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Home-O-Mancer by Happy

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made by Happy for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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Controls

  • Click and Drag to move furniture and the camera
  • Click the Grimoire to summon new furniture​, or Right Click it to see the current aspects contained in your Summoning Circle
  • Right Click furniture to see aspects, interact with furniture, or banish it to the abyss
  • Use the Scroll Wheel to zoom in or out
  • Press F to flip objects!

Summon

Summon furniture to decorate your house in this home decorator puzzle game.

Starting with nothing but a few occult artifacts and your trusty Grimoire, place items around your Summoning Circle and then click your Grimoire to activate it and see what wacky things you can create!

Right click furniture to see the "Aspects" it's made of, the fundamental elements of the universe. When summoning, the aspects of all the furniture placed around the circle are combined to create a new object. It could be anything!

Decorate

As you find new furniture, you'll unlock new rooms with their own themes. Place furniture that matches the theme to fill out each room and unlock the next!

Can you collect all kinds of furniture?

Link https://happyhead.itch.io/home-o-mancer
Link https://happyhead.itch.io/home-o-mancer
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/home-o-mancer

Ratings

Overall 172th 3.982⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 208th 3.875⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 76th 4.054⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 17th 4.554⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 257th 4.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 260th 3.741⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 170th 3.815⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 195th 4⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

TypicalKin
16. Apr 2024 · 11:49 UTC
Honestly? Favourite game of the jam so far. Love how in-depth this gets and the mixing of items to create new combinations is something right up my alley. Placing down certain objects in a room to unlock another was a great to get making new summons to fulfill that room's count. The art is simple but both amusing and charming that it really adds to the mood. You guys did amazing! I'd love a way to see a collection page at some point.

![weezer circle.png](///raw/128/d5/z/63975.png)

also weezer furniture best furniture
XanaGear
16. Apr 2024 · 14:29 UTC
Really enjoying this one, a lot more depth than immediately apparent. Played it for quite a while!
Heretic
16. Apr 2024 · 14:35 UTC
nice visual style, it's quite addictive to build new combinations for summoning
Congeesetador
16. Apr 2024 · 17:08 UTC
Cozy little game that is meant to just be relaxing to play and nothing more, really fun concept to go with the theme of the jam, I loved all the sprites for the furniture and everything you could summon! It was such a relaxing experience and one of my favorite games this jam!
NaPlz98
16. Apr 2024 · 18:15 UTC
So fun game, I liked the concept a lot and it fits very well with the theme of the jam, good job guys, very fun game!
asfdfdfd
16. Apr 2024 · 18:29 UTC
This looks ilke my house. Only banish could help.
Cresceda
16. Apr 2024 · 18:29 UTC
Complex, but fun! Fits the theme and the artwork is great. I didn't get all of the summs but I did feel like getting there :).
Hugimugi7
16. Apr 2024 · 19:22 UTC
This was very good! Not gonna lie, I spent about an hour playing it, the music and the progression made it very engaging. I haven't really seen anything like this before, so I was thrilled by the unique crafting mechanic.

The game is begging for some goals to do in-game as many times I felt stuck and didn't know what I had made and what I should aim for. It seemed like there would be more rooms after the plant room, but I couldn't get there. At the end I got about 40 unique summons, but the stuckness and the lack of direction put me off.

Some sort of of book of previous summons with nice flavour text would've added to the expreience so much.
Great job, I've rarely played LD games this engaging and time consuming.
malcontento
16. Apr 2024 · 19:33 UTC
Had a very brief moment to try a game and playing this one was a total blast! I'll bookmark it at itch to give it a longer try later.

The art is amazing and I loved the tiny room!
Liu Pa Yueh
16. Apr 2024 · 20:04 UTC
The need to keep right-clicking to see object properties slows the game down a bit, and it took me a while to realize that I had to create new items based on their composition rather than pairing them with each other (I got a lot of duplicates as a result).
Not being able to zoom in to see the whole picture after having more rooms makes it hard to appreciate what you've ended up with.
Other than that, it's a lot of fun. The freedom to place what you want to summon is excellent.
LDJam user 233659
17. Apr 2024 · 01:49 UTC
I love the sprites in a 3D world style, super charming. The sheer amount of stuff you can summon is crazy!
LDJam user 342640
17. Apr 2024 · 05:01 UTC
Really cute, though I wish there was a fast sell button for when I'm trying out different recipes haha.
MartenJ
17. Apr 2024 · 19:30 UTC
I was really hooked, dont geht all summones but a lot of them. The game I playes the longest so far of this jam. really love the easy to understand but still complex puzzle ascpect. And Artwork is on point!
Forager
17. Apr 2024 · 19:55 UTC
Great aesthetic. It has such charm! :) The gameplay is presented well, and feels intuitive. Good work on the interactions and room setup.
Quinnster
18. Apr 2024 · 01:01 UTC
Really fun game! I struggled at first to get new summons but I got immense satisfaction every time I did.
dojoloach
18. Apr 2024 · 02:54 UTC
Really fun game! Figuring out the mechanics of what is going on is very satisfying
Rita.PressAnyKey
18. Apr 2024 · 15:09 UTC
OMG I spent so much time in it! The game is soooo addictive. I love collectable games, and this one is great!
I wish there were more rooms and a way to see all your collection, like, in the almanac.
One of the most fav in this jam so far. Congrats!![Screenshot_5.png](///raw/839/d5/z/6455b.png)
GoBigRedFan
20. Apr 2024 · 13:43 UTC
Very engaging game, clever concept executed extremely well. Minor point on the visual polish, would be nice if the UI elements matched the aesthetic better/was a bit more obvious (e.g. the little Banish button looks a bit wonky and is easy to miss, some hover info would be good while learning).
Cal Clarke
20. Apr 2024 · 13:45 UTC
Love the art, the music, & the unique spin on the theme. It really gave me scribblenauts & even tamogotchi vibes. Great job all round.
Lintfordpickle
21. Apr 2024 · 14:55 UTC
This is a charming little game, and a pretty unique concept. I had a lot of fun playing, although it took a little while to figure out how not to keep getting duplicate items.
Well done