Ultimate Summoning Guide by dreo

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made by dreo for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

IMPORTANT: embedded HTML5 version does not work and, for some reason, it is impossible to delete it from this page whatever we do. Please download the Windows version.

There are two versions of the game: The submit hour version and the fixed version, which only contains several important engine fixes + ui scale fix. No art/gameplay fixes were made.

In this game you are supposed to help strangers to fulfill their desires for 10 nights. Have fun!

Fleksy, AlucardikAnno - programming, RubeyPolina - gamedesign, dreo - art

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Ratings

Overall 721th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 521th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 434th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 182th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 362th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 457th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 600th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Meranolean
19. Apr 2024 · 15:45 UTC
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Summoned all of them! That's good puzzle game and I like that you add a goal (like fill the moon). Nice arts, the animals are very fun!
yule4ka
22. Apr 2024 · 15:12 UTC
I love this game! Need a time to understand how to summon and count all resources. I like this graphics and stories.
wisstopher
22. Apr 2024 · 21:12 UTC
Really cool game, loved that I would have to keep getting the book out look through it and then close it to get to my resources. A really solid entry, well done! :smile:
PixelatedFalko
22. Apr 2024 · 21:16 UTC
Great work. I really like the graphics. And the game is fun to play :)
ryusui
22. Apr 2024 · 22:09 UTC
I played the fixed.zip version and I hit an "ArgumentOutOfBoundsException" error at the final(?) challenge.

I like how the game lets you continue even if you fail a request, but I'm frustrated at how vague some of them are. I don't know which monster would be good at scaring off predators; none of them seem like a good pick for that.

Overall, having played my share of "demon summoning" games this LD which are unreasonably coy about their mechanics ("it's *demon summoning,* it's *supposed* to be obtuse and hard to figure out!"), I'm really happy that this one turned out to be a straight-up math/logic puzzle. Bugs and issues aside, this is a really solid entry.
Starlight Glimmer is best poney
23. Apr 2024 · 00:00 UTC
Worth noting that submit_hour_version.zip is unplayable because a slot doesn't work. The game turned out very fun once I got a hang of it, and the ever changing base materials were a great touch.

Watching others play your game can be extremely insightful, so I recorded my playthrough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQnlbtgZpmQ
someone
23. Apr 2024 · 00:06 UTC
ArgumentOutOfBoundsException : index - I guess I reached the end.
I had no idea which creature to summon for some of the requests.
I like how the moon phase changes the starting state to make the puzzles different.
The logic puzzles were fun and the descriptions and art in the book were nice. I did find no reason to close the book.
🎤 dreo
23. Apr 2024 · 00:10 UTC
@alaah thanks!!! appreciate it
Wicked
23. Apr 2024 · 01:13 UTC
Pretty interesting entry. I liked the different beasts, but couldn't quite figure out what the non-explicit villagers were asking most of the time.

The summoning system was simple, yet compelling and cryptic enough to sell the theme really well. Great job!
LDJam user 374028
24. Apr 2024 · 02:39 UTC
I like the mood and the characters in this game. The recipe mechanic is interesting and the phases of the mood add an interesting touch. Some recipes were incorrectly noted in the book in the pre-fix version. The Minecraft hit sound was a bit annoying. Good job team!
kjscott
30. Apr 2024 · 21:28 UTC
The embedded version of the game is failing, says the following:

"Uh oh!
If you're seeing this error, it means I can't find your index.html file.

This usually means you created your .zip file by zipping the entire folder, and index.html is somewhere like MyGame/index.html. If you recreate your .zip with index.html file in the root, this error should go away.

See the embedding guide for more details. ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/

404 Not Found"

Playing on edge browser.