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A jam submission

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A fun 2 - 8 player game about trying to eliminate your enemy using potions
Submitted by Fraczek — 12 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artistic Style#15.0005.000
Playability#2584.0004.000
Cleverness#2824.0004.000
Theme#6533.0003.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • The first player model is sus. I really liked that you can have multiple players on the same keyboard. I think the gameplay mechanic is really rough though. I think moving the characters around should be redrawn to make it more accessible. It seemed more like chance than anything for me to get moving the right way and hit the enemy with whatever attack. The integration of the theme into your game was a bit lacking. It almost seemed like shadows and alchemy got in the way of what you were really wanting to make. The keybind selection was really imaginative. The art was cool. Sound effects were all well done. Congrats on that!

Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
Hello,

My game is called Potionist.

This is a game that requires 2 - 8 players. It its played on a same keyboard where each player has to bind three keys used for controlling the character. The first key to bind is an attack key used for throwing potions, second one is form moving and a third one is for changing direction of a indicator. As you can see movement is a little tricky and that is how it was designed. Goal was to bring a little bit of chaos and unpredictability to the game. Basically the player moves and throws potions in the direction the indicator is poining.

The Potionist is about cleverly using your potions to eliminate others and survive.

There are 5 available potions:
- Botttled genie (red potion) - deals instant damage
- Black death (green potion) - deals damage over time
- Snail slime (blue potion) - slows down
- White hole essence (purple potion) - teleports player
- Black hole essence (yellow potion) - teleports other players

There is also a punishment for staying in one place for too long!

Last one standing is a winner!

If you are having trouble on a screen where you have to set up your control and skins.

Necessary things to set:
- player skin
- player controls

Optional thing to set:
- playername (it is defaulted to player1, player2, etc...)
- Indicator color

I hope you will enjoy my game!

Best Regards from Kraków, Poland,
Jakub Frączek

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