Euclid's Elementals
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Ever since you started learning to summon spirits and bind demons, a part of you hoped for the chance to practice your craft within a truly great summoning circle. The Great Circle adjacent to Mauna Loa, perhaps, or one of the casting circles of the hidden Bermuda Archipelago.
Well, now you have your chance. This circle is the greatest of them all, squirrelled away at the heart of Greenland and nestled adjacent to every natural wonder a wizard can imagine.
Arctic floes on one side, and a recently-erupted volcano on another. Forests, grasslands, cliffsides.
The space between the worlds is thin here: you can touch the Platonic Realm, and it can touch you.
This place is teeming with elemental spirits. You'll have to use every bit of skill at your disposal to manage this mess.
That, and a completely unreasonable amount of chalk.
Draw geometric shapes to control and capture the elemental spirits. Repurpose elemental spirits to give you abilities and buffs. But watch out! The spirits are dangerous, and once The Summoning has begun, you must either complete it or die trying.
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- Arrow keys or WASD to move the camera.
- Left click to select a point.
- Space to toggle between drawing a line and a circle.
- CTRL+R to restart the game.
- ESC, P or M to pause and bring up the menu.
- TAB or C to pause and bring up the grimoire.
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Puzzling out the construction of grand Lattices of Power takes a bit of work, but a feeling of true wizardy awaits those who master the ways of circles and lines. Inquisitive apprentices may wish to use the sandbox for a pressure-free space to experiment.
- Open the Menu and click 'Switch to Sandbox'
- Click 'Switch to Base' in the menu to return to The Summoning.
If you manage to draw something particularly intricate, we'd love to see screenshots!
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We recommend downloading 1_05_Bugfix. It just contains a fix for a rare sigil creation bug.
The bottom link is a post jam version with a few graphical improvements and more hints. Anyone not rating games should follow the link to the release page on github and download this one.
We haven't tested the .love on Mac or Linux. It probably doesn't work on Mac.
Well, now you have your chance. This circle is the greatest of them all, squirrelled away at the heart of Greenland and nestled adjacent to every natural wonder a wizard can imagine.
Windows Download (Post Jam)
Arctic floes on one side, and a recently-erupted volcano on another. Forests, grasslands, cliffsides.
The space between the worlds is thin here: you can touch the Platonic Realm, and it can touch you.
This place is teeming with elemental spirits. You'll have to use every bit of skill at your disposal to manage this mess.
That, and a completely unreasonable amount of chalk.
Draw geometric shapes to control and capture the elemental spirits. Repurpose elemental spirits to give you abilities and buffs. But watch out! The spirits are dangerous, and once The Summoning has begun, you must either complete it or die trying.
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Controls:
- Move the mouse to control the player.- Arrow keys or WASD to move the camera.
- Left click to select a point.
- Space to toggle between drawing a line and a circle.
- CTRL+R to restart the game.
- ESC, P or M to pause and bring up the menu.
- TAB or C to pause and bring up the grimoire.
___
Sandbox
Puzzling out the construction of grand Lattices of Power takes a bit of work, but a feeling of true wizardy awaits those who master the ways of circles and lines. Inquisitive apprentices may wish to use the sandbox for a pressure-free space to experiment.
- Open the Menu and click 'Switch to Sandbox'
- Click 'Switch to Base' in the menu to return to The Summoning.
If you manage to draw something particularly intricate, we'd love to see screenshots!
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Note on operating systems and versions
We recommend downloading 1_05_Bugfix. It just contains a fix for a rare sigil creation bug.
The bottom link is a post jam version with a few graphical improvements and more hints. Anyone not rating games should follow the link to the release page on github and download this one.
We haven't tested the .love on Mac or Linux. It probably doesn't work on Mac.