{"author_link":"\/users\/bowen","author_name":"Bowen","author_uid":1314336,"comments":[{"id":1038508,"author_name":"Ronn Fever","author_uid":"ronn-fever","epoch":1713235768,"text":"Hah - a reversal of the survivors genre... but that was already a reverse of the bullet hell genre, love it! Great idea, executed very well. Loved the mix of summoning small minions and using my mouse to gesture for larger ones. I never got the module to work, so the arrow gestures still elude me, but other than that I think that by the end my summoning skills were at least a solid B+. Very fun, great job by the team.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038594,"author_name":"Bowen","author_uid":"bowen","epoch":1713236258,"text":"@ronn-fever Wow, think you for comment! It's sad that it is no time to design upgrade system and tutorial making better experience.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038674,"author_name":"Timidger","author_uid":"timidger","epoch":1713236718,"text":"My game was also inspired by Vampire Survivors! Glad our names didn't end up conflicting because I nearly used yours.\n\nRead through the instructions before playing but wasn't super clear by what guts were or how W\/D controlled the camera. Once I played I realised it's actually quite hard to explain.\n\nI was a little overwhelmed once I got going, mostly because of two reasons:\n1) When I moved the documents I accidentally spawned dudes. Which helped me not lose, but was distracting and confusing.\n2) The documents totally covered my view, even once I did my second playthrough when I knew what I was doing it took up so much space. I wonder if a little area for the documents out of the way like Paper's Please would have made it cleaner?\n\nThe different mechanics for summoning was cool. I liked seeing the documents, knowing I had to do inputs in some way but it not working, then getting the \"aha\" moment when I saw in the rules what I had to do.\n\nI missed how to turn the docs. I figured it out, but having an indicator that you can click the corners would be useful.\n\nI tried to connect my microphone but unfortunately it didn't work. I really wanted to summon that meteor! Maybe I missed in the description but I didn't realise I needed a microphone. Maybe you could have an alternative input for those that don't have one?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038952,"author_name":"poboy","author_uid":"poboy","epoch":1713238433,"text":"This game looks really cool, but unfortunately I really couldn't figure out the controls. I think I'm the eye wall and I'm supposed to move downwards and need to kill the knights before they hit the wall? And I can summon the meteorite via voice, but I couldn't figure out the TOWER\/HERO or the drawing stuff. I'll have to come back to this one, I could see this being really neat","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1041888,"author_name":"Bowen","author_uid":"bowen","epoch":1713264869,"text":"@timidger I'm happy that you experience most of things in our game, and use them to defeat heros. For the meteorite, maybe you have to connect a microphone in advance and say clearly \"Meteorite drops down\" as the chant book writes, I hope you can try it again and summon that big rock!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1049363,"author_name":"Kirass","author_uid":"kirass","epoch":1713303725,"text":"Interesting game! I like it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1051700,"author_name":"your","author_uid":"your","epoch":1713323751,"text":"What a creative idea! I like how it's a play on Vampire Survivors while also having it's own identity, being a management game too! The different ways of protecting yourself makes gameplay engaging and fun, especially when you're clicking and dragging around all of those documents trying to just hastily find the one you haven't committed to memory yet. Overall a great game! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1056008,"author_name":"woona","author_uid":"woona","epoch":1713375067,"text":"I appreciate the amount of different summoning mechanics! It's a bit of a shame that tutorial books are obstructing a big part of the screen, so it's difficult to see battle going on.\n\nI think the game would benefit from introducing mechanics step by step. There is a lot of stuff to do, but you throw everything at the player at the same time. For example, first you teach the player how to use left click summon. Then let the player switch summoned monsters. Then, teach the player to draw circles. And so on, and so forth.\n\nBy throwing too much stuff all at once, you make the game seem complicated, while in fact it's fun!\n\nStill, great job making it! You managed to make so many cool features!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1057506,"author_name":"clema","author_uid":"clema","epoch":1713388218,"text":"This is a really great idea! I had fun playing this. Not sure why it didn't get as much ratings as it deserves. (I think you could try upload .zip instead of .7z as 7z is less common format? )","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058960,"author_name":"Bowen","author_uid":"bowen","epoch":1713410909,"text":"@kirass @your thank you for your comment!!!\n\n@woona It's true that we make a lot of function but have no time to make these functions gradually unlocked because we have one professional progarmmer who is me:( Anyway, thank you for these suggestions.\n\n@clema Maybe you are right. Using 7z is my own habit. I will upload a zip version soon. Thank you for your advice.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1059219,"author_name":"SayuriNyooko","author_uid":"sayurinyooko","epoch":1713418854,"text":"That's the game I like, very simple, fun and charming! Thank you!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1059645,"author_name":"givit-game-studios","author_uid":"givit-game-studios","epoch":1713431338,"text":"An interesting take on theme, well done.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1065253,"author_name":"Bulba","author_uid":"bulba","epoch":1713559887,"text":"That's a great idea. It's a bit like Vampire Survivor.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076015,"author_name":"LDJam user 259037","author_uid":"259037","epoch":1714397494,"text":"I could be wrong, but I think the 7z file might not work anymore?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076958,"author_name":"Bowen","author_uid":"bowen","epoch":1714560656,"text":"@jerem-watts Use zip file instead of.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bingyan.itch.io\/summonsurvivor","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"93498","g_author":"1314336","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"439788","g_title":"Summoning Survivor","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"984","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"386358","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"386358","n_urlkey":"439788","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/summoning-survior","n_slug":"summoning-survior","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"314336","n_created":"1712808050","n_modified":"1778654246","n_version":"1227615","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":314336,"body":"Play as the **Demon King**, summoning demons with you mouse, your keyboard your voice and even drawing magic circles, commanding an army of demons, bulldozing what you see in front of you, and incoming braves... Master **a variety of summoning techniques** while managing your army and managing your desktop!\n\n## Description\nOur game **Summoning Survivor** tells the story of a newly appointed Demon King. The job of a Demon King is to summon monsters to attack cities, but your summoning skills only got you a C- at Demon King University and have been pretty much forgotten. When you just opened the summoning tutorial left by the previous Demon King, Guts attacked. You had to learn summoning techniques while surviving the Guts and raiding the territory.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092923.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631d6.png)\nThere are so many different **summoning techniques**, and the best way to become proficient at them is to remain patient and persistent, and don't forget to check the book and the phone. As the Demon King, stand firm and let no one get in the way of your journey.\n\n## How to Play\nThis game is inspired by Vampire Survivor, but this time you'll need to play as the Demon King, using summoning techniques to summon all sorts of monsters to repel the incoming braves and keep moving forward until all of them are destroyed. As you advance, your summoning skills will be refined and you'll learn more ways to summon. You can dodge Guts' attacks by backing away from them, but the game ends when you can't back away from them, or when they are defeated.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092946.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631e7.png)\nWhen summoning, various **summoning books** (actually not a book, but a piece of paper in the game) helps you record spells and calculate cooldowns; the **Book of Summon** helps you gain basic knowledge, and the **Phone** provides you with additional assistance, and there's another three books(actually papers) with commands; but the books may **block your screen**, letting the incoming Guts stay out of your sight, despite the fact that you have many (no one has counted them, it may be close to infinite) eyes.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092951.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631db.png)\n\n## How to Control\n- Use **W\/S** to move the Demon King back and forth\n- Hold down the **LMB** to **drag** the books and the phone, click on the **edges** of the Book Of Summon to **flip**\n- Different summoning methods are available, including tapping, key input, and even drawing symbols on the screen and voice summoning. \n    + **Summon Monsters with Tentacles**: Click LMB, switch monster with A\/D, check the Toggle Bar on the lower right corner of the screen\n    + **Summon Support with Arrows**: Hold Down Ctrl + W\/A\/S\/D, you can check your MODULE Phone for command\n    + **Summon Elite Monsters with Drawing**: Hold Down RMB to Draw, you can check the Draw Book for the pattern\n    + **Summon Magic Spell with Chant**: Chanting the spell with your MICROPHONE, you can check the Chant Book for spell\n    + Each command has a separate **COOLDOWN**, and you can check them in the book\/phone\nWhen you want to learn about the summoning methods, turn to **Book of Summon**. 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Master **a variety of summoning techniques** while managing your army and managing your desktop!\n\n## Description\nOur game **Summoning Survivor** tells the story of a newly appointed Demon King. The job of a Demon King is to summon monsters to attack cities, but your summoning skills only got you a C- at Demon King University and have been pretty much forgotten. When you just opened the summoning tutorial left by the previous Demon King, Guts attacked. You had to learn summoning techniques while surviving the Guts and raiding the territory.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092923.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631d6.png)\nThere are so many different **summoning techniques**, and the best way to become proficient at them is to remain patient and persistent, and don't forget to check the book and the phone. As the Demon King, stand firm and let no one get in the way of your journey.\n\n## How to Play\nThis game is inspired by Vampire Survivor, but this time you'll need to play as the Demon King, using summoning techniques to summon all sorts of monsters to repel the incoming braves and keep moving forward until all of them are destroyed. As you advance, your summoning skills will be refined and you'll learn more ways to summon. You can dodge Guts' attacks by backing away from them, but the game ends when you can't back away from them, or when they are defeated.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092946.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631e7.png)\nWhen summoning, various **summoning books** (actually not a book, but a piece of paper in the game) helps you record spells and calculate cooldowns; the **Book of Summon** helps you gain basic knowledge, and the **Phone** provides you with additional assistance, and there's another three books(actually papers) with commands; but the books may **block your screen**, letting the incoming Guts stay out of your sight, despite the fact that you have many (no one has counted them, it may be close to infinite) eyes.\n![QQ\u56fe\u724720240416092951.png](\/\/\/raw\/2aa\/f5\/z\/631db.png)\n\n## How to Control\n- Use **W\/S** to move the Demon King back and forth\n- Hold down the **LMB** to **drag** the books and the phone, click on the **edges** of the Book Of Summon to **flip**\n- Different summoning methods are available, including tapping, key input, and even drawing symbols on the screen and voice summoning. \n    + **Summon Monsters with Tentacles**: Click LMB, switch monster with A\/D, check the Toggle Bar on the lower right corner of the screen\n    + **Summon Support with Arrows**: Hold Down Ctrl + W\/A\/S\/D, you can check your MODULE Phone for command\n    + **Summon Elite Monsters with Drawing**: Hold Down RMB to Draw, you can check the Draw Book for the pattern\n    + **Summon Magic Spell with Chant**: Chanting the spell with your MICROPHONE, you can check the Chant Book for spell\n    + Each command has a separate **COOLDOWN**, and you can check them in the book\/phone\nWhen you want to learn about the summoning methods, turn to **Book of Summon**. 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