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A jam submission

Growth of the AlchemistView game page

Submitted by Wolfy7 — 7 hours, 50 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Controls#143.7503.750
Audio#413.3753.375
Graphics#513.5003.500
Overall#683.1253.125
Originality#783.2503.250
Theme#1043.0003.000
Fun#1092.5002.500
Accessibility#1232.5002.500

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.4

Wildcards Used
ONE-HANDED, FEELING CHEMISTRY

Game Description
As an aspiring alchemist, your goal is to craft powerful potions—but beware!

How does your game tie into the theme?
With "Growing" expirence you unlock new Ingredients and Recipes

Source(s)
https://github.com/Wolfy7/Growth-of-the-Alchemist

Discord Username(s)
wolfyse7en

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
This is my third time.

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Comments

Submitted (3 edits)

Ok, I wish the start text was skippable… I don’t actually care about any exposition if I can get it by fiddling/tinkering. And this puts a big barrier between me and any gameplay/fun I might have.

Like a bouncer in front of a club holding a palm up saying “stop”, you can’t go in there.

“Why?”

“You gotta first listen to this 2-hour long lecture/ read this 20,000 page manual on: putting one foot forward in front of the other, and then…”

It just kinda kills the mood/pacing. And builds resentment in me as a player.


Another thing is:

The potions have fun names and certain particle effects. But there doesn’t seem to be any logic to them.

Ok, the

spoilersColour of the potion is affected by the ingredients. Seemingly weighted towards the last ingredient.

But with 4-ingredient combos, it’s gonna be impossible to guess off just that.

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Having a “you have limited tries” combined with what felt like complete randomness was un-fun.

Coupled with the fact that they’re randomized on restart it’s like… why should I bother ‘playing’?

This is literally random guesses, with no actual learning, or progress.

Submitted

Fun game, I enjoyed the freedom to mix ingredients, but failed to find any patterns in the recipes other than the colors. Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Cute little memory game :) Good submission! Great work!

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea! Combining ingredients was fun and i really liked the randomnicity. I agree with suggestions below: more chaos and hints for the quest. Great work!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting concept. LOTS of combinations which is great in a game jam. I wish I had a bit of a hint on what the potion for the quest requires. I wasn't sure if I just needed to unlock new ingredients, or if I had missed a combination.

Developer

Thank you for the feedback.

I wish I had a bit of a hint on what the potion for the quest requires

Thats one off many thinks I would like to add, but didnt had the time during the jam.

Submitted(+1)

I loved the atmosphere and creating potions was fun (especially with all their fancy names). 

I do wish that the CHAOS potions were causing more chaos. But otherwise a really neat game.

Developer

Thanks.

Good point. 

I still have some ideas to improve the variation of the potions more.

Submitted(+2)

Neat combining game. Good art! Could probably use an sound slider. Was a bit loud. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, settings would be something that should be added