Play game
Necromancer's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Cleverness | #419 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Theme | #426 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Playability | #467 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Artistic Style | #949 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- Functional and playable, with unlocks to keep players engaged. Barely any adherence to the theme whatsoever, but using the necromancer theme for which it was clearly made, it creates a more engaging experience than most Vamp Surv clones I've seen.
- This game allows me to just switch off my thoughts and go play it for hours. The game is really solid, no bugs, the sound design is good, the music is a jam, and I love the steep learning curve in this game. In the beginning it seems needlessly difficult but as you try again and again you develop strategies to succeed. Overall a great entry, keep kicking ass!
Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
Necromancer is a game where you play as a powerful necromancer, hunted by an army of Crusader Knights. Slay the encroaching horde and raise the fallen to do your bidding.
Controls:
Move with WASD or Arrow Keys
Aim with Cursor
Shoot with Left Click
Summon Raising Circle by holding Spacebar or Right Click
Hover your Raising Circle over the corpses of the knights to raise them as zombies.
Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Extra Notes
This is our very first game, we hope you enjoy playing it as much as we did making (and playing) it. Last patch at 15:00 PST, 1/26/2024
Signed,
Loftcraft Games
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
I came back tot his one few times today because it was just so sneaky and complex but simple at the same time. All the way around a fun game! I really love the music too in particular. I couldn't figure out if the high score was working or not but 11950 was my best. Very fun :)
Thank you so much for checking it out! Love that you figured it out and got a few good scores! Leaderboard is a bit buggy but I can assure you that it came through. We have a big update planned for a few days from now, so be on the lookout for that! Appreciate the kind words :)
necromancy is a solid nice idea to manage your potential surviving chances in this vampire survivors-like game, would be great to have some difficulty curve or waves to have some room to breathe. but overall a pretty nice entry!
Thanks for checking it out! Going forward varied enemy types and tweaks to enemy spawn rates will aim to improve the long-term experience.
Lovely little game! I had quite a good time with this! The mechanic of turning fallen enemies to your side was pretty unique and added some good variety to the gameplay loop. I do have think that the frequency of enemy spawns was a little high, and I struggled to raise the fallen to defend me. Other than that I think you have something pretty solid on your hands here! Congrats on the first release :D
Thank you for checking it out! We have much more content and scaling patches coming soon
As your first game, this is very good! I found myself playing it a lot to get a skin
The concept is good and the mechanics work fine, but my toaster pc didn't let me get further in the game lolol
Anyway, this game is great, good job!
Thank you for checking out our game! Once judging is over we would love it if you tried out the desktop version. Far more stable and allows you to live much longer.
Awesome game! Really liked the raising circle mechanic and the power ups dropped by the bishop! There's a lot of room to grow so keep at it!
Thanks for checking it out! We will be working on updates for when the judging is over, much more to come!
Takes clear inspiration from Vampire Survivors, in the best way possible! Very fun, borderline addicting gameplay sheerly due to how much room there is to improve and achieve higher scores. Excited to see what's next for this game!
Thank you so much for playing our game! Would love to see you make it on the leaderboard :D Much more to come, this Game Jam is only the beginning for Necromancer.