Abyssmal Painter by EnderDremurr

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made by EnderDremurr for Ludum Dare 55 (COMPO)

Game where you summon speels, monsters and more by selecting elements on wheel.

Controls: LMB - open element wheel, after you select elements projectile will be launched where cursor was at the moment of click

Shop opens after every wave ends, here you can buy more elements!

Screenshot from 2024-04-14 17-43-32.png

Ratings

Given 3🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 388431
15. Apr 2024 · 02:47 UTC
I was a bit confused by how the different elements came into play. The idea of needing to click reflexively is neat, I just think some more clarification was needed on certain things. Like the art a lot, cool vibe!
nathmate
15. Apr 2024 · 04:41 UTC
I'm guessing that different glyph combinations do different amounts of damage to different enemies, but can't say for sure. If that is the case the game ought to communicate it to the player, and which enemies are weak to which glyphs.
LocksmithArmy
15. Apr 2024 · 19:20 UTC
That was just a joy, almost theraputic. Thanks for the upload.
Certainly takes a bit to understand, but its quite fun once you get the hang of it.
Owtuvammo
15. Apr 2024 · 19:20 UTC
Echoing the other sentiments. I have no idea what the different glyphs actually do. And I didn't even realize the green one was there because of the backgrounds. It doesn't help that everything moves so fast when you aren't in the summon wheel that I don't get a chance to register what I actually summoned.

Even so, I believe that there is something thoughtful happening there. I think some more onboarding / communication would greatly help.
Moonblast
15. Apr 2024 · 19:21 UTC
The drawing style is lovely, and I like the relatively high-speed movement and the time slowdown when unfolding the elements
vrdiy
15. Apr 2024 · 19:39 UTC
I'm not sure what I did, but on wave 6, and a few waves after, I started getting insane amounts of points, to the point where I had the full wheel maxed by like wave 11 I think. I was pretty much un-killable and chose to stop at wave 33. Really neat idea, was a bit confusing at first, the slo-mo when selecting is a nice touch. Some improvements could be adding shadows to the elements to see them easier(mainly the green one), and using the scroll wheel to select your element(s). Good Job!

![wave 33.png](///raw/6dd/e5/z/6211a.png)
OldDog
17. Apr 2024 · 10:07 UTC
spent a lot of time to get how to play this game,wish to see more detail