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• Breeding animals is not really alchemy, and even after reading your GDD, the tie to shadows is quite loose. I like your artstyle, although the stark difference in styles of the food and the various enemies is a little offputting. Really good start though, it's a really interesting idea.
• I would say that this was clever in your approach to the way the themes were used, though, one more than the other. For alchemy, I can interpret 'transformation' and 'combination' when it comes to the playstyle. As for shadow, the enemies being 'dark entities' of some kind, doesn't really stand out unless (for me) there's some kind of story that ties into it. So, while I read your description of the game, there wasn't much from my time playing that suggested shadow was fully apparent. As for the art, animation and sound effects used--all of this was nicely put together. Honestly, the entire game brought me back to my childhood when I played a lot of "Insaniquarium". In terms of playability, I think the only 'issue' I ran into was seeing how to combine the fish in order to increase their size and survive longer so the player can fend off the enemies that spawned in (since attacking them is fairly limited). Not too sure how much I enjoyed that mechanic, but it was unique nonetheless. Overall, this was put together nicely, and I do see myself returning to it one way or another. Keep up the good work.