A jam submission

Runaway AlchemyView game page

Submitted by balustrada — 45 minutes, 38 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#233	4.000	4.000
Artistic Style	#401	4.000	4.000
Cleverness	#755	3.000	3.000
Playability	#1486	2.000	2.000

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.

Cool idea of a sort-of alchemical underground! But there is just so much text at the beginning! And there should be a distinction between the controls dialogue and the narrative dialogue. I didn't think that the controls were particularly intuitive - and when I tried to exit a view by pressing escape, it just took me back to the title screen! Love the handdrawn visual style with the medival-like music, really well done!

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

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes, here you go again in case you miss it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZD2sVK1kADUcrDZEQHHeCRvY6AUKez_z/edit

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

Tell us about your game!
Runaway Alchemist takes place during the Renaissance, long before alchemy was banned and purged. Those who survived hid their secrets for future generations. The player discovers these secrets and decides to pursue alchemy to revitalize the true origins of his family.

However, alchemy is still banned, so you'll have to stay hidden in the shadows. From inside your basement, you can't even gather proper ingredients; you have to make do with the mushrooms, moss, plants, and whatever else grows on your walls. Discover new potions and sell them to gather money and run away to the other side of the continent, where you believe you'll be able to practice alchemy in peace.

Interact with NPCs, or don't if you don't want to find out the story, or try to take the risk and get rich quickly. However, you need to be careful, as the guards might be just around the corner.

Extra Notes
And a third time: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZD2sVK1kADUcrDZEQHHeCRvY6AUKez_z/edit