My tiny friend and I went on a puzzle adventure in the forest... by thristhart

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made by thristhart for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

...to become a witch's familiar and get our heart's greatest desire!!

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A block-pushing puzzle game featuring the tiny creatures of the woods. Use WASD to move, E to swap characters, Z to undo, and R to restart.

Ratings

Overall 118th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 84th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 469th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 294th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 408th 3.386⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 294th 3.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 213th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

panicmore
07. Oct 2024 · 22:53 UTC
I really like the personification of the characters in this - very cute!
Vipaka
07. Oct 2024 · 23:00 UTC
The difficulty curve was pretty steep on the puzzles being immediately intermediate, but I liked the pixel work a lot! I found the controls a little bit hard to use.
AdrellaDev
07. Oct 2024 · 23:01 UTC
Love this one! Great idea for a puzzle game
Tavox
07. Oct 2024 · 23:06 UTC
Real cool Artdesign. Especially the House at the start got me to think, man that looks good. And then the gameplay was funny and intuitive. And sometimes I had to rethink my actions. Undo is great by the way.
BestJess
07. Oct 2024 · 23:48 UTC
Puzzles feel really well done, but definitely too hard for me! I'm a casual when it comes to puzzle games, and found myself stuck for frustrating periods of time just on the 3rd and 4th puzzles (did not make it past the 5th). Certain mechanics (like the fact that the turtle can move WITH the mouse, or can also carry rocks) could have been communicated more clearly. But when I did succeed, it felt great! A slower difficulty ramp up would have made this perfect.

And the writing is delightful, especially the raven and the toad. I would've given up much sooner if I hadn't been genuinely interested to see what they would say next! I could see myself replaying this! I want to know how it ends!
Jacob VanDomelen
08. Oct 2024 · 00:05 UTC
Extremely tightly designed and well executed puzzle game. I'm surprise how far you were able to take the puzzles with how simple the creatures abilities are. Also, art and writing were a nice touch!
Shiiro 10psi
08. Oct 2024 · 23:40 UTC
This is a very well put together puzzle game. The characters all have their own unique mechanics that are used to build interesting puzzles. Art and sound design are great. Perfect length for a jam game as well.
Ghatazorg
10. Oct 2024 · 21:40 UTC
I really appreciated the complexity of the puzzles ! Nice game and cute characters :)
Zliebowitz
14. Oct 2024 · 00:03 UTC
It feels a little short (although it does hit htat 5-10 minute ludum dare sweet spot so that's proably a good thing), and the polish more than makes up for it. Great entry! The music in particular really stands out for setting a good mood.
Pimping
14. Oct 2024 · 13:36 UTC
Love the concept and realization, well done guys, also art is great!
Urfoex
14. Oct 2024 · 18:55 UTC
Nice little puzzle game 👍
Nice characters with unique features on each.
moonlightbomber
15. Oct 2024 · 07:29 UTC
Everything about this game is cute.
moonlightbomber
15. Oct 2024 · 07:29 UTC
Everything about this game is cute.
LDJam user 243193
15. Oct 2024 · 09:40 UTC
Lovely good short puzzle game, I always love this kind of game. I have completed the game also.
magus77
16. Oct 2024 · 17:59 UTC
Cute game , nifty puzzles and i love how the characters came to life trough their conversations
Empyreans
23. Oct 2024 · 19:00 UTC
I didn't manage to complete it with you present due to tech difficulties, but a bit later that day I went back and completed it all on stream! Thank you for bringing it :)

My mind couldn't compute for a while how such a small turtle could carry big rocks on the back, but it makes perfect sense. A really beautiful, creative puzzle game! :turtle:

https://youtu.be/BkUsa5doen0

~XpMonster
Conor Wilson
24. Oct 2024 · 12:59 UTC
I am so glad I got to play this one before game ratings completed. What a great little gem of a game!! Extremely cute story premise that perfectly matches the theme, and some genuinely head-scratching puzzles that got me genuinely stumped for a while (particularly liked the frog/crow puzzles where you're having to play leapfrog moving them on and off the same button). Well done!!

![familiars.png](///raw/2b6/16/z/6910f.png)