Praise the summoned Catthulhu! Update for better Player Feedback incoming.

I feel like playing some horror today, so send me horror submissions to LD55!

And check out my game about running your little dark cafe if you have time :)

Play 'Bail Out!' (web browser version + stand-alone binaries available).

Play as a skateboarder who has been summoned to make an appearance at court before noon and pay a fine for the "crime" of skateboarding. Except you don’t have any money and noon is only 2 minutes away! Skateboard around the city gathering as much loose change as you can find and make it to the courthouse in time. Just don’t get caught by the cops!

Hey guys! After dropping out of Compo I managed to releas in time for the Jam entries

I haven't made a game in almost 10 years, and I know it's very barebone, but I feel happy and I really enjoyed the jam!

Please give it a try and rate it if you fancy to :smile: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/guitar-of-the-undead

Jam: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/goblin-vs-frog Itch: https://omph.itch.io/goblin-vs-frog

Wanted to try something different for this, created a handful of mini games that on completed successfully, aid your tower and will attack the Goblin Man for you!

Was fun to try something different here, wish I had time to make some more mini games!! Let me know what you think!

Jam: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/goblin-vs-frog Itch: https://omph.itch.io/goblin-vs-frog

Good job everyone on the Game Jam! This was my first experience with any game jam and it was really fun! Learned a lot about GMS2 in the last 3 days. I definitely got lucky with my team and I would not have been able to create the same game without them ^^

Come give our game a go here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/faemori

"You are a Fae Caller from the forest village of Mori. As a rite of passage you have been sent into the deep wilds to prove your worth. Can you summon and command your minions to face the trial of the Fae Queen in this rogue-like auto-battler?"

I am new to this gamejam and it was interesting enough for me to make a game here.

I really love maids and I couldn't resist adding them here as well. When I saw the theme "Summoning" - I immediately realized that most of the game would be magic or wizards based. So I was like: "What if i make a game where you have to summon your clones to pass levels?". So I took one of the plots that were written in a dreamlike delirium as a basis.

You can try game by yourself (Windows only)

Mushroom tea for everyone :3

Have you seen our game? Give it a try!

We did it! After a very long day, broken builds and adding audio at the last minute (will we ever learn) we finally released TANKZ!

:joystick: Play TANKZ here!

Combat-first prototype

We started out with a clear idea of making something that felt a bit like "Thronefall" - but we also really like tanks. You can see how we ended up with TANKZ.

GREYBOX PROTOTYPE

This first version of the game allowed us to: * Control the tank and auto-shoot at enemies * Build buildings (that did nothing)

Greybox prototype | Not-so-greybox prototype :-------------------------:|:-------------------------: |

Designing the tanks

The tank - In Blender | The tank - In Unity (with modular upgrades!) :-------------------------:|:-------------------------: |

MAKING OF THE CHUNKY WOBBLY TANK

We wanted to to make a game with chunky wobbly tanks shooting at each other, so a lot of time was spent designing them. We made them taller than they are wide and long so when animated with physics they really look like they're about to tilt over, which we thought was really fun. We also put a lot of effort in making shaders, materials and textures so that everything fit well together in this warm beach environment.

3 LESSONS LEARNED

• Build your game with a game controller in your hands from the start - makes playtesting it on yourself fast and feels like a nice break
• Physics is always a balance and potential timesink - it worked out well for us on the player tank, but for enemies we spent too much time trying to make physics work, and actually ended up scrapping it to make the deadline.
• Make sure your build pipeline works early (we had problems, ended up setting us back a bit)

TANKZ for reading, we hope you'll play our game! :joystick:

Hello everyone, We've managed to get our game out in three days without any crunches and with a great team spirit. It's with great pride that I present to you the game we've made over the past three days. In this game, you take on the role of an apprentice sorcerer who must assemble a kaiju modal kit before summoning it. I hope you'll enjoy building this little kaiju as much as we enjoyed creating it. Enjoy the game!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summoner-kit-kimulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRHlSwD9sHo

🎩🔮 Attention all brave souls and adventurous spirits! 🎩🔮

Are you tired of the mundane, the ordinary, the utterly vanilla existence? Do you yearn for a dash of danger, a pinch of peril, and a sprinkle of sorcery in your life? Look no further, for great warlock Grishnek is here to spice up your daily routine!

Picture this: a dark, ominous castle perched atop a mountain peak, lightning crackling in the sky, and the faint scent of brimstone in the air. That’s where you’ll find Grishnek, brewing his nefarious plans and conjuring unspeakable horrors from the depths of the abyss.

But wait, there’s more! Grishnek needs YOU to assist in the summoning of an evil entity so malevolent, it makes your mother-in-law look like a fluffy bunny. Yes, YOU! Whether you’re a seasoned sorcerer or just a humble peasant with a knack for trouble, your skills are needed to bring forth this wicked being and wreak havoc upon the land.

Combine tapping the correct runes to the rhythm and drawing the correct glyphs in a shortish window to succeed.

Our second participation with my friend @aeoncl, we hope you enjoy our game :)

Now available on itch.io : https://d0v1d.itch.io/ld55

After 3 days of team work, we are very proud to present our game: Demons On Demand. You will play as a cultist who must prepare all the demon orders sent by the summoners.

We have chosen to allow you to play it with your browser but it takes a long time to load, be patient. ⏳ We look forward to reading your feedback.

Go play Demons On Demand

tired after the Ludum? to lift your spirits, therapy from our best psychologist!!! What kind of thing is this anyway? Oh my God…. https://angelmk07.itch.io/therapy

Hey everyone, that's being a taught weekends. We are made summoning a demon in the basement. Not perfect, still wip but it's having an ending. Try to become pure evil by summoning the demons.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/devil-on-the-street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR0AgNq5fq0

Narrative game using ouija table.

Play it here

It has been a few days and a late night of intense work, but we got there. 😅 This has been our first Ludum Dare, and first finished project. We would be very happy if you checked it out. All resources, including sound, music, and art have been made during the Jam.

Check it out!!!

If you love horror games or would like to try one, we would love to have you play our game.

Be careful, you are not alone!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/isle-of-the-forsaken

We just woken up after this marathon of a game and we realised that we forgot to post something... If you like incremental games like Balatro you will like this entry!

Play now at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summito

Enter!

Do you just want to kill some monsters? Check my game out: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/the-seven-crystals.

You appear in a dungeon and need to fight the monsters that attack you. It features 8 bosses!

Hi guys,there is a prank-style game.

Solve the puzzle to help the cat escape from the bad god.

Controls:

use W A S D to move the frame, and click with the mouse.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/cat-good-god-bad

The best old lady walking simulator you will ever play...

Play it here

I plan on playing some of your games later, feel free to drop some links to your games so that I can check them out and help everyone get to the 25 ratings!

And of course, if you have the time check out our game as well as it still needs to meet those 25 ratings :)

I had a lot of fun making this one. I hope I can get enough ratings!

I'll probably see if I can get it running on standalones and put up an apk for Quest 2/3 users, no promises though... Don't actually have a quest myself.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summoney-vr-only

In Dusk you play as a druid and as you try to navigate the forest you need the help of animals and plants, but watch out: Some summons cost resources so use them wisely!

(WebGL only) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/dusk

Orion is my game about forming star constellations to summon minions to fight for you! It was my most ambitious entry so far, and using an engine I haven't used for a game jam before (what could go wrong?)! I ran out of time to add some key features and polish, but happy with what I achieved on my own in 72hr.

If you're interested in the concept, try it (no download required)!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/orion

Good day everyone, I wanted to share my experience during this game jam. I had not participated in a jam in about a decade. During that time I have been working as a developer in various studios where I got very used to working with a team full of people from different disciplines. Due to this I wasn't used to build a game on my own, and I sadly was not able to finish in time.

My biggest issue was the fact that I wasted a lot of time on topics that were not relevant in the current context, such as:

1. Best coding practices - The most important thing is that your features work, period, you can come back later and optimize or organize your code, but one should not waste time making sure everything is up to a certain standard.
2. Polishing details - It's ok if your assets don't have those fancy particle effects, or if your textures look like MS Paint scribbles, as long as they can be distinguished in-game that is more than enough.
3. Game design - Keeping the scope relatively small is crucial. A small idea may lead to various features, so one should only implement those that will allow you to finish your main game loop.

I know the aforementioned points may be obvious to a lot of people, but maybe there are others out there like me who weren't able to finish because they also fell into similar rabbit holes. As always "live and learn", I had a lot of fun, and I want to congratulate every single person that published their games, great work!

See you all in the next one!

Link them in the comments and I'll play them

I can't download anything so please only share games that can be played in the browser!

The gamejam finally came to a close but what a great weekend it was. It is so much fun to see all your games and seeing what creativity there is in this community.

The main win of this gamejam is creating and (sort of) finishing our own game. Sir Lancelittle is a game that my team and myself keep coming back to because we actually like playing the game we made. The progress my team and I were able to make throughout the jam was more steadily than we have expected and we managed to reach our daily goals on all three days. To get a feel of the game see the gifs below (or play it yourself!)

Sir Lancelittle is the type of game we all like playing. There's deckbuilding, action and roguelike elements. Of course we weren't able to completely implement all the features we wanted to add, but our general idea of the game is clearly visible. Things we wanted to add but didn't because of scoping include: * More actual deckbuilding options, like removing cards, upgrading cards * More different feeling weapons and effects * Power cards (i.e. your next attack deals 2x dmg) * Usable items * An actual shop with items to buy * Actual roguelite elements to make every run feel more different * Classes (start with only swords, only magic, mix, different) * (Even) more game juice, particles * Adding EVEN more fun sound effect * More enemies, bosses, etc.

If you want to make Sir Lancelittle summon some weapons, you can find the game at ldjam or on Itch.io

Thanks for all your feedback and support and congrats to anyone who published a game themselves!

After 72 hours of development and couple of hours of sleep, I finished LD55 game and it's called Ultimate Mage Fighting! It's a spin on a Rock Paper Scissors game with some magic and retro atmosphere. Boot up that floppy drive and try it out here

In that case I'll promote mine too (doge

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/the-bread-soceress-panini

Our Submission

Because we (the ones who made it) can't even finish all 4 levels all the time. Especially the last two levels are quite hard.

Can you beat our game, Vocatio? Would love to hear from you if you did (or didn't)!

Try it out!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/ghostslayer

Would greatly appreciate if anyone came by to check it out and give ideas for it's road ahead ^^ Wish y'all luck and have a fantastic time checking out everything

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Have you also uploaded that "final build" 10 times like me?

There was always something to improve or add at the last moment!

My Game Here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/wrath-of-elements

We did it! Our game is ready!

Theme scrambled us a bit, changed the whole plan in the second day, so we had much less time but it was still fun. Hope everyone is happy with their games.

Play :arrow_right: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/emperors-gems

2152 games submitted!

Only 92 (4.16%) games has 20 Rating Received or more

Lets rate games of each other!

Send link in the comment of your game

Me too! Haha! We would really appreciate if you give our game a try!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summonpalooza

After fishing minigame and survival i finally got a chance to made an idle game!
I've been wanting to do one for a long time and the theme suited it well.

Summoner Clicker

The jam is over so it's time to look at some more (and this time also non-compo) games!

Streaming again over on Twitch

We had a lot of fun doing this game, feel free to try it and post your score :smile: We hope you'll like it :heart:

You can play here !

Hello! as in tradition, i will play your LD55 Games live on twitch!

https://www.twitch.tv/siraeron

you can submit your game here: https://forms.gle/3qRn7G2EXtKeCFp29

also check out our LD55 Entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/technorogue

After my very first jam last weekend, I have mixed feelings:

1) I am very relieved it is over as the intensity of the very limited time drained me both emotionally and physically.

2) I feel very proud of our game and my part in it (graphics + audio design + 50% game design) and I have inspiration to keep on designing it further afterwards.

Btw I love these brown gown monk/druid "towners"! I am happy they emerged during their re-design process. I will show the original characters in my next post.

Play the game here: https://tykki19.itch.io/candles-of-doom

Read more about my brothers (programming + 50% game design) thoughts here: https://tykki19.itch.io/candles-of-doom/devlog/715333/candles-of-doom-ld55-postmortem

Big congratulations to everyone who completed and those that didnt, this was our very first game jam with Ludum Dare and it was very tough! I highly encourage you to give our game a play it would mean a lot!

Very proud of our team and what we managed to get done, it was a challenge but an enjoyable one. Super fun jam and learned lots of new things as a team :) Did you also learn any new skills or techniques this jam?

Are you a battle Fairy ?

Or a master in summoning ?

Make your choice here

Our first Ludum Dare Jam is over and it was a wild ride! Very happy with how our game turned out in the end.

We hope you like it :)

Crafted Calamities

Hey there! We published our First Ludum Dare Participation!
It was a lot of fun, here's a little GIF of our game :) Don't hesitate to give us some feedbacks so we can do even better next time!

God's Apprentice Game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/gods-apprentice

My team and I have long wanted to participate in a game jam, and especially in Ludum Dare. But it was difficult to find time. This time we agreed much in advance and cleared the plans so that nothing would interfere... And it began!
One boss calls him to work on Sunday. Another person has problems with a girl and she urgently needs help...

But it was still a very interesting experience. We are glad we participate. And we are glad to see so many wonderful works of other developers.

We tried to implement an unusual idea. Alas, a lot has not yet been done. And the project is still "raw".

Naturally, it doesn't end there. And we plan to correct the project so that it becomes the way we planned to show it to you. Wish us luck. And we wish you good luck, friends!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/obscure-proxy

For some reason, it doesn't work when embedding on Ludum Dare, but it does work on Github Pages!

Here's the game: https://daniikk1012.github.io/The-Hellkitten-Server/

Here's the entry page: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/the-hellkitten-server

PS: I'm just now realizing, maybe a better word would have been 'Servant'. Well, it is what it is now

We weren't too happy with the theme initially, but honestly, it was incredibly fun by the end.

Of course a lot of games would be about demons/pentagrams/etc. but I think it's good to just lean into that hard sometimes. Also love to see the original ideas everyone came up with during the jam.

Here's a little shameless plug of our game. Enjoy!

This ludum dare was very chaotic, more chaotic than the previous one and rushed, but even though the game was simple, I really enjoyed working on it, although as always I make more songs than necessary because I'm excited and they don't end being used. I also want to highlight to people, even if your game isn't much, you can improve it in the future, the important thing is to participate and show that you did something, I wanted to thank everyone in my group for participating in this ludum dare. but that's all I wanted to say, I'm not one to write long texts (despite being a writer), good luck to everyone with your games :smile:

link for our game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/turgore

3rd times I'm in and I'm really happy to present you my game!

Combine rune (got it ?) stones to summon powerfull minions that will defend you! Choose the right invocation for the right battle! Bu be carefull to not overreact because minions will only last for one day..

PLAY IT HERE

So after almost giving up after seeing what the theme of the weekend was, my youngest son came through with some good ideas about one of my original thoughts of delivering court summons to people.

The result, a side scrolling car racing game.

Summons Racer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summons-racer

You have to deliver 4 summons per day for 7 days and earn $$$ and XP along the way.

The game was a lot of fun to make, and I am thankful that we have resources out there like Kenny.nl for assets. I wanted to add more to the game (using $$ for upgrade, earning XP for higher bonus and different types of deliveries) but ran out of time. Such is the Ludum way . . .

At any rate, please give it a try and let me know what you think.

I am looking forward to playing my share of entries as well.

Good Luck to everyone who submitted.

The key to a successful game jam isn't being a competent programmer, designer, artist, or musician - it's finding others to do your bidding!

Plumb the depths of the underworld for worthwhile talent as you race against time to finish your jam game and climb to the top of the Ludum Dare leaderboard.

Don't worry if your minions burst into flame - there are plenty of replacements in Hell!

Check it out here!

Do you want to create your own demon?

Our game: https://ldj.am/$384144

That's ma game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/initiation

Does it help to make one of these posts? Love ya

Our game might not be super polished, but we've done our best to get it as complete as possible. Sadly, there might still be a few pesky bugs here and there. Regardless, I hope our game can bring you some joy and offer a bit of relaxation. If it manages to tickle your funny bone, that would just be the cherry on top!

Play it here, and I hope you can enjoy it

This is our first time participating in ludumdare, and also the first time we've made a game together as a group. This game might not be very polished, but we still hope it can bring you some laughs. We genuinely hope to hear your feedback.

1) Leave a link to your game in the comments

2) While waiting, play games of fellow Jammers and rate them

3) ???

4) Profit

Leave comments, show appreciation and support.

Our Game (Web): Summon the Waiter and Spin a Cat

Our first experience working with neural network! Please try it in browser and give us feedback about the game! https://xakkar.itch.io/summon-craft-ritual-simulator Thank you!

I made this mushroom game for Ludum Dare 55:

You will have to cook different types of potions and then you can SUMMON mushrooms around mushroom mom to defend it. Explore different biomes, Experiment with potions.

Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/potion-cooker

In anime works, the best way to summon a hero from another world seems to be arranging for a large truck to hit the person in the real world. This is indeed a humorous but also common plot device, and we've chosen this summoning method for our theme this time. In the game, you need to select the right person to hit and also watch out for obstacles. It's a very funny game (we even included "professional voice acting" in the game), and I hope you can come and play it. :raised_hand:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/holycrash

Our very first Ludum Dare submission, although some issues with game play I am beyond happy to have participated in the this game jam, and voting for everyones games, Goodluck everyone!!

Welcome to Summonfactory!

Are you a fan of Factory games? Did you enjoy Shapez.io, Factorio or Satisfactory?

Then this game could be for you. It has a own spin, where you automate with the summoned demons.

Feed the requested items to the hellish machine to win!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/ludum-dare-55

This could be your production

The emperor is a man of many things, and a man of many requests! But fear not, you lead a competent team to serve the Emperor. However, the kingdom can present a hazard even to its own denizents. Study the map, employ your servants and answer the Emperor summons!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summond-to-serve

It would me a lot to us if you guys could give us some feedback, since this is our first game jam game. We are by no means artist but could make a lot of assets out of primitives and a tiny bit of blender for some.

We made everything our self so you can give feedback on everything.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/phasmophile

Thank you for reading :)

It was a lot of fun to work on Bean & Brew.

Using summons as a way to navigate a platformer really takes an genre that's well explored and gives it a bit of new life, by twisting the way common actions like 'jumping' and 'dashing' are used. By making 'jumping' and 'dashing' an actual entity with a delay, and attached behaviour the platforming not just about timing after you jump or dash, but also how timing works before you jump or dash. It was a fun concept to explore and I had a lot of fun!

Make sure to play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/bean-and-brew

Can you become the G.O.A.T. and defeat the current fastest 0:57:70 speedrun?

I was vaguely aware of the concept of a state machine before this jam but hadn't really seen the significance. A thing moves between different states? So what? But my collaborator @ruruie had their eye on it and pointed out that the mechanic in our game (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/witch-courtier) where the cursor is variously a wand, a paintbrush, painted different colours, etc., would be a perfect use case. This turned out to be a fantastic idea.

I followed the tutorial here: https://gdscript.com/solutions/godot-state-machine/ and pulled the logic managing entry, exit and behaviour for each cursor type into self-contained classes that the 'cursor' class could swap out as needed. What would previously have produced a byzantine, bloated and bug-prone mess of tracking variables and conditional branches split into a handful of easily manageable files. Whole new behaviours could be plugged easily into place. My only regret is I didn't use more of them and that I wasn't architecturally stricter once the pattern was laid down (I say that part after every jam).

If your code is full of conditionals, state variables and bloated classes, ask your doctor if state machines are right for you.

Wanna ELEVATE your rat game - we got you!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/blood-rite

Play a skateboarder who has been summoned to make an appearance at court before noon and pay a fine for the crime of skateboarding. Except you don’t have any money and noon is only 2 minutes away! Skateboard around the city gathering as much loose change as you can find and make it to the courthouse in time. Just don’t get caught skating by the cops!

After getting some sleep, I can finally write a little blog post for our game. At this moment, this project is the most solid out of all my jam games, so if you like my sexy art style, check out Demanager and enjoy the summoner dispatcher routine. As a reward, at the end, you will receive a prize 👀 - a picture with a girl on the beach. So, stay motivated to be the best employee until the end.

https://ravengull.itch.io/demanager

Your master have let you handle the shop while she was away. You have to satisfy the client expectation. Choose which part to put in the MAGIC CAULDRON. Summon monsters by using your CIRCLE OF POWER. Choose wisely as different parts result in different abilities for your MONSTER!

Have fun!

Hi everyone! I created the music for our LD55 game submission, gladiatorium! Summon mini fighters to fight in the colosseum but recall them before they actually get defeated. This was a lot of work for the team with time restraints but we're pretty proud of what we submitted.

Additionally, you can listen to the soundtrack separately here: https://samanthavandersluis.bandcamp.com/album/gladiatorium-original-soundtrack

Thanks so much for checking it out and I hope you also enjoy the music! :smile: :musicalscore: