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Toad-O-Mental by WMute

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made by WMute for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Challengers! Welcome to the final exams of our great school of Wizardry! This time the exam in the “Summoning” discipline will take the form of a friendly duel! Show your mentors that their efforts were not in vain!

Game rules:

Green tiles are available for movement. Blue tiles regenerate Summoner's mana.

Toad-O-Mental types:

Fire - attacks enemy. toad<em>fire.png Water - heals allies. toad</em>water.png Earth - holds position. If placed on a blue tile - regenerate Summoner's mana. toad_ground.png

Controls:

Click LMB on a tile to move your Summoner; Select spell from Action Bar (or use hotkeys 1, 2, 3) and click on a tile to summon Toad-O-Mental;

Defeat your opponent!

Walkthrough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPtMB1pfGjA

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/toad-o-mental

Ratings

Overall 671th 3.491⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 774th 3.255⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 592th 3.364⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Theme 222th 4.125⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 231th 4.219⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Humor 500th 3.167⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Mood 747th 3.407⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Given 70🗳️ 78🗨️

Feedback

Potahto
16. Apr 2024 · 00:47 UTC
Really lovely graphics!
JLV
16. Apr 2024 · 03:08 UTC
Really cute, crispy graphics and take on the theme. It wasn't always clear when I could or could not summon, but when I got the grasp of it I had a great time. Awesome job!
Vantalogic
16. Apr 2024 · 03:11 UTC
Really liked the UI when I saw the enemies I GYATT something in my eye.
LDJam user 386314
16. Apr 2024 · 03:12 UTC
Very beautiful game
accordaquo
16. Apr 2024 · 03:18 UTC
Like everybody else I love the art! The cat is sooo cute
Spudsef
16. Apr 2024 · 03:20 UTC
At first it was a little confusing but quickly picked it up. Really fun to strategize! Wonderful game
twist
16. Apr 2024 · 03:22 UTC
Graphics were great, as was the implementation of the theme. Was fun getting the hang of it and slowly working my way up to the other wizard. Great job with both the 2D and 3D assets!
Wanyo
16. Apr 2024 · 03:37 UTC
The little toad butts gave me a good chuckle, it kept me in to learn how fun it was!
🎤 WMute
16. Apr 2024 · 03:48 UTC
Yes toad buts was our focus! The game was built on top of them!
Spit
16. Apr 2024 · 03:59 UTC
I really love the frog butts. The game is cute and the music is really nice. Good job! :)
jeremydi
16. Apr 2024 · 04:26 UTC
I was drawn in for the cheeks stayed for the frustration of needing to beat the other cat. My game glitched and one of the mana gaining points broke so it took me like 40 minutes to win. Overall fun concept and other cat is cheating.
LangiT
16. Apr 2024 · 05:11 UTC
Nice work! I was a little confused at the objective at first, but I found a good strategy to push back against the flame frogs and defeat the enemy wizard. Great work on the Art, Music, and Gameplay!
tolstooo
16. Apr 2024 · 07:18 UTC
Nice art!
Radjax
16. Apr 2024 · 08:01 UTC
Super cute! Some good strategy in there with the different types of units, and once I understood which units were mine vs the enemies it really got going. The thicc frogs were great!
🎤 WMute
16. Apr 2024 · 08:08 UTC
@radjax Yes we have same filings regarding enemy/ally identification. Thinking how it can be organically highlighted.
MissingPixel
16. Apr 2024 · 08:37 UTC
Nice and cute game! had some trouble figuring out how to play it at first, but eventually got the hang of it. Great work!
namnam
16. Apr 2024 · 09:09 UTC
That 2d cat animation ! I had trouble to understand the gameplay but it was visually awesome
🎤 WMute
16. Apr 2024 · 09:16 UTC
@namnam You need to place tods on field. they have different behaviors. fire - moves and attacks enemies, earth - holds the ground, and the water - heals you and your toads. you need to defeat the enemy. There a few mana tiles which can restore your mana points. earth toad can help you with it ;)
Eravil
16. Apr 2024 · 10:24 UTC
I really liked the game! Worthily executed!
Snaider87
16. Apr 2024 · 11:43 UTC
Nice and beautiful :)
Finde
16. Apr 2024 · 14:13 UTC
Nice visuals! :)
GDMage
16. Apr 2024 · 15:43 UTC
Cool idea. But very difficult to manage. And there are many enemies at once. It would be better if they came in batches. So that there would be an element of training and mechanics could be developed.
🎤 WMute
16. Apr 2024 · 17:21 UTC
@gdmage The earth toad is a key to win =)
Artyom Volkov
16. Apr 2024 · 18:37 UTC
I like the idea of the game, however it has some issues with UX and feedback. First, it's hard to understand the goal of the game from the very beginning, it would be great to add some UI indication of the enemy cat. Second, it lacks some sound and visual feedback which indicates that my character gets some damage and summon the frog. Anyway, congrats with submission!
nyanpierre
16. Apr 2024 · 18:45 UTC
the visual are trully cool, remind me of some board game I played. take few second to understand each part of the game but overall I had fun, and the mood was cool :)
Storeyware
16. Apr 2024 · 18:57 UTC
Full points! Great visuals. Great music. Hard to understand at the verrrryyy beginning but once I figured out I could place the earth toads on the mana wells it was game over. Great job.

Consider some more audio implementation with spell effects and differentiating between enemy summons and ally summons.
anaastaska
16. Apr 2024 · 19:45 UTC
I really like visual and music, gameplay is interesting, but it would be great if you add some tutorials and explonations in the beggining.
Josion
16. Apr 2024 · 20:00 UTC
The visuals and concept are absolutely delightful! Really enjoyed strategizing with the different toads. Great work on creating an engaging and visually appealing experience!
OrangeDragon
16. Apr 2024 · 21:50 UTC
Cute visuals and great battle mechanics! I think it would be great if you added some SFX for toads, movement and spells. But other than that a lovely game! Great job!
Enreh
16. Apr 2024 · 23:30 UTC
It took me a little bit of time to understand what I was supposed to do, but it went quite smoothly after that. The game is really fun and I would love to play more of it if you ever expand on it, both in terms of mechanics and balancing. Specifically, I think the game is way too easy right now. Once you estabilish an earth toad, you're basically invincible, just get a water toad or two and spam fire toads while moving forward and setting more earth toads as you go. Still, it's a great entry!
Kseniya
17. Apr 2024 · 00:53 UTC
A very sweet and fun game, I would play it more than once!
Roman Novikov
17. Apr 2024 · 07:59 UTC
Great stylised graphics and interesting gameplay, but lacks a tutorial at the beginning of the game, I think you will add this later. Would love to see the further development of the project. Great job!
friskila
17. Apr 2024 · 09:11 UTC
Love the idea how the Cat Wizard summons allies and attack enemies. I really like how it plays!
MoebiusMeow
17. Apr 2024 · 11:14 UTC
The cat is just soooooooooo cute and I LOVE the Live2D animation. The gameplay is also solid and fun. Nice entry!
Rita.PressAnyKey
17. Apr 2024 · 12:51 UTC
OMG those toads' butt cheeks)))) I love the UI art and game animations. The gameplay is also fun and addictive and very intuitive. Great work!🐸
recursiveanomaly
18. Apr 2024 · 04:24 UTC
Lovely graphics. I was able to overwhelm the enemy once I read the details and realized I could plant earth toads on the mana spawners. Thanks for the game.
MomokoMoloko
18. Apr 2024 · 11:06 UTC
Cute art, i like the cat and the frogs hehe! Gamelay was nice, but took me a little to understand what i should do. I had fun!!
Forager
18. Apr 2024 · 14:15 UTC
The cat icon at the bottom is awesome. Props to the artist. All the vfx are lookin good too.
Dywanix
18. Apr 2024 · 14:39 UTC
At first I got a little bit confused about what to do, but after a while I really enjoyed it
pringlae
18. Apr 2024 · 16:27 UTC
A very cute game, cool animations and overall the visuals are very attractive.
Крутаны, так держать!)
Meranolean
19. Apr 2024 · 11:03 UTC
Hey! Good job! You did a lot, I like the map, visual stuff, and of cause toad's ass hahaha :) That's very fun.
Pathfining ans summoning work wrong sometimes, but that's ok. I fastly found the solution to win, but that's was fun.

Thank you fro the game (and funny frogs)!
RubixNoob13
22. Apr 2024 · 06:55 UTC
Really nice graphics. I was a little confused on what to do at first, but the walkthrough video helped quite a bit. Maybe (if you have time of course!) you could make a tutorial of sorts to help explain what to do at first.

I also liked the music! Good job!
Emaigualmc2_art
22. Apr 2024 · 22:37 UTC
Great job! I loved all the artistic work, both the 3D modeling of the character and the 2D art, the music is also very good and accompanies the atmosphere of the game very well. The character designs are great, the animations, the UI are very worked and polished. Great game! xD
LDJam user 0
23. Apr 2024 · 22:59 UTC
There are some really strong telltale signs the main artwork is AI-generated, in how details are constructed and how errors look similar to AI mistakes rather than human errors.

I really hope I'm wrong though!
K-toll
24. Apr 2024 · 00:56 UTC
The graphics are beautiful, the atmosphere is pleasant and the title screen art is incredible!

It's a good idea to exploit, but the difficulty balance needs fine-tuning. I only used fire and that was enough to finish.

Maybe add some sound effects depending on the invocation, like splash for water and so on...

The cat summoner sometimes takes an indirect route if I select a tile a bit far away instead of going straight ahead.

Anyway, good job!