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A jam submission

Zen BreweryView game page

cozy potion-making game
Submitted by Natonlu (@Natonlu) — 17 minutes, 48 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#193.6363.636
Enjoyment#362.9092.909
Overall#363.0683.068
Impressiveness#492.6362.636
Creativity#603.0913.091

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • "Graphics were very “programmer art” but the visual effects helped raise it - particularly the leaves and the bubbles. The physics of dropping things and moving them around also felt quite nice. The music was relaxing and felt like it fitted the game. A bit more instruction on how to play the game would have been appreciated but I think I got there in the end. Other than the artistic side of things and onboarding I think the main thing you could have done a few things that would have really helped lift the game. The first is – when you are making potions – there is nowhere that I saw that outlines how much of which ingredients you need to create them – so for example I didn’t know that you only needed one red plant to make the first potion. Secondly -once you’ve made your first potion the second order needed a whole bunch of plants to fill – I think if the next few orders were much smaller it would have been more satisfying and helped to get things moving a bit more quickly. Finally I didn’t ever need any other type of plant than the red one – it would have been good to mix in a few different recipes. I wasn’t really clear how this fitted into the idea of a feedback loop. "

Number of team members
1

Please credit all external assets you have used.
Pixabay for music and sfx.

Please credit any external plugins/packages you used.
LeanTween.

What engine or toolset does your game use?
Unity

Please provide a full playthrough YouTube video for your game.
20 mins left til submissions close, I don't have time to upload a YouTube vid. Am willing to send an mp4 file or upload during ratings.

Please provide a link to a 30 seconds gameplay YouTube video of your game.
see above

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Comments

Submitted

The music and Art was really relaxing, it was also a fun detail that the potions and ingredients can spin around and have collision. 

(+1)

Really cute visuals and game premise! It reminds me a lot of Potion Craft. I faced the same issue as another player, where I couldn't progress after making one potion, but from what I experienced of the game it was very cozy. Well done!

Developer

Could you explain what happened? I'm curious to figure out what happened and find a solution to fix it.

Sure! I could gather ingredients and toss them into the pot, but then I couldn't actually make the potion for some reason. 

Developer

Even after pressing the button that looks like a wooden spoon next to the cauldron?

Yep!

Submitted(+1)

Reminds me of an old flash game that I would've played. Love it!

Submitted(+1)

Love the relaxing game play. Wish I could build more potion plants. I could only make one plant. The game soft locked for me I could not submit the 2nd big potion on the third order. Good Job.

Submitted(+1)

You really nailed the relaxing zen vibe and I loved the little quirks included like the moving plants and the potions being launched from the cauldron as they're being made. Wish there was a bit more gameplay with the plant interactions and I think the orders were a bit to large, especially when you only have one plant. 

Overall it was really enjoyable to play!

Submitted(+1)

Really loved this game! it was satisying. Visually, it looks awesome! 

Submitted(+1)

Very cool and calming game. The fx and environment mesh together really well!

Only problem I ran into was the checkmark button stopped working during one of the rounds. But I love the physics you have in the cauldron room, it was fun seeing potions thrown about lol

Developer (1 edit)

Timestamp for 30 second gameplay. It starts at 4:10 just in case timestamp share didn't work.

Developer

Here is the youtube vid.