Waifu Maxing

by wospy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Waifu Maxing

Welcome to Waifu Maxing, my entry for Ludum Dare's "Collector" theme!

Don't tell my mom I made this, She's already very disapointed

Your goal is simple but challenging: to prove you're the ultimate master by defeating and collecting every single waifu in a series of 1-on-1 duels.

How to Play

Play with full screen!

The UI is a bit messed up from the embedding

The game is a pure, turn-based battle of wits. The loop is fast and addictive:

1. Choose Your Champion: Select a waifu from your currently unlocked collection.
2. Pick Your Target: Select a locked waifu you want to challenge and add to your roster.
3. Duel!: Face your opponent in battle. You both have 4 unique skills. Plan your moves, manage your health, and defeat them!

4. Collect!: If you win, you unlock your opponent! They are now available to use as your champion in the next fight.
5. Repeat!: Take your new waifu into battle and continue collecting until you have them all.

The Goal

Can you defeat every character and achieve 100% collection? The victory screen awaits the one true Waifu Maxer!

Controls

* Mouse Only: Click to select your waifu, your opponent, and your skills during battle.

Tools: Unity

Comments9

Ira Baciu5 Oct 2025, 20:47

there is ni link to the game :((

wospyauthor6 Oct 2025, 08:13

I added an itch io link @ira-baciu

squashi6 Oct 2025, 23:22

waifu aspect good, rest not so good

someone8 Oct 2025, 22:29

That was a delightfully silly idea.
The attack effects were nice, but waiting for the text to scroll was tedious.
The game broke when loading the third enemy, it looks like they just didn't load in so I couldn't do anything.
Also the itch version seems to have two fullscreen buttons mostly on top of each other, one of which makes it fullscreen, the other makes the browser fullscreen but the game remains small (Firefox).

LDJam user 09 Oct 2025, 22:42

I liked the concept but fighting against Suzumi (Tilly) exhausted me. I did win eventually (I played as Shimiko) but I was chain stunlocked for 50 turns in a row and I thought I'd never get out. Many other waifus didn't seem worth collecting.

LDJam user 09 Oct 2025, 22:42

[Accidental duplicate comment]

maneoliz10 Oct 2025, 04:57

the idea is delightful, so was the game, my only comments would be that the waiting for the text to pass takes away some fun, and of course some more ui stylization would be great, overall the game gets an 8.5/10 for me!
also, you commented on my post of the development process asking to tag you when we're done so here i am, inviting you to check the game out :)

thegrottman21 Oct 2025, 06:45

Great idea, pretty good execution, lots of fun. I had a bug with one of the waifus (fourth one), she didn't load, which, unfortunately, destroyed the momentum of me playing. Shame, I wanted to get the Waifu Master title :D

Jim jagers24 Oct 2025, 17:42

certainly one of the more unique games this jam, I had a good time with it giving the enemies a reflect spell was a good idea as it prevented me from just spamming my highest damage attack like I do with most rpgs

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