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Summon' Right Up by Chauwizaud

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made by Chauwizaud for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

You have aspirations to become the world's best Demon Summoner. Unfortunately, instead of fearsome creatures, you only seem to be able to summon cute lil guys. Test your skill at crafting powerful summoning circles in our charming little game, Summon' Right Up. Trace all the circles to bring forth the most powerful demons known to hellkind and become a master summoner!

Proudly made without the use of any AI assets.

Credits: Made by the Coding With Spices Team

Character Art + Designs: Lizard (lizardxlizard.carrd.co/) Background Art: Joshua Frederick (jmfrederick.artstation.com) Background Art: Silky (@noctli on X) Props Art: Mars (www.instagram.com/craftymars_/)

Programming: CJ Nelson (cookingwithspices.carrd.co/) Programming: Henry Graves (github.com/Henry-Graves) Assistant Programming: Jacob Mischka Programming Supervisor: Ben Creelman

Writing Team: Zek (the one and only) Brainstorming: Drewcifer

Music and Fonts used made Copyright Free

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summon-right-up

Ratings

Overall 449th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 827th 3.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 594th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 173th 4.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 164th 4.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 249th 3.639⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 394th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

HenryG
16. Apr 2024 · 01:32 UTC
upvoted because fun game. I liked drawing the circle and the star they are my favorite shapes. B^)
Storeyware
16. Apr 2024 · 02:27 UTC
I am now a master summoner! Nice doodles! Was a fun lil game.
Mascoll
16. Apr 2024 · 02:35 UTC
Fun game! I enjoyed seeing what would pop out from my summoning circles!
Amazing illustrations - I would've loved to see some of them during the exposition text in the beginning as well!
Also I had the hardest time figuring out that the summoning book was where I had to click the first go - Maybe make the book larger and more center of attention? Either way - Fun submission! Great work!
retonymy
16. Apr 2024 · 02:40 UTC
Fun idea and had a really nice complete feeling execution! I was struggling on a trackpad but still had a good time with this!
Jaycee Sandvig
16. Apr 2024 · 02:42 UTC
Adorable! A really cute little game with the right amount of challenge. Very fun~
Loki Drams
16. Apr 2024 · 17:42 UTC
good game, I like the illustrations, the visuals are nice.

I will just say that the room is messy, a little difficult to see what we are relying on if we don't listen to the little demon, plus the drawings are a little difficult, and the fifth one didn't want to be validated despite everything draw anyway.

Congratulations to you !
vidarn
16. Apr 2024 · 18:53 UTC
Super nice and well polished game. I really love the art and the gameplay concept was very fun, the difficulty in drawing the diagrams was just right.

There was a nice level of understated humor to the conversations that I enjoyed a lot.
LDJam user 383212
17. Apr 2024 · 05:07 UTC
Cool game! I appreciate all the little details and the art is good. I would have liked a bit more feedback on whether I was doing well or not, but the difficulty is actually pretty fair. Good job!
Momotiktik
17. Apr 2024 · 12:39 UTC
I really liked the idea and the illustrations of demons are super cute! But I was confused, why doesn't the game let me finish the summoning circle T___T and I got to the point when nothing shows after I drew the circle - just a shop screen to get a new customer. Overall it's cute, and would do even better with a bit more polish!
hatmajaster
25. Apr 2024 · 16:02 UTC
Something happened and one circle did not show. I guess its a bug. Oh well. Maybe because i decided to be as bad as possible ;)

It looks and works really nice overall. But the dialogues although nice are a bit lengthy. And the game keeps on going with the same premise I think for a bit too long, and even the challenge I think is quite random instead of progressing. I think I drew over 10-15 circles.

I believe there is a nice ending to everything, but the game in its current state could use some chapters. Which there are - the small demon is chatty from time to time. But at least something like a filling progress bar that we are getting there would sell it a bit better i think.

nice job!

EDIT: Okay it was twice in the same place. So I guess its just the end of game, unless something is broken.
LDJam user 374168
27. Apr 2024 · 05:07 UTC
Nice job on this! I liked the challenge of trying to draw the summoning circles quickly and accurately; the best grade I could get was a B. I do feel like the gameplay is pretty repetitive, since you're just drawing a bunch of complex shapes. Maybe new scenarios or abilities that introduce challenge to drawing the circle could spice things up. The art was really good too, and it was cool to see some story/lore, though I'm usually not that invested in lore details.
ajpl
29. Apr 2024 · 23:34 UTC
Nice little game with cool graphics :)
I missed a bit any kind of progression indicator - and I don't suppose I reached end, as it kinda crashed on me (like, empty page showed after few other errors). But still enjoyable Jam entry :)