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I spent more time on this game than I would like to admit, it has a good flow to it and I love finding a playstyle that fit me the best (Snooky is a personal fav).\nAlso I am a sucker for neon aesthetics. good work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1075890,"author_name":"justking144","author_uid":"justking144","epoch":1714374838,"text":"Loved the gameplay, felt kinda like a rougelike flappy bird (which I kinda wanna make now lol). The story definitely made me laugh","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1075938,"author_name":"kjscott","author_uid":"kjscott","epoch":1714382568,"text":"Could not get the embedded version on Ludum Dare to work as it required Space to start, which meant that screen would just scroll down the page (seems like Edge won't get focus on the embedded game)\/","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1075948,"author_name":"DaivyIsHere","author_uid":"daivyishere","epoch":1714384739,"text":"Simple idea but really well done, amazing experience!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1075987,"author_name":"Pawciu","author_uid":"pawciu","epoch":1714392568,"text":"Goddamit this game got me hooked! I wanted to just rate this game and I end up playing like an hour and had to wake out of it! Great upgrades mechanic. \nCongrats! \"Cat summoneeeeeer!\" :fire: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076566,"author_name":"Tod Semple","author_uid":"tod-semple","epoch":1714490737,"text":"@kjscott, thanks for the bug report! I found a way to get it to load and put a tip in the descriptions. Tip: If the webpage scrolls down, reload the page and click the game after it completes loading.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076883,"author_name":"verti","author_uid":"verti","epoch":1714540601,"text":"this rules","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076887,"author_name":"s95rob","author_uid":"s95rob","epoch":1714543924,"text":"Neat little rogue-lite-lite. Great entry!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076976,"author_name":"LDJam user 377546","author_uid":"377546","epoch":1714564936,"text":"![Screenshot 2024-05-01 135933.png](\/\/\/raw\/ac2\/c5\/z\/64e8c.png)\n\nIt's perfect! Love the music and sound effects! :D Maybe the summoner could be a bit smaller so you have a chance at squeezing through some gaps (maybe that can even be an upgrade).","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077006,"author_name":"LDJam user 5143","author_uid":"5143","epoch":1714569799,"text":"![\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2024-05-01 \u0432 21.15.47.png](\/\/\/raw\/714\/1\/z\/64e92.png)\n\nA very cool reimagining of vampires! Love the balance of almost all abilities and the increasing complexity of the game in the process. The sound design suits the game well. Really liked that you can play with one hand. \n\nNot very comfortable that the cat is constantly moving down. It makes the game a little uncomfortable. If it didn't move down it would be better. Also didn't quite understand the green cat. He seemed useless and slow to me.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077015,"author_name":"Sheol","author_uid":"sheol","epoch":1714570546,"text":"![gems.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/09f\/d2\/z\/64e95.png)\n\nWhat a cute game! I really love that you made this with your kids! That's really so cool of you to do that. Overall I love the idea and would like to see it be improved on! It's actually so addictive haha. Overall really fun! Great work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077116,"author_name":"LDJam user 383058","author_uid":"383058","epoch":1714577416,"text":"So cute~~~ and satisfying to play","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077156,"author_name":"Its_Capp","author_uid":"its-capp","epoch":1714580611,"text":"I like the style! it's pretty solid and the difficulty ramps up pretty well!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077187,"author_name":"Jos\u00e9 Bonilla","author_uid":"jose-bonilla","epoch":1714583111,"text":"really cool game! color scheme reminds me of Zaxxon... Super simple but super fun.\nWhat's the green cat for?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077276,"author_name":"Stormblessed","author_uid":"stormblessed","epoch":1714591801,"text":"great game, and good job! the player feels a bit slow, but other than that and the gravity (small nitpick) It's a great game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077373,"author_name":"Okamit","author_uid":"okamit","epoch":1714599623,"text":"![Sk\u00e4rmbild 2024-05-01 233801.png](\/\/\/raw\/5f8\/93\/z\/64eba.png)\n\nAddictive game! Only suggestion I have to improve it other than balance etc is to have a cooldown time if you get hit, as it's a bit annoying to lose 5 lives instantly because you failed to avoid a clutter of yarnballs.\n\nLovely that you made this with your kids, I hope they had a great time!\n\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077616,"author_name":"dreamcastgh0st","author_uid":"dreamcastgh0st","epoch":1714641251,"text":"My best is 1221! It's surprisingly addicting.\n\nI wish that your character moved a little faster by default. If you spend too many upgrades on movement, the game quickly gets too hard, but if you don't, it's a little sluggish.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077821,"author_name":"LDJam user 385017","author_uid":"385017","epoch":1714672629,"text":"Really liked this cute game! Good job! 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The \"level 1\" at the start is aspirational thinking.\n\n# About the game\n\nI worked on this game with my 2 kids (8 and 10). When I said the theme was \"summoning\" my girls instantly thought cats. The minds of young children are inspiring.\n\n2024 is my year of Music Nation. I composed the synthwave track for the game. Go me! I'd never really composed a song before this year.\n\nWe drew most of the art by hand and touched it up in Procreate or Photoshop. I used Ableton Live for the music. Most of the instruments and sound effects are from Splice. My daughter did all the VO and put some effects on it. I used a custom game engine I\u2019ve been tinkering with for the last few years. It\u2019s C++ with emscripten for the web build.\n\nI didn't use any AI directly in the game, but ChatGPT drew a lot of concept art, and Copilot suggested a lot of code. The future is here.\n\nI love the Extra format! It\u2019s the only way I can make a game with everything in my life. I put in about the same amount of effort as a Jam game but spread over 2 weeks. For this LD, I put in about 26 hours. 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I put in about the same amount of effort as a Jam game but spread over 2 weeks. For this LD, I put in about 26 hours. 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