Summoning Wizard by LightBoat

Summon beasts and cast spells to defend yourself.
Control your mana usage and choose spells wisely to last as long as possible.
Controls:
- Change Direction: WASD / Arrow Keys
- Cast Spell: 1-5
| Link | https://github.com/LightBoat9/Summoning |
| Link | https://lightboat.itch.io/summoning-wizard |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summoning-wizard |
Ratings
| Overall | 180th | 3.472⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 166th | 3.444⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 222th | 3.139⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 195th | 3.5⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 95th | 3.861⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 128th | 3.361⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
Impressive amount of content with a lot of nice pixel art and animations, good job!
Its very hard at the beginning, newcomers might benefit from a slower learning curve.
I had a problem with the music where it kept slowing down and glitching, turning the music off was nice but it didn't keep the setting when I started a new game.
Although the game can be overwhelming, it's a good sign that I tried several times and got slightly better with each battle. It didn't take long to understand what was going on, massive kudos for keeping things intuitive! There's a lot of different ways to balance this, like opening up the other lanes over time or having the portals on the other side of the lanes unlock as you upgrade. Being surrounded with only a couple of attacks made the early game feel super hard. Care and attention went into exactly the right places, and it makes this feel super complete, even being made within 48 hours!