Luminaries by superjai
Summary
Inhabit an enigmatic realm where a strange tesseract summons Luminaries from an astral plane of pseudo-reality.
How to Play
Open portals to unravel the Wizard's mystery!
- Drop Luminaries onto tomes to obtain magical essence.
- Unlock crystals to summon more Luminaries.
- Unlock statues to obtain essence faster.
- Control Luminaries with drag/drop or double-click.
- Click on portals to navigate rooms, or use A/D keys.
Watch out for Specters of Chaos!
Team
Made by: Jeremy Weeks (@superjai), Zach Hahn (@Kidabra) and Jake Grice (@Jake-G)
Play it Now!
See the links below to play in the browser (no download required).
Screenshots



| Link | https://jeremys-stuff.com/games/ld55 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/luminaries |
Ratings
| Overall | 169th | 3.987⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 266th | 3.8⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 339th | 3.638⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 101th | 4.313⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 29th | 4.613⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 53th | 4.188⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 274th | 3.583⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 97th | 4.154⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 65🗨️ |
Gameplay is chill. Would like to have some activities while I am waiting for resource to gather
The graphics are way to cute. The gameplay is addictive.
The gameplay loop does get kind of stale fast, some more added variety on screens (more than auto-gathering and producing) would help immensely!
What I liked:
- Cute Graphics and Artstyle
- Nice Sound and Humor.
- Different Assets for the Luminaries
- Great Controls and no Bugs!
- Scenery was put well together.
What I didn't like:
- Kind of repetetive Gameplay.
- Progression was a bit repetetive, too.
- Fighting was kind of hard to manage. Maybe better selection? Multiple at once?
Overall: Awesome! Keep up the good work!
At first I didn't understand the mechanics despite the help texts, but after I figured it out the game really shined!
It's really impressive how you was able to implement such a solid progression in a jam game format!
LLove this game.
just the best ! 5 stars everywhere!
loved it. But i just think it is a little too much grinding... (personal preference)
I got halfway up the progression tree on stream, so I think the progression makes this game a good teaching tool for compounding interests, while being cute and low stakes. Also great job on the music and flute, it gives a medieval knights of the round table at dinner feel, festive.

https://youtu.be/Foe4js2jhJ0
And I'm the host for the ludum dare score chasers tournament this Ludum Dare. Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video. Last year for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_eIvjBmIQ
the game was still amazing, well done !