Farming & Demon Summoning Simulator 2024 by thimmythimble

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made by thimmythimble for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

(Please play in full screen or things may look weird!(you may need to use the scrollbar to find the fullscreen button)

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Premise

Raj Berry has been banished from the magical realm and has settled down as a gardener. He doesn’t mind the new life, but he misses his old demon pals. He’s managed to find a book on summoning demons, but some of the pages are missing information. All he knows for sure is when he goes to bed, and the plants are planted in the correct pattern, a demon is summoned and he is reunited with his friends. He also has learned a bit of gardening knowledge, and through the rules given in his gardening book, he can figure out the correct summoning pattern. PlayerCharacter.png

Controls

Move the character around using the WASD keys

Select your wand or seeds from the toolbar using the scroll wheel, or the number keys on your keyboard.

Perform an action using the left mouse click.

Seeds can be removed by using the wand.

Open the spell book (Guide) by pressing X on your keyboard. closing with X too

Ratings

Overall 809th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 997th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 177th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 276th 4.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 611th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 232th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 667th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

WMute
16. Apr 2024 · 03:39 UTC
Original idea
BlackCat508
16. Apr 2024 · 04:16 UTC
very nice art!
tomrijnbeek
16. Apr 2024 · 19:57 UTC
Love how you took off the edge that typical summoning games have and ended up making something more pleasant. It stood out during the rating :smile:
maymay
16. Apr 2024 · 20:11 UTC
This was really fun and cute! I particularly enjoyed all the names of the different demons that you summon. The controls when gardening felt really slick but I think the gardening book was a little hard to navigate. Good job on the game :)
CaptainSpaceCat
16. Apr 2024 · 20:12 UTC
Very cool idea! I like the way you imposed restrictions on the patterns of plants, which ususally don't matter that much in farming games.
Cody Holt
16. Apr 2024 · 20:19 UTC
I think navigating the book would have been better if 'a' and 'd' (or some other key besides arrow keys) to turn the pages. Felt a little clunky, but good job.
Flokami
16. Apr 2024 · 20:25 UTC
Very cute, the patterns are very easy indeed an once you've understood how it work it's not very amusing anymore.
The fact that I have to count to make the ground ready to plant make things a bit long, specially when it's hard to count for very large pattern.
angelalb
17. Apr 2024 · 18:53 UTC
Fun puzzle game! I loved the wizard character and the demons. The buttons didn't quite match the style and felt a bit off.
nymroot
18. Apr 2024 · 00:00 UTC
very cute idea. couldn't figure out how to get the daffodil seeds... but enjoyed it regardless.
fabula_rasa
20. Apr 2024 · 09:57 UTC
Pleasant visuals and a very unique concept! At the start, it was unclear to me what 'X' in the gardening book means - all the other letters are explained, but X isn't. Also, for whatever reason, if you restart the game, you cannot access the book anymore (hotkey stops working).

Would be nice to have some music to support the mood you built. The whole experience is calm and meditative.
brainles etertainment
20. Apr 2024 · 11:32 UTC
Original idea and very nice visuals.
samboyer276
22. Apr 2024 · 20:03 UTC
loved this game! very cute graphics, simple objectives with a clear sense of progression, and the ability to grow whatever you like afterwards :)

I did have slight difficulty after losing the first time, in that the gardening book was not able to reopen by pressing 'X' anymore. reloading the page fixed it though.

Great stuff in all - congrats for finishing!