Jimmy the Wizard vs the Meaty Mushrooms

by alexsmith531

co-authored: @waterspirit

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.62

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Use the blood of your enemies to summon a team of animal companions and protect yourself in order to complete....

THE FINAL SUMMON

A short enemy wave defense game made by a team of first time jammers!

Arrow keys/WASD to move.

Left click to fire a magic bolt and select summons

Space to interact with the ritual areas

Programming by Alex Smith and Skyler Kuretza

Art by Mariah Kuretza: instagram.com @ waterspirit_xo

CHANGELOG

4/16/2024 2:06 AM EST

-Fixed only the bottom portion of the shop buttons registering clicks

Tools: Godot

Comments14

accordaquo16 Apr 2024, 03:42

Danggg those are tough mushrooms! Great job on the game especially considering it was your first jam! I had fun!

crylica16 Apr 2024, 03:47

The graphics are really cute! I think the game is a bit too hard in the early game (before you get any summons) It would be nice to start off with at least one summon? I didn't expect the final summon to be summoning a boss, I thought I would get a really cool creature summon, not an enemy haha. Good job for your first jam guys!

Mcgank16 Apr 2024, 03:49

Tower defense with vampire survivors? sign me up! Really fun gameplay loop. I was running to an issue where I'd have to click the summon multiple times before it would successfully select the summon, but it would eventually work. Overall really fun game great job!

Klose16 Apr 2024, 03:51

too hard

jcoates16 Apr 2024, 04:05

Fun! I enjoyed it. I think it's pretty hard at first, to get to the point where you even have summons but maybe that's just me, haha!

I love the little guys you summon, very cute.

Also, it took me a while to figure out how to buy things. Like, from the buying screen. I kept clicking on the icons but it seems like maybe you need to click the prices?

Adam Gallina16 Apr 2024, 05:49

I really like the art, all the different stages of mushrooms and the lil guys you summon, great job. The initial difficulty is definitely really high, agree with @crylica that starting with a summon might be nice. Overall nicely done, and congrats on your first jam!

nathmate16 Apr 2024, 07:20

Good art, fun game. The early game felt significantly more difficult than the rest, which is kinda opposite to the difficulty curve you want in games normally. The boss mushroom scared the hell out of me.

Bo Dangles17 Apr 2024, 06:31

Hey! Thanks for playing and commenting on my game earlier.

I really liked your game. I think you got the movement speed of the player and the mushrooms just right. It felt like if I played well i could kite them into a group and aoe them down. The music is also really catchy.

WhaleJam17 Apr 2024, 20:18

The start of the game was so difficult but once I managed to get 2 bears down it was pretty good, I love the art style and the mushrooms look funny, the summons are super cute too and I like that they all do different things! Love the weird pig cat at the end too, great job ^^

thormoth22 Apr 2024, 06:17

Solid entry, like the art a lot. Found it a very difficult start though, only a few my (sadly many) attempts managed to get any summons etc.. as I would end up dying in most. My skill issue's aside, this was a nice entry and well done for a first jam!

deadjolly25 Apr 2024, 02:29

The game definitely has an addicting factor trying to get your summons built up! I will say that getting the first summon is really, really difficult. Seemed like a summon that healed the wizard would have been a good early choice design wise. Simple sounds for fireballs hitting enemies would really add to the experience. The shroomguys walking backwards was hilariously disturbing. Nice game for a first entry! Welcome to LD!

LDJam user 38931925 Apr 2024, 17:23

Cool survival game, very cute art but definitely needs some balancing. Well done!

Bearacus1 May 2024, 14:40

Love the Ground stomping bears! This game was a good challenge and was balanced enough to keep me constantly on the move up until i set up 3 bears and 3 foxes. The option to sac a summon to replace for another summon or upgrade the circle to have more slots for more summons could really incentivize trying out different formations- Good submission

Dregs1 May 2024, 19:21

Very enjoyable, when the mushrooms got "meaty" i laughed out loud. Didnt quite get to the end, almost but then couldnt get past the initial hump again. I managed to get stuck on the bottom once or twice somehow, and sometimes managed to get both text prompts to appear at the same time overlapping each other, but really well polished, specially for a first jam. Well done.