the eye by José Bonilla
* A summoning for the ultimate knowledge of the universe.*
Disclaimer
Do not reveal the ultimate secret of the universe, if you find it!
Play with sound on, if possible with headphones - at least 50% of the game is audio.
Premise
An old summoner wants to conjure the Great Eye and obtain the ultimate knowledge of the universe.
the eye is a small game made in 48 hours for LD55.
Everything, including graphics, (pseudo)latin chants, effects, music, font, are made by me - save from some general-purpose Gamemaker libraries (Scribble, Input, PPFX, and some of my own - gooey, state machine and Camera).
Instructions
Hold right mouse button to start focusing. Keep the pointer inside the circle as much as possible. Your focus progress bar will grow
When you are completely focused, you will be able to chant. Select the first word to chant and click it, then do the same for the second word.
Open and close your notebook by pressing SPACE to understand what the exact ritual is to summon the great eye and what items you need to summon and where to place them.
When an item has been conjured, drag it to the appropriate spot in the pentagram, according to your notebook
Once everything is set, you will be able to summon the Great Eye by chanting VOCARE.
You have five minutes to complete the summoning ritual
FAQ
- How do I change the pages of the notebook? Use the arrows at the lower right
- How do I pause? You can't. You get one chance to obtain supreme knowledge, that's it.
- How do I mute the game? You can't and you shouldn't - it's all part of the mood of the game! Lower the volume in Windows
- How do I quit? ALT+F4
| Link | https://bitbucket.org/biyectivo/ld55-summoning/src/main/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/the-eye |
Ratings
| Overall | 204th | 3.37⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 227th | 3.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 129th | 3.522⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 107th | 3.875⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 254th | 3.042⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 67th | 3.729⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 86th | 3.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 63th | 3.826⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
Mechanics-wise, this would make for a really fun horror game! The stress as you try to get each ingredient would really work well.
I wish there was a better way to scroll to the right work. It got a bit annoying having to scroll down the entire list.
This was cool and quite unique! Very difficult. I was about to give up on my fifth try, when I miraculously made it with five seconds to spare. Truly I was blessed by the Eye.
From the screen ratio I assume this was mainly meant for a touch screen and it must be a lot easier on one. Most of the focus circles were way too fast for me using a regular mouse. But I kept reclicking and hoping for a slower one.
Really nice audio with the chanting. Nice contrast in the graphics. Sprites were a bit mixed, I feel. Nice feedback when you complete an incantation. But the main draw is the gameplay itself :)
This game is definitely one that calls for actual pen and paper. I liked that. I was bamboozled on my second try by the fact that it was randomised, but that's good. I seemed to inevitably take almost two minutes at the beginning every time just to jot down what I needed to do, so that made the actual focussing and chanting all the more stressful.
I would've liked it if I were able to type instead. Flipping through the words was very slow and sometimes I accidentally selected the word when I just wanted to move over to the other arrow and go back because I went too far. But again given this seems to have been mobile/tablet first I get why it is the way it is. But it would've evened things out a bit I feel: easier to focus on mobile, easier to chant on regular computer.
Of course the ending made me laugh! Overall this one was really cool, well done :)
But I really enjoyed the game ! The sound desing and the game visuals are great, it was a cool experience.