Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1

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Better CauldronView game page

Small game about alchemy/potion-making

Submitted by nateldar — 1 day, 10 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#180	3.667	3.667
Theme	#183	3.714	3.714
Gameplay	#293	3.476	3.476
Overall	#310	3.508	3.508
Innovation	#411	3.381	3.381
Enjoyment	#545	3.381	3.381
Visuals	#637	3.429	3.429

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
The task given to the player in this gameis to complete a cookbook by discovering new potion. And the only way to do so is to experiment using the tools in the workshop. And nothing can go wrong with alchemy experiments right ? ....right ?

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
I made the programming (using Unity) and the music (using Musescore) of the game. Some of the musics come from older project I never finished and some has been composed specially for this one.

I have imported all texture, 3d model, sfx and UI elements from the following sources:

3D Assets & Textures

- Medieval Village Mega Kit by quaternius (itch.io)

- Alchemy Lab props by Mana Station (Unity Asset Store)

- Breakable Jars, Vases, Pots by Pixeled Bun (Unity Asset Store)

- Low Poly Fantasy - Basics Pack by Goose Foot Studios (Unity Asset Store)

- 3D Cartoon Village by COMlad812 (Unity Asset Strore)

- Stylize Water Texture by LowlyPoly (Unity Asset Store)

- FREE Cartoon Halloween Pack - Mobile/VR by Lumo-Art 3D (Unity Asset Store)

SFX

- Free Sound Effects Pack by Olivier Girardot (Unity Asset Store)

- RPG Essentials Sound Effects - FREE! by leohpaz (Unity Asset Store)

UI & ICONS

- Skymon Icon Pack Free by Amanz (Unity Asset Store)

- Title made by my friend @Exodeon

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

NeffeshSubmitted303 days ago

Really cozy enviroment, was not expecting that. Everytime i “cooked” something i was very scared, like actually feeling scared, which i found it very very cool, well done, nice sounds visuals and gameplay!

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The Ghosty Guardian

Noel DevSubmitted308 days ago

Really cool one, i've enjoyed the mixing mechanic, it was nice there were ways to prevent things blowing up. I think the UI could use some work, to make it a bit more clear, but other then that, a really lovely game :D

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Ana The Trainee

mocsSubmitted310 days ago(+1)

Great visuals and audio overall, congrats man <3

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DukesDadSubmitted312 days ago

Title made me laugh, just had to play it. It'd be neat to have some animations for the cauldron blowing up, or for the other lose conditions - but the instant black screen was also pretty funny.

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Tornado Trouble

M.P.Submitted312 days ago

Really fun, except when I had to make the essence of life, my lab was always blowing up, the first recipes was relative easy to guess with some logic (essence of life and anti-essence to make death potion for example), but the other were to hard, I only got the inhibitors, the catalysts, life essence, and death and ice potions, couldn't progress more, but it was a fun game, played for almost 2 hours lol

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Gino ValerioSubmitted313 days ago

Nice audio and visuals, I also enjoyed the alchemy direction which is not that common. Would like to have some in game guidance to understand which recipes makes sense and which doesn't.

PS. You left a comment on my solo submission, but that submission has been deleted in favor of the group submission. May I ask you to replay it (it has different setup) and re-comment/evaluate please?

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nateldarDeveloper312 days ago

thank you !

of course i'm gonna check this out

G-MASTER!313 days ago(+1)

Very nice game I Like the art,and the Title of game hahahahha

cheezy_cakeSubmitted313 days ago

This was great! I really loved the vibes with the music and sound effects, it all tied together very nicely. Great job!

(also bonus points for a fellow alchemy themed game ahah)

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nateldarDeveloper312 days ago

thank you fellow alchemist !

LukkasVNSubmitted313 days ago

You had me at the Better Call Saul reference, so I went straight for the blue powders... Great work!

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Do NOT play this game

Zac MarvinSubmitted313 days ago

Fun to just play around and mix stuff up! Very cool idea! I feel like a true brewer now lol!

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Phantasms: Deadline

macksimusSubmitted314 days ago

Cool concept, I definitely blew up several times!

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AejjeeSubmitted314 days ago

This was SO fun! This is the longest that I've played a game from this jam. I got all the way to water breathing (and tbh I feel like my game is bugged because there's no way none of the combinations I tried didn't work). Great job!

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JimmyTSubmitted314 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Ran a bit laggy and mouse movement was a bit slow for me, but otherwise fun game! Love the "complete a cookbook" idea!

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SeaGoatGamesSubmitted314 days ago(+1)

Very cool! Great mind think alike! I'd love to see more a flush gameplay loop!

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Toil & Trouble (Brackeys 25.1 Jam)

NeoAwesomeonSubmitted314 days ago

The game looks and sounds nice, but the gameplay left a lot to be desired. The camera movement was slow, clunky and uncomfortable, making it very hard to navigate the game. As far as I explored as well, there are no hints or puzzles to solve for filling out the cookbook, meaning the entire game is trial and error where even the most basic recipe requires you to make at least 6 correct guesses in a row. Is it possible I just missed something?

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Alfredo Fishing

nateldarDeveloper314 days ago(+1)

Yeah it's basicly trial and error, you can see all the existing potions name and the number of ingredient needed in the cookbook which can help you deduce the recipe (but you will ultimately still need trial and error)

Oli_SmashSubmitted315 days ago

Good game i gave it a good rating.

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PetatetSubmitted315 days ago(+1)

Cool stuff! I really like the models, the mixes are nice! VFX and music fit well with the game's theme.

Just a comment, I find the texts a bit big, but that doesn't bother the gameplay at all! :)

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The Stroll of Joe – Nothing Can Go Wrong... Right?

RictovirusSubmitted315 days ago

Had a lot of fun mixing stuffs. Would recommend

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ExodeonSubmitted315 days ago

I broke time. Went 1 week back and told you to not do this game to save the world. Didn't work.

So 10/10

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VERY REALISTIC Game Jam Developer Simulator

kggvdhSubmitted315 days ago(+2)

Threw a bunch of elements into cauldron. Cauldron exploded. 10/10 did try again.

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Gno Time to Brew