the puzzle element for me feels a bit too easy to just brute force your way through.
love the music and the lofi pixelart cats.
Yay! That was delightful. I love cats, the game looks cozy, and the music is sweet <3
P.S. Though, is congradulations a typo or some word play I am missing? >_>
What I had been thinking of doing after the jam, was adding the rules are displayed on a sidebar, with the variations being added each level. Thanks for letting me know I definitely should focus on adding that.
The pixel cats should have been matched with a pixel background, they look a little too jarring. The music is nice and chill. Great job, well done!
One possible solution I could see would be to consider their moods on the other side as well, and make them unavailable to summon, based on who is and is not currently around (On the other side). That would certainly make it MORE like the old riddle, but I could see that trying to increase the scope in that manner could easily be a huge pain.
This is a great game for me:D
Thanks!!
Thou I guess a small cheating is possible, since player in not forced to close the Level instruction and can just summon cats while looking at message.
Also, a big plus to previous comments regarding the possible cat randomizer. It's gonna diversify the game a lot if by any chance you decide to make a post-jam version.
Overall, great entry!