The Summoned Struggle: Tales of a Tag-Along Demon by MartenJ
The Story
You're a little demon trying to earn some respect down in the underworld, just so you can build up enough rep to get summoned by a wizard up in the overworld for a showdown.

Because for a demon, there's nothing cooler than getting summoned for a boss battle. Well, you see, underworld life can get pretty dull, so getting summoned by a powerful wizard is quite the thrill for a little demon.

In a fight like that, the adrenaline kicks in, and once the battle's over and once it's over and you're back in the underworld, it's back to the grind, getting stronger and aiming to become a mighty demon.

How to Play
- Move: w/a/s/d
- Melee Attack: Left mouse click
- Range Attack: Right mouse click
- Interact: Space
You walk through a dungeon and collect reputation. Once you've gathered enough reputation, you can start a boss fight. After defeating the boss, you can choose a reward, and then it's back to the dungeon to collect even more reputation. Currently, there are five boss fights, and then the game is won.
Windows Getting Started
- Download zip from this page
- Unzip the file downloaded
- Start the .exe
Tools
- Unity
- Aseprite
Ratings
| Overall | 504th | 3.632⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 263th | 3.803⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 759th | 3.184⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 409th | 3.895⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 438th | 3.921⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 605th | 2.986⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 888th | 3.243⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 59🗨️ |
Especially the back-and-forth between the underworld and the summons, that felt fresh.
Also loved the flat paper graphics, though it was often hard to tell when you're aligned for ranged attacks against bosses.
I would just make more obvious that you have collected enough to go fight with a boss and somehow make the melee more enjoyable as I was just left clicking the hell out of it.
I think the ranged is a bit broken, with some damage and speed I could destroy everything easy.
At one point my summoner died (or disappeared) and the game didnt end.
The fact that you can do the ranged attack only on the line that has your character seemed weird since I have full movement on the gameplay plane, but maybe that could be made work.
On the whole, a pretty enjoyable game.