Fidget's Familiaria

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.21
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Play the game at https://miomancer.itch.io/ludum-dare-55-test

The wizards of the world need familiars! Get to work collecting materials and summon them!

On the main menu, there is a dungeon, order window, and cauldron! Run through the dungeon to pick up ingredients to make familiars, use those ingredients to fufill orders or make your own familiars to take with you into the dungeon. Cauldron items are optional and for decor. There are 5 element variations for all 6 familiars! Make sure you get your orders right so you can get a better rating on Wizard Yelp.

Credits:
Coding: Dreamcastgh0st/Miomancer
Art: Booplesnoot/Routt
Character Designs: Booplesnoot/Routt/Chalk
Ui Art: Booplesnoot
Music/FX: Routt

(Post Jam game updates/bug fixes/extra content coming soon!!!)

Comments17

PerpetualKimchi
PerpetualKimchi16 Apr 2024, 07:43
Took a bit to figure out some of the mechanics, but once I got it, it was a delight to play. Great artwork & music!
Radjax
Radjax16 Apr 2024, 07:44
Loved it! I got lost in this one for like a half hour. The music, style and type of game was so different to anything I've played. Once I got a hang of the mechanics it was great, Good work!
awr
awr16 Apr 2024, 07:47
AHHHHh this one is really cute. the art is spectacular, i LOVE the main catgirl scene witch character but also the designs of the familiars too! i found the familiar creation system a little confusing at first but i got the hang of it, and i thought it was really interesting that you could use it both for the yelp stuff and returning to the dungeon. i think you should have been able to get more MP once you had more familiars though!
Elica16 Apr 2024, 07:50
感谢你们制作的游戏!在如此短的时间就做了玩法如此丰富的游戏,迷宫部分加入了需要靠走位来打怪的设计,很好玩!而召唤的部分,也是需要收集对应素材。这大大增加了游戏的复杂度,可以长时间的游玩。音乐也非常好听!以及电话这个道具似乎没在游戏里看到,为什么音乐中要加电话声呢?
RoughSkin
RoughSkin16 Apr 2024, 08:26
This gigantic scope for a jam, good lord! Loved the music and the art style. It's a little rough but that's a positive point if you take into acount the amount of features! Nice entry!!
Stephen Kyranakis2 May 2024, 03:41
I love the art and music, and I like the take on the theme! It was a little hard for me to work out the mechanics, though. I also really liked the idea that the familiars could help you with the dungeon crawling as well as with fulfilling orders
Tod Semple
Tod Semple2 May 2024, 05:00
The style and the art was amazing. Nice job.
XXXI_2 May 2024, 07:51
Stylish art and cute music! It did took me a while to figure out the gameplay, but nice job in general
josang15672 May 2024, 08:22
Good game, love the art style and the music
HollowTsun2 May 2024, 09:16
I love the art style and music, it gives to the game a really cool vibe ! The game idea is nice but many things didn't work for me or I couldn't find how they worked. For example I don't know how I'm supposed to follow a recipe with the ingredient changing place (where is the top or the bottom ?). Or how can I submit a creature it never worked for me even after summoning one.

Really cool game and funny overall but maybe the scope was too big, but it's impressive to produce so much in such a short time. Good job !
dotiocat2 May 2024, 09:30
A really cute, and fun-mood game! The soundtrack is quite cute too and the character designs are lovely, however my feedback/complaint would be the lack of description on things. While I do like trial and error, it can be a bit hard to remember all the different things or what they mean, or some things that look simple might not be to other peoples eyes.
TentacleDream
TentacleDream2 May 2024, 13:00
The art and music are fantastic, and I appreciate the unique approach to the theme! However, I found it a bit challenging to grasp the mechanics initially. Nevertheless, I particularly enjoyed the concept of familiars aiding both in dungeon crawling and fulfilling orders. It adds a dynamic element to the gameplay.
MaximeG2 May 2024, 14:38
Well done, super nice entry! I love the art style
Tetracold
Tetracold2 May 2024, 15:40
I really like the artstyle and the music here! both are very good! I dig the main character's design a lot as well as the creatures, they are all equally awesome.

I was a little bit confused a t first with how the game works especially with he different gameplay styles and interpreting the recipes but eventually started to pick up on it. It's a really interesting take on the theme that I haven't really seen done this way

Hope this gets enough ratings till the jam ends

Good job!
kawa-yoiko
kawa-yoiko2 May 2024, 18:12
The presentation (visuals and audio) is great! The core gameplay built on ingredient collection and magical build-up has the potential to provide quite some time of fun.

As the gameplay streches rather far (spanning several mechanics including dungeon crawler and long-time building/management), the gameplay probably needs a bit more tutorial and polish to present all of its fun to the player. The dungeon screen has some bugs: an attack/action is carried out whenever I click a button to change the action type; also, sometimes the keyboard navigation does not work when the buttons are focused. A few selection screens outside also did not work properly (left/right navigation is glitchy).

Despite that, I'm finding the overall presentation cute, the gameplay innovative and fun, quite appreciable as a jam entry — trying to find how the story works is an unexpected extra kind of fun — and it surely has potential to become something more. It also matches the theme, and I like vibe in the brewing scene with the little recipe book. Kudos!
DonutShoes
DonutShoes2 May 2024, 18:39
Cute game! Was a bit lost at first without a tutorial, but once I got the hang of it, the gameloop was very satisfying! Love all the little familiar sprites, lots to explore and try out!

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