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Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038221,"author_name":"LDJam user 383550","author_uid":"383550","epoch":1713234161,"text":"cool, i can't really get the hang of how i am succeeding, other than seeing the green bar fill up when i make glyphs? the image recognition thingy is quite interesting im curious what you did with the lines and dots\nbut as far as the game goes id love to balance the 3 bars but can't for the life of me figure it out\ni am a big fan of instructions in-game but guess I get the hang somewhat by 1 minute passing. necessary? eh, maybe a preference : p , really cool compo! \nthe floating images that follow your mouse are great too, they might get in the way though, maybe the images can trail behind the mouse a little to make it easy to see the shapes i am drawing? ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1040154,"author_name":"byazzle","author_uid":"byazzle","epoch":1713250725,"text":"Cool little playground for casting summoning spells. Would be cool to see what it would be like with an objective behind it. Nice job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1040879,"author_name":"jnur","author_uid":"jnur","epoch":1713257488,"text":"Just a heads up, the player is just a black screen for me (MacOS\/Apple Silicon\/Firefox, 4K screen). Errors from the console:\n\n```\nError in Surface::configure: Validation Error\n\nCaused by:\n    `Surface` width and height must be within the maximum supported texture size. Requested was (15168, 8528), maximum extent is 8192.\n```\n\nand\n\n```\nevent_loop\/window_target.rs:665:26:\nalready borrowed: BorrowMutError\n\n```\n\nBig props for using Bevy though :wink: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1045039,"author_name":"kroltan","author_uid":"kroltan","epoch":1713283161,"text":"@jnur Oh, must be when I attempt to get fullscreen. I'll make it a button instead so people can opt in and you can play the game at all.\n\nLater today though, I'm at work at the moment xD","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1046470,"author_name":"Marin Davys","author_uid":"marin-davys","epoch":1713289922,"text":"I really like the graphical style of this game and think that the central conjuring system works wonderfully. It might be nice to have a more finite objective for this kind of game, but it is an interesting simulation as it is.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1048691,"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"lereveur","epoch":1713300445,"text":"It's more an experience than a game, but, hey, looking in the good way, everything can be a game. Well, I didn't managed to get over the freaking majority of yellow demons despite of my motivation, but at least I tried for few minutes. I'm sure with this mechanic you can find a more entertaining gameplay, but while waiting for that, the realisation works well, and that's something!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1050572,"author_name":"kroltan","author_uid":"kroltan","epoch":1713310266,"text":"@jnur Sorry for another ping, but I updated the game to only enter fullscreen when you press F, if you have a moment let me know if that allows you to play it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1055171,"author_name":"KaisenTheGreatOne","author_uid":"kaisenthegreatone","epoch":1713367434,"text":"It's an interesting game concept. I like that you implemented the LD logo as an actual glyph. With a bigger objective in the future it could be a lot of fun\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1059636,"author_name":"ice9","author_uid":"ice9","epoch":1713431073,"text":"Really neat idea and cool visuals! Wish there was more of a goal\/more consequences to making one thing versus another, but it's a great start for something if you carry on with it. I'm jealous I didn't think of the idea :p\n\nIs there some way to change the color of the demons summoned? It seems like regardless of what color shape I draw the demons spawned are always green.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1073545,"author_name":"Joshua Miller-Pio","author_uid":"joshua-miller-pio","epoch":1714053764,"text":"Really had a ton of fun you should be proud! Game play was really enjoyable, with a few polishes here and there it would be steam ready!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1073546,"author_name":"Joshua Miller-Pio","author_uid":"joshua-miller-pio","epoch":1714053764,"text":"Really had a ton of fun you should be proud! Game play was really enjoyable, with a few polishes here and there it would be steam ready!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"93137","g_author":"1009626","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"439327","g_title":"Eternal Battle In The Hells, or something","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"339","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"384520","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"384520","n_urlkey":"439327","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/eternal-battle-in-the-hells-or-something","n_slug":"eternal-battle-in-the-hells-or-s","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"9626","n_created":"1712420882","n_modified":"1778870801","n_version":"1230045","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":6,"author":9626,"body":"## Controls\n\n**LMB:** Place dot\n\n**RMB:** Clear all lines\n\n**Spacebar:** Summon!\n\n**F:** Toggle between Fullscreen and Windowed (works on web!)\n\n## Instructions\n\nDraw glyphs like the ones following your cursor to summon demons.\n\nMore complicated glyphs yield bigger demons.\n\nDrawing glyphs accurately yields stronger demons.\n\nSmall demons are fast, but big ones can have more health.\n\nThe digital demon lords will also (try to) summon demons to fight you!\n\n## Objective\n\nNone! 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