Judge feedback

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• In regards to the themes, as the starting point here, I found the way you decided to put together the process of showing the player how to craft drinks for the customers was creative, but, I cannot say that the overall game was all that unique when playing. For the themes, shadow didn't stand out to me, mostly because all I interpreted was 'dark fantasy creatures that wanted drinks'. In the sense of alchemy, it was obviously the creation of the drinks, which honestly felt more simplistic (outside of the controls and process it takes to make them). While, again, the controls were not complicated to follow on paper, I struggled less with the creation part (rereading the instructions to be safe), but more with the directional controls. During my time playing, there would be moments when I went to see what drink to make next, and then attempt to go make it, but the controls switched from regular and inverted several times. This ultimately made the experience harder to focus on, so I'm not sure if it's a browser 'issue' or something else that could be managed. All in all, the concept and production of your game was interesting to see, so keep up the hard work.
• The game is playable, but there are a number of bugs that reduce the enjoyability, such as when the player is in a corner, the WASD keys and the camera synchronise. And also I found it quite difficult to put things into the cauldron quite difficult, and I ended up getting stuck in the cauldron. It seems like much of this could have been solve with more playtesting. I'm not sure how the game fits the theme. The gloomy bar is shadowy, it is just cosmetic and the game would be the same with or without. And I don't think mixology can be classed as alchemy, since we know precisely what the product will be; alchemy more about the mystery. The game could be a little more original, but it is a good effort at implementing the idea. The art style leaves something to be desires, there is a mixture of styles here with varying complexities although the overall theme appears to be high fantasy/medieval.