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Summon to Kill the Skeletons by Joua

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made by Joua for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

First participation in Ludum Dare ever, for me and my friend @djow! Theme: Summoning

We opted to do it together but still keeping the 48H deadline of Compo still for challeging ourselves.

Summon to Kill the Skeletons is a tower defense-like game where you need to hit your summon words in the keyboard for summoning the golems that will kill the skeletons that are coming! Be fast and kill them before they reach you!

The game has a system of progressive difficulty, increasing the speed of the enemies. Try to stay alive as long as possible and let us know your best time in the comments!

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We have used some assets online cause animation and sprites are hard for programmers like us but some like the background and the summoner Girl "Morgana" we actually made by hand. We also used some AI for doing the Music and grab some ideas.

Hope you enjoy it as we did!

Game on Itch.io https://joua.itch.io/summon-to-kill-the-skeletons
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summon-to-kill-the-skeletons

Ratings

Overall 605th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 841th 3.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 856th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 210th 4.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 879th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 566th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

AcsiD
15. Apr 2024 · 01:21 UTC
Really nice Game.
Love the music
pres2300
15. Apr 2024 · 02:43 UTC
I love me a typing game! Great entry. I was jamming to the music the whole time.
LDJam user 388487
15. Apr 2024 · 07:45 UTC
That was really hard :crying_cat_face: but also fun
I think it would be nice if you increase speed of enemies progressively
djow
15. Apr 2024 · 11:47 UTC
Hi @pupirka! The speed of the enemies increase progressively indeed! We think that this make it very hard, but we also think that was a good way to make you try to stay alive as long as possible! Thanks for the comment, I'll add this information to the game description!
Dorren
16. Apr 2024 · 00:56 UTC
Great job, made me realize how slow I am at typing.
Fantastic game, nailed the theme and great levels of polish!
Ramon Camata
16. Apr 2024 · 03:11 UTC
Love the ideia, but it's a little bit hard from the beginning.
Great work
partkyle
16. Apr 2024 · 04:15 UTC
Great art style. The music is awesome. I only wish that it would play continuously when going to the main screen, but otherwise it's great.
Radjax
16. Apr 2024 · 07:15 UTC
Great job! The music is awesome and the gamepace was fast and fun. Would be cool if the typing options maybe changed as the game went on, or you had different enemy types that required multiple hits. Super fun!
Atan
16. Apr 2024 · 19:12 UTC
I like it, it is reali good but i thing the word ponzers is to long.
Nubels
17. Apr 2024 · 09:49 UTC
Cool idea, it get's very difficult though!
jcoates
17. Apr 2024 · 21:37 UTC
This is a fun little typing game. I tried to play twice to see if I got new words on future plays, but just the fixed three words in a neat skill to need to develop too.
LDJam user 374168
19. Apr 2024 · 05:12 UTC
Pretty fun take on the typing genre! My best score/time was 6800 and about 2.5 minutes. Really simple game with a fun gameplay loop. I personally would've liked to see more normal words, and having them switch every couple of spellcasts, as the weird words were a bit tough to remember and I kept confusing myself when quickly typing a spell. Really fun overall, great job!
LDJam user 372231
19. Apr 2024 · 17:12 UTC
it amazing and I hate it:D its so challenging and I'm not a native English speaker so it really is hard to type these word. so maybe just make the skeletons slower in the beginning? Overall great job and amazing art
Gonzo13
20. Apr 2024 · 12:11 UTC
Difficult one. Boring to type the same word each time.
ScrivenerOfLight
20. Apr 2024 · 17:32 UTC
I like the idea a lot. And the execution was clean. But the use of the exact same words was a bit of a downer. That said, it was fun and challenging. I liked the overall art aesthetic and the sound effects. A great entry for the jam!
Frango
20. Apr 2024 · 19:02 UTC
Nice mood and pacing, this makes me reconsider my ability to type quickly on the keyboard lol
Typing the same words each time helped me to memorise them and be quickly when skeletons being faster.
I often risk having to look too much at the letters to type rather than the skeletons, which I risk not seeing until I lose HP.
Overall I enjoyed it and it's fun to play! :D
gamepad-coder
26. Apr 2024 · 02:17 UTC
Really solid! I loved playing this one.
Keep it up!
Mibi88
01. May 2024 · 10:48 UTC
A quite good game, but it's a bit simple, the graphics and the audio are amazing!
Mibi88
01. May 2024 · 10:48 UTC
A quite good game, but it's a bit simple, the graphics and the audio are amazing!