Summoner Pest Control by Sheol

made by Sheol for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Back from a holiday you realise something is amiss! Scratching sounds in the walls, things moving without you touching them, you realise you've got yourself a pest!

It's time to eradicate these uninvited guests and take back your castle!

Controls

WASD to move, cursor to direct minions on summon!

HOLD Keys to increase the size of your summons!

*Press 1* - Summons a minion INTO the ground! It acts like a mine

*Press 2* - Summons a minion ONTO the ground! It chases towards wherever you tell it to! (cursor position)

*Press 3* - Summons a minion IN the sky! It lands wherever you tell it to (cursor position)

Tile map art by : pixel frog

Sounds : Soundly

Link	https://smallguillotine.itch.io/summoner-pest-control
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/summoner-pest-control

Ratings

Overall	333^th	3.795⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Fun	157^th	3.955⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	552^th	3.409⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Theme	230^th	4.114⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	433^th	3.929⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Humor	111^th	4⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	263^th	3.925⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		14🗳️	21🗨️

Feedback

Sicosiber

15. Apr 2024 · 18:23 UTC

Love the art style and animations! Eventually found out I was supposed to do something with the mouse, but couldn't find a way to fight back, but yeah! Love the art style!

Suksu

15. Apr 2024 · 18:24 UTC

Interesting game idea, really like it. Maybe add a tutorial or some kind of instructions to make the game more understandable.

🎤 Sheol

15. Apr 2024 · 19:14 UTC

@sicosiber Ohh!! Okay! Noted on the controls bit haha. I've updated it to hopefully be clearer! Thanks for playing!!

@suksu Thank you!! Yeah, I think a tutorial is sorely needed to explain the controls haha but I didn't manage to get one out in time >__<.

Sicosiber

15. Apr 2024 · 19:17 UTC

@sheol woah! now that I get the controls I absolutely love it!!! Awesome work! I love the explosions and stuff! this is definitely one of my favorites!

velvetlobster

17. Apr 2024 · 16:48 UTC

love the death animation ... perhaps because I have seen that so many times cause I suck at this lol

I was kinda lost in there though, admiring the little enemies destroying the forest, they feel kinda cute and funny, the humour vibe is interesting here

Tod Semple

01. May 2024 · 04:13 UTC

That game is just oozing style. Nice! I was a little hard for me. I would have like it to ramp up in difficultly.

🎤 Sheol

01. May 2024 · 04:27 UTC

@velvetlobster Thanks for playing haha, I'm glad you liked the death animation :x I'm not really an artist so I just tried to make up for that with humor :p

@tod-semple Thanks for playing!! Yeah the difficulty was a bit hard for me to balance. I'll take note of that!

Breadliner

01. May 2024 · 04:58 UTC

Loved this game!! The gameplay is really smooth, even though I was dying a lot the first couple times I played. It fits the summoning theme super well obviously, and is one of the better uses of the theme I've seen. The graphics are really fun, there's something instantly recognizable about it. Sound design is also great, I think it could work even in an endless arcade mode with just a little bit more variation. Same goes with the gameplay, I think you've got a great set up for a deeper game with progression and customization and even story if you wanted to go that route. I had a lot of fun playtesting it!

LDJam user 55657

01. May 2024 · 06:37 UTC

I like what happens on the screen towards the end!

The mechanics are interesting, but the controls are a bit awkward since you have to run and summon at the same time.

DaivyIsHere

01. May 2024 · 10:20 UTC

Surprisingly fun game to play! Well done :)

LDJam user 5143

01. May 2024 · 13:43 UTC

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1 + 3 = win. It's enough to spam two buttons and run around to win.

But it was still a lot of fun! Everything explodes, sounds, bursts and looks very juicy.

It was very frustrating to run on WASD and hit 123. Tried arrows, but then it's awkward to aim with the mouse. Otherwise very good! Great work!

Rugg

01. May 2024 · 15:53 UTC

This was a really fun game to beat. :D I agree with the post above, maybe more controls could be on the mouse - when I wanted to hold keys down, it limited in movement. Otherwise really well done, it was a smooth gameplay.

LDJam user 337336

01. May 2024 · 16:22 UTC

Very fun to play! An addictive one.

I think that being the background green, enemies should be of other color because sometimes is difficult to track them.