Fidget's Familiaria by dreamcastgh0st

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made by dreamcastgh0st for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Play the game at https://miomancer.itch.io/ludum-dare-55-test

The wizards of the world need familiars! Get to work collecting materials and summon them!

On the main menu, there is a dungeon, order window, and cauldron! Run through the dungeon to pick up ingredients to make familiars, use those ingredients to fufill orders or make your own familiars to take with you into the dungeon. Cauldron items are optional and for decor. There are 5 element variations for all 6 familiars! Make sure you get your orders right so you can get a better rating on Wizard Yelp.

Credits:
Coding: Dreamcastgh0st/Miomancer
Art: Booplesnoot/Routt
Character Designs: Booplesnoot/Routt/Chalk
Ui Art: Booplesnoot
Music/FX: Routt

(Post Jam game updates/bug fixes/extra content coming soon!!!)

Ratings

Overall 333th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 594th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 323th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 380th 3.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 238th 4.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 86th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 226th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 146th 4.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

PerpetualKimchi
16. Apr 2024 · 07:43 UTC
Took a bit to figure out some of the mechanics, but once I got it, it was a delight to play. Great artwork & music!
Radjax
16. Apr 2024 · 07:44 UTC
Loved it! I got lost in this one for like a half hour. The music, style and type of game was so different to anything I've played. Once I got a hang of the mechanics it was great, Good work!
awr
16. Apr 2024 · 07:47 UTC
AHHHHh this one is really cute. the art is spectacular, i LOVE the main catgirl scene witch character but also the designs of the familiars too! i found the familiar creation system a little confusing at first but i got the hang of it, and i thought it was really interesting that you could use it both for the yelp stuff and returning to the dungeon. i think you should have been able to get more MP once you had more familiars though!
Elica
16. Apr 2024 · 07:50 UTC
感谢你们制作的游戏!在如此短的时间就做了玩法如此丰富的游戏,迷宫部分加入了需要靠走位来打怪的设计,很好玩!而召唤的部分,也是需要收集对应素材。这大大增加了游戏的复杂度,可以长时间的游玩。音乐也非常好听!以及电话这个道具似乎没在游戏里看到,为什么音乐中要加电话声呢?
RoughSkin
16. Apr 2024 · 08:26 UTC
This gigantic scope for a jam, good lord! Loved the music and the art style. It's a little rough but that's a positive point if you take into acount the amount of features! Nice entry!!
Stephen Kyranakis
02. May 2024 · 03:41 UTC
I love the art and music, and I like the take on the theme! It was a little hard for me to work out the mechanics, though. I also really liked the idea that the familiars could help you with the dungeon crawling as well as with fulfilling orders
Tod Semple
02. May 2024 · 05:00 UTC
The style and the art was amazing. Nice job.
XXXI_
02. May 2024 · 07:51 UTC
Stylish art and cute music! It did took me a while to figure out the gameplay, but nice job in general
josang1567
02. May 2024 · 08:22 UTC
Good game, love the art style and the music
HollowTsun
02. May 2024 · 09:16 UTC
I love the art style and music, it gives to the game a really cool vibe ! The game idea is nice but many things didn't work for me or I couldn't find how they worked. For example I don't know how I'm supposed to follow a recipe with the ingredient changing place (where is the top or the bottom ?). Or how can I submit a creature it never worked for me even after summoning one.

Really cool game and funny overall but maybe the scope was too big, but it's impressive to produce so much in such a short time. Good job !
dotiocat
02. May 2024 · 09:30 UTC
A really cute, and fun-mood game! The soundtrack is quite cute too and the character designs are lovely, however my feedback/complaint would be the lack of description on things. While I do like trial and error, it can be a bit hard to remember all the different things or what they mean, or some things that look simple might not be to other peoples eyes.
LDJam user 277851
02. May 2024 · 10:28 UTC
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## character design is really wild! I like it XD
TentacleDream
02. May 2024 · 13:00 UTC
The art and music are fantastic, and I appreciate the unique approach to the theme! However, I found it a bit challenging to grasp the mechanics initially. Nevertheless, I particularly enjoyed the concept of familiars aiding both in dungeon crawling and fulfilling orders. It adds a dynamic element to the gameplay.
MaximeG
02. May 2024 · 14:38 UTC
Well done, super nice entry! I love the art style
Tetracold
02. May 2024 · 15:40 UTC
I really like the artstyle and the music here! both are very good! I dig the main character's design a lot as well as the creatures, they are all equally awesome.

I was a little bit confused a t first with how the game works especially with he different gameplay styles and interpreting the recipes but eventually started to pick up on it. It's a really interesting take on the theme that I haven't really seen done this way

Hope this gets enough ratings till the jam ends

Good job!
kawa-yoiko
02. May 2024 · 18:12 UTC
The presentation (visuals and audio) is great! The core gameplay built on ingredient collection and magical build-up has the potential to provide quite some time of fun.

As the gameplay streches rather far (spanning several mechanics including dungeon crawler and long-time building/management), the gameplay probably needs a bit more tutorial and polish to present all of its fun to the player. The dungeon screen has some bugs: an attack/action is carried out whenever I click a button to change the action type; also, sometimes the keyboard navigation does not work when the buttons are focused. A few selection screens outside also did not work properly (left/right navigation is glitchy).

Despite that, I'm finding the overall presentation cute, the gameplay innovative and fun, quite appreciable as a jam entry — trying to find how the story works is an unexpected extra kind of fun — and it surely has potential to become something more. It also matches the theme, and I like vibe in the brewing scene with the little recipe book. Kudos!
DonutShoes
02. May 2024 · 18:39 UTC
Cute game! Was a bit lost at first without a tutorial, but once I got the hang of it, the gameloop was very satisfying! Love all the little familiar sprites, lots to explore and try out!