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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Special Object Implementation | #5 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Gameplay | #8 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Polish | #8 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Audio | #9 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
| Overall | #10 | 3.283 | 3.283 |
| Theme Implementation | #15 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Visuals | #22 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How did you implement the theme?
The fantasy theme is loosely implied with the game bewing about brewing potions in an alchemy shop, with fantasy-themed herbs and ingredients.
How did you add the special object?
Since goblins stole your cauldron, you'll have to brew in a bucket for now!
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Comments
What a fun and pleasant game! I really felt like I was an alchemist.
Was curious what plants inspired the ingredients? And also the bottom shelf, I couldn't quite figure out what those ingredients were suppose to represent.
Nice work!
Honestly just some things that came to mind, I had no direct inspiration. I originally planned to show more information for ingredients, but I had some time constraints and it would clutter the screen. If you're interested, here's the names for all the ingredients:
Top shelf: water, wine
Middle shelf: moonbell, shadowsage, crimson sage, thornweed, ember root
Bottom shelf: unicorn dust, pixie wings, dragon scales, troll fat
No direct inspiration, just some fantasy-sounding stuff I came up on the fly!
A very enjoyable game, well balanced. Pleasant sound and visual accompaniment.
Thank you very much!
A simple, but entertaining premise! During later levels it got quite hectic, as I frantically clicked on the ingredients. Great use of the special object imo. I also enjoyed the background music!
Thanks! I tried to some balancing and scaling, but it's hard to get right with limited testing and time. Glad you liked it!
The game was fun and I enjoyed it, it was pretty fast paced, I figured out I could press enter to send the potion. Nice art too! :=)
Thank you very much, I tried mashing together some free assets, but in the end my crude pixel art looks good enough :)