AkuMAZON by Doodledu

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made by Doodledu for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Hi fun peoples, this is our first time joining a ludum dare event. Our game dev doesn't know how to use Unity, our game art doesn't know how to draw, and our design guy is a big dull dud. 😤😤 This seems like a disaster, but anyway, wish us luck =3 🤣

Welcome to AkuMAZON,

a quirky story puzzle game where you own a mysterious demon shop and summon different little demons to meet your client's need. Remember: pay close attention to the villager's stories, read the guide notes and spellbooks carefully, and always make right decisions. Sometimes it's hard to be right, huh?

Hint: you'll think this village is peaceful, but it's really NOT.
Another hint: pick your poison and save the villagers!

*Control: *
Mouse buttons for interaction
Keyboard for entering magic spells

Design: @Doodledu
Dev: @Tiger3018
Music, Sound: @Muzeeee
Art: @Doodledu @zouzhouzzz

Itch.io

We had problems uploading our html5 version to LDjam earlier. If you still can't open the game online in this page, please do not hesitate and try out our game on itch! 🥰🥰🥰

https://tiger3018.itch.io/akumazon

*YouTube Walkthrough: *

https://youtu.be/D6EEWRv2vMQ

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Ratings

Overall 407th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 703th 3.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 182th 3.861⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 103th 4.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 177th 4.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 130th 4⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 208th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 290th 3.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Pepe
16. Apr 2024 · 01:57 UTC
Site, lemme play aaaa :sob:

![akumazon.png](///raw/c3e/d5/z/63390.png)

The name of the game is such a cute pun, I wanna play it. I dunno if it's hosted on Ludum Dare's servers or what, check these logs maybe it helps
![akumazon 2.png](///raw/c3e/d5/z/633b2.png)

Good luck with the jam guys!!
tiger3018
16. Apr 2024 · 02:46 UTC
@pepe We have updated the h5 version game without the data caching function, and now it should work! Also can play it on itch.io or by no iframe directly on <https://files.jam.host/embed/$387889/30229/index.html>.
silverash
16. Apr 2024 · 03:38 UTC
Didn't quite get the sequence of summoning, but watched the youtube video and watched through. Nicely designed game!
superchao
16. Apr 2024 · 08:32 UTC
very good i like it
DuduBertolDev
16. Apr 2024 · 13:38 UTC
i really love the graphics and the mood! Congratss!!
Ghostdev708
16. Apr 2024 · 13:41 UTC
Love the music and art!

I wish you all the best of luck in your gamedev journey!
wo_ri_gou_le
16. Apr 2024 · 16:05 UTC
@tiger3018 So youe the doesn't-know-how-to-use-Unity dev? cool.
tiger3018
16. Apr 2024 · 17:01 UTC
@wo-ri-gou-le ni shuo de dui and I would prefer to use Godot next time since the engine is too heavy for a compact game
🎤 Doodledu
19. Apr 2024 · 05:14 UTC
@silverash Thank you for taking your time watching our video! it means a lot to us 🥰 Wish you best luck jammer!
LDJam user 383058
19. Apr 2024 · 05:17 UTC
I like the interesting visual novel and the beautifully designed word puzzles.
LDJam user 383058
19. Apr 2024 · 05:23 UTC
it's very meaningful and interesting story, I like how different monster has its own feature. I was shocked when the priest came ou at last
LHR
19. Apr 2024 · 06:02 UTC
the art style is great (like-gothic style?)and script is intreseting!some of puzzles are a little difficult.I like those cute demons best!
🎤 Doodledu
19. Apr 2024 · 06:15 UTC
A quick guide for players who have troubles on the puzzles:
**Client 1:** chaotic evil + likes gold + controls fire (type spell: aobdhserlh)
**Client 2:** lawful good + likes long hike + controls diseases (type spell: iicodiddal)
**Client 3:** lawful good + likes ladies + controls plants (type spell: croramrrwe)
**Client 4:**
**Bad End:** chaotic evil + likes gold + controls fire (type spell: aobdhserlh)
**Happy End:** true neutral + likes long hike + controls diseases (type spell: iicodiddal)

We're acknowledged that the summon logic might be a little ambigious, so please feel free to ask questions or give suggestions if you're having confussions!
Remhill
19. Apr 2024 · 14:54 UTC
I liked the animation in the game and the visual design itself
DeltaMain
25. Apr 2024 · 07:10 UTC
Probably I'm too stupid, but I did not manage to find a button to change language, so had to use walkthrough! Overall a funny project! Client visuals reminded me of beholder series!
tiger3018
27. Apr 2024 · 05:00 UTC
@deltamain ooooh we truly didn't set the button, and the game is also available in Chinese. It should follow your browser or device's top available language in the language setting lists. If convenient, you can share your gaming platform there to help us resolve this 🐛

And beholder! have played it years ago, a nice game to summon tenet! Its brown background seems to be fit in AkuMAZON as well XD
LDJam user 377185
30. Apr 2024 · 06:31 UTC
Cool concept, I liked the story and the art was really good. I did encounter a bug where if you accidently type too many letters you can't clear the name and have to reset the entire game though, also I can't seem to make sense of the blue demon's puzzle.

Initially I thought the sentence was "I'm in charge of diseases, and I decide who dies and lives", but
given the name is "Iicodiddal" I assume the sentence is meant to be "I'm in charge of diseases, I decide ____ ____ dies and lives", and I can't figure out what 2 words of the ones shown would make that sentence make sense.

Overall though, fun game!
Jonathan Lorenz
01. May 2024 · 13:59 UTC
Tried playing it on the webGL itchio version, but the characters were in chinese (I think) so I couldn't do anything ^^' Tried it on this page after that. Some of the texts were in english, and some in chinese. Better I guess, but still can't play it ^^'
denilseven
01. May 2024 · 18:59 UTC
This idea is very clever and the graphics are nice. Although I wasn't able to play it properly, I watched the walk-through video and enjoyed the rest of the story, which is very cool as well!

It's sad that you guys didn't have time to polish it properly and fix some bugs, but you can always fix these later!
tiger3018
03. May 2024 · 13:11 UTC
@just-a-cat thanks for your feedback on our games! Wish you enjoy the story @doodledu written in about 24 hours 🥰

We will dig into the name clearing bug. This should be cleared by click backspace or the right mouse button.

And for the blue demon's puzzle, yes we notice it days after the jam, it should be *who dies and lives*. We are going to replace the image to the correct one, since our latest package of H5 seems to be broken in the i18n module.
tiger3018
03. May 2024 · 13:15 UTC
@deltamain @jonathan-lorenz @denilseven if you guys encounter the language problems before, you can try it in the itch.io again. I have roll back the game to the initial release, and you should enjoy the game play of AkuMAZON 🤗