Summoner's Dungeon

by maxdrago

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.24

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.11

In this world, every object and living thing has mana. Depending on its amount, the strength and power of the owner is determined. Objects have a minimum mana value, so they are not capable of doing damage on their own. However, if an object is in the range of a powerful creature for a long time, then when the internal reserve overflows, there will be a magical explosion or the object will evolve into something new.

As a novice summoner, you enter the dungeon out of curiosity, but the entrance behind you immediately collapses. You move deeper into the dungeon in search of a way out.

First Person Dungeon Crawlers

3d - Blender

2d - Aseprite

Sound - CC0 freesound

Engine - Unreal 5

W A S D - Move

Q E - Turn

J - Creature summon log

Tags: #dungeon crawler, #short

Genres: adventure

Tools: Aseprite, Blender

Comments14

TokArts17 Apr 2024, 14:03

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Marin Davys17 Apr 2024, 14:05

Very solid old-school dungeon crawler. I think the combat animations could be a bit quicker, but I liked the core of the game and had a good time with it.

ZevsEHG17 Apr 2024, 16:04

Pretty nice game. Dynamics little bit slow, but i enjoyed it.

LDJam user 38465521 Apr 2024, 15:20

The controls where a bit cumbersome and the fighting could have had more feedback to it.
However I was kind of hypnotized by the minimalistic but effective mood, so I finished it and altogether it was a nice experience.

Azathothep21 Apr 2024, 15:34

An enjoyable experience, I think the concept of summoning creatures depending on the enemies you've defeated is an interesting one! I think it could be further iterated upon, like combining elemnents to make more poweful creatures or reinforcing / healing your creatures by using elements of the same type. Congratulations for this entry!

MaxDragoauthor21 Apr 2024, 16:15

Thank you so much for your feedback, it means a lot to me!

Blues22 Apr 2024, 15:59

really like the premise and the simple graphics. felt the animations were much to slow to play for very long though. sped up i could see myself finishing some dungeons. good entry!

Adam Gallina23 Apr 2024, 18:22

Pretty fun, I escaped successfully! The combat was a bit slow like @blues said, would have been nice for the animations to be faster. I also felt like it was pretty easy until the final boss, and even then I never felt like I had to defend or heal in battle. Overall was pretty fun! The dungeon was fun to explore, and the breakable walls were rewarding to spot, great job!

Pegasus23 Apr 2024, 18:52

This is a cool game, I thought the movement mechanics were going to be a bit annoying at first but they turned out to make a really interesting maze like experience. The battling seemed a little simple and I couldn't really figure out which colours were strong against each other as the damage values seemed to change. Either way I managed to clear it quite easily without trying so maybe some balancing needs to be done. Overall it's a really interesting and pretty unique entry so great job!

joe4000127 Apr 2024, 06:48

I liked this game a good amount. Interesting mechanics. A bit easy IMO. Also for some reason the final boss seemed to get in a glitched state and never attacked me. Still innovative idea and well designed game. Good job!

Klemen28 Apr 2024, 09:45

Very nice game, the textures and models are nice, I see you mastered blender haha, the controlls are a little bit confusing and I wasn't really able to close the UI that appears when I smash the first wall, otherwise its a nice build keep it up!

FreshD1 May 2024, 13:50

Cool dungeon crawler! The movement feels nice, but the combat could be a bit snappier/faster. But other than that it's a nice entry! Good job! :)

JPatrick1 May 2024, 14:49

Nice retro dungeon crawler - I do wish the movement was smooth though, felt a bit jarring at times. Also found a weird bug where I was stuck facing a wall, and ended up in a battle while facing the wall the whole time - I can move to face the right direction by holding my mouse button, but the second I let go it snaps be back to facing the wall. Nice combat system & the simple graphics work well.

Rudra Nil Basu1 May 2024, 15:16

Loved the concept of the game! I do agree with some of the above comments on the animation feeling a bit slow, but well made entry overall!

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