Underworld Kitchen by kosta777

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made by kosta777 for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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In a dark wizard's dungeon, you're a minion on a mission: summon powerful demons before time runs out. Use portals to gather ingredients from other realms, then cook up the beasts for your master. But watch out for rivals and lurking dangers in the shadows!

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How to Play

Your mission is clear: harvest resources from portals deposit them into the Summoning Circle. Once you've gathered the required number of resources, activate the circle to summon a powerful demon ally that will help your master fight. But beware: failure to match the correct ingredients will still result in them being lost in the ritual!. Can you master the art of summoning and harness the might of the demons?

Control

  • Move: WASD or Arrow keys
  • Attack: Spacebar
  • Interact: E (Activate portals, summon circles, pick and throw items)

Ratings

Overall 349th 3.783⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 553th 3.477⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 409th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 109th 4.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 658th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 137th 4.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

Swerky
15. Apr 2024 · 18:21 UTC
Great choice of music!
The game play is really nice and neat!
Wasn't able to read correctly some number (don't witch one because I did it wrong).
Didnt see the reason I died. Do we have health points ? Will be cool to show it a bit clearer.
Ikuta
15. Apr 2024 · 18:53 UTC
Hey Swerky, thanks for the review! Summoning with the wrong ingredient will make you loose health. There is a health bar, it is at the top right
Skull Games
15. Apr 2024 · 19:24 UTC
Pretty cool! Way to go!
LDJam user 391120
15. Apr 2024 · 19:25 UTC
Nice game ! The graphics are great and matched well with the theme and the music is also great :slight_smile:
LocksmithArmy
15. Apr 2024 · 19:25 UTC
this is great. super fun.
m0zrat
15. Apr 2024 · 20:14 UTC
A little confused -- it's hard to process games with lots of numbers during LD I find. But it was still fun!
Enver Arco
16. Apr 2024 · 11:49 UTC
2D lighting effect is really cool!
LDJam user 97711
16. Apr 2024 · 18:19 UTC
Once I got the hang of what I was supposed to do I got into this one! Nice job with the lighting and the general feel -- the controls are nice and fluid and the attack feels pretty fair. One suggestion would be to add more audio cues, for attacking, summoning, etc -- which would definitely provide some valuable audio feedback during the experience. nice entry!
Tugaryn
16. Apr 2024 · 20:39 UTC
very cool animations and design, well done
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 23:26 UTC
You are really great! The game turned out great!
nathmate
17. Apr 2024 · 14:35 UTC
Fighting the skeles felt good, but the input randomness of whether you get a skele or an ingredient from the portals I found annoying. The lack of any sense of progression meant I wasn't compelled to play once I was done soaking up the atmosphere. Which was great, the art and controls were very nice.
loveapplegames
20. Apr 2024 · 16:52 UTC
Congrats on an original and polished game! I like the concept of running around activating portals and getting items while fighting the skeletons. It would be nice if there were more levels with more portals. Also, I think it would be nice if the player could move faster so the action becomes more frantic.
Ueighti
29. Apr 2024 · 21:14 UTC
I was curious about art and decided to play it. I couldn't finish any tasks (unfortunately), not sure what was wrong. Furthermore, I thought the control was a little clunky. The art, sound and the concept are great. Nice job!
pitivie
01. May 2024 · 11:18 UTC
The art is amazing !! I love lights and particles too, but I'm not sure how to win the game :sweat_smile: