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A jam submission

Hilda's FamiliarsView game page

Pick the perfect magical companions for your customers
Submitted by jamwitch, Rose, Celia (@etc_celia) — 3 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#174.6004.600
Gameplay#513.7003.700
Gameboy Soul#754.0504.050
Overall#1543.4203.420
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme#1563.7503.750
Soundtrack/SFX#3631.0001.000

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
It’s about witches and features many spooky familiars (skeleton, zombie, ghost, etc.)

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I loved it! The art is incredibly well-done, everything looks amazing and blends in so well, but at the same time it never steps outside of Gameboy limitations, so it certainly could be a game made for Gameboy. Even all the menus and hints look amazing. I liked the store management part of it, with all the different characteristics and features of the fluffy ones, although for some reason at first I thought it was going to be more like Atelier but with magical pets, haha.

Like the commenters below I reached a point where none of pets I have could satisfy customers' demands, although I suspect you could present a pet they do not want a few times and make them go away, repeat until a customer with a demand you can satisfy appears. Some minimal SFX could be nice, at least some random Gameboy noise on confirmation or something like that, but a jam is a jam.

I actually liked this game a lot, are you planning to continue developing it? I could see it being a nice & cozy store management sim in the future, possibly for a small portable console like Miyoo or Playdate :)

Submitted(+1)

Great concept, I would love to see more content and some sfx/music

Submitted(+1)

Very cute game! Would love to see if with some sfx and perhaps some sort of nurture system? Loved my bit of time with it

Submitted(+1)

I had fun playing this! I though the art was super cute and really felt like something you could accomplish on actual Game Boy hardware.

Sadly I think I reached a state where the customers all wanted something I didn't have. They just kept insulting my poor little mouse, who was very Earth aligned but not quite smart enough.

Submitted(+1)

an awesome game! such a beautiful palette. I only wish it was a bit faster to find a matching familiar (maybe one less trait or max 2/3 requirements). I think it also could spawn customers that don't have a matching familiar in your collection which makes me sad (instead of happy to find a match)

Submitted(+1)

I loved the concept! Was a wonderful game! I only realised you could check creatures types and stuff right at the end lol.  I had to give my dragonling away to get 5 stars :(   (all jokes aside it was a great game!)

Submitted(+1)

Cute little game! I got stuck when the last customer wanted someone magical and strong and I didn't have such familiar, wish there were a way to get new familiars other than exchanging them 

Submitted(+1)

super nice design. I liked it very much…I think after 3 stars or so, I got to a point where I couldn’t satisfy the customer needs. but well done!

Submitted(+1)

The character design in this game is so cute! Really great use of the color scheme as well, very witchy.

Submitted(+1)

I ended up playing this quite a bit and got to the 5 stars!
It was pretty cute and the idea was much more complete than it initially seemed, and offers a lot of gameplay.
I also love the color you used

Submitted(+1)

Very cute! The witch hat and cursed doll are my favorites.
My only complaint is that I have to trade the familiars. I want to keep all of them!!

Cute game! Couldn't guess which were the familiars for "conjuration" but it was a pleasant game nonetheless ^^

Developer

Thanks for playing! You can inspect familiars' information using "B" (X/shift/forward slash).

Ohhh I feel so dumb now, I didn't notice that haha ^^"

However I was able to guess most of the familiars characteristics just by their looks (and pop culture)