Love and Slaughter by Ness

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made by Ness for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

You're just a demon and you're trying to cook a nice meal for your lovely demon partner. However, some weird old wizard keeps summoning you to slaughter their enemies in combat, so get through that quick to make it back before your cake burns!

All art, music, and code was created by our team during the jam :)

Ratings

Given 2🗳️ 4🗨️

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Tuna545
16. Apr 2024 · 19:57 UTC
Really liked the theme! It is very funny and innovative. The music and sfx really fit the tone. The only change I've would make is to make the battle map a bit smaller because it was hard to find the summoning portal.
Shyoko Ghost
16. Apr 2024 · 20:16 UTC
I like designs about cooking for friends.But the battle map is too big, it's difficult to find summoners, and my cake always burns
JHax
17. Apr 2024 · 16:28 UTC
Cool idea and the art and music are all excellent. It was a little frustrating that finding the summoner felt a bit down to chance rather than something you could work out (unless I'm missing something). But I can see that it'd defeat the point a bit if it was too easy.

Also, I don't know if you did this deliberately, but great job on getting this file size on your game zip for a game about demons and stuff
![LoveAndSlaughter.PNG](///raw/53b/c2/z/64202.png)
Durrani19
17. Apr 2024 · 18:42 UTC
Very creative twist to the theme, overall presentation and humor is great. "DEmoN I SUmmOn THee" is gonna be stuck in my head today haha!
The anxious feeling of find that portal and not wanting the cake to burn was intense in a good way! But it might be a bit too punishing at the moment.
Also found that the game froze at the burnt cake screen.
Felin
17. Apr 2024 · 18:52 UTC
I like the theme and the game itself, but I feel like there could be some work done on balancing - map is too big, would be good to have some type of hint to where the summoner is. Otherwise solid.
Meranolean
17. Apr 2024 · 20:02 UTC
You arts are awesome! And settings is very fun. But movement feels strange and there's no clue to help find the summoner. At least I didn't understand it.
Master-YEET
17. Apr 2024 · 22:40 UTC
Nice game with AAA voice acting. However I agree with the others that the map is a bit too big, I had trouble finding the summoner.
nox282
18. Apr 2024 · 01:52 UTC
I didn't find the summoner :( a little arrow pointing to the summoner after a timer would have been nice. I really liked the art and the plot though, super original and well polished.
Salanyel
21. Apr 2024 · 14:23 UTC
Good vibe, arts, musics.
It felt very good to cook for the familly :P
ThunderChief
23. Apr 2024 · 17:37 UTC
Amazing take on the theme, Begin a nice family demon just trying to cook diner, only to be constantly summoned by these pesky humans is really an original one. Nicely done!