LDJam user 298496

Ludum Dare 51

First Solo Entry

"A Little Bit Of Everything" is a fast-paced puzzle game in the style of WarioWare and The Impossible Quiz.

I hope you enjoy it! Click to Play

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Ludum Dare 55

Post-Jam Previews

Summoner's Chess is a weird mix of chess + checkers + killing enemy pieces to summon your own.

Thanks to everyone for their awesome feedback so far! I've been busy working on a post-jam version and wanted to preview some of the ongoing work:

✨ Visual Revamp

I'm still fairly new to game dev, so making things looks nice is pretty tricky - especially in only 48 hours. Improvements were also needed to make the summoning button much more obvious.

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♟️ Upgrading Pieces

When pawns in chess and men in checkers reach the end of the board, they upgrade to stronger pieces. Previously I was able to include the automatic upgrades for checkers men, but wasn't able to finish it for the pawns - this is now possible!

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🎥 Camera Views

By default, I included a fixed persons-eye-view of the board, which can now be rotated. I've also added a new top-down view - it's essentially Civ V's "Strategic View".

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🛠️ Custom Matches

The compo submission includes 10 progressively more difficult levels, but I kept finding myself wanting to create more and more more wackier custom layouts. So the post-jam version will include a 'Custom Match' mode for creating any layout you want. This is currently on-going work, but going well so far.

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The post-jam version will be available on itch after LD55 ends - so go follow me there if you're interested. Thanks!

First Compo Completed! Post-Jam version now live!

I'm super pleased with the results of my first compo submission, especially getting 79th place for fun (the category I'm always most worried about).

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To celebrate, I've just released the post-jam version on itch. It features custom matches, a new smarter AI, and enhanced visuals (along with much more!).

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  • 📰 For more info, check out the latest devlog
  • 🤖 To play a custom match against the new AI, head to itch!

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