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Help! I got turned into a slime and now I must fight shadow people with alchemy's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #1413 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Playability | #1432 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Artistic Style | #1655 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- Needs more tutorialization at the start of the game. I had no idea what I was doing. The game is playable in browser, which is an achievement! Really hoping to see this game fleshed out. Good luck!
- Overall a pretty decent game. Runs fairly well and has potential. Would be cool if the different recipes created different effects (at least from what I could tell, they didn't). The text explanation at the start was useful, but could be implemented into the game a bit better (think, show don't tell). Give players prompts to do things and let them *do* something as you are teaching them the mechanics. Theme interpretation is pretty standard. Not a bad game at all.
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!
This game is a top down game where you play as an alchemist fighting off shadow monsters. You must use recipes and weapons gathered from killing enemies to make your own mixture for killing foes.
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It took me a while to get the mechanics, but once I did it was a good challenge. I never ended up finding another weapon, is there another one? (Also, can the grim reaper ones die?)
I found it fun, title made me chuckle, and the art was simple and effective. Good job!
Thanks! Yes, the fast ones drop a rapid attack one, the reaper drops a fire one, and the big boy drops a poison and the starting one. Unfortunately I messed up their drop rate so they are hard to get, it’s 3%. The grim reaper can die but it is a chunk of health.
When I started the game, I didn't have a weapon to choose. I kept wandering the green fields untill shadows killed me. This doesn't seem like a bad game and I love the Anime-esque name, but I wish I could have had a weapon to attack with. (And no, it wasn't in my inventory i think)
You should. It is the big blue circular thing. That is the alchemy mixture glass. Also thanks, I thought it would be funny to give it that name
Oh you have to drag it not click it! Just played it a bit more, it seems like your mixture glass is an atomic bomb that hits everything at the same time. At the start I was aiming, but that was not needed (that might need a fix ;) ). Maybe write some more instructions on your itch.io page, that could help :)
yeah, there originally was going to be some tutorial stuff in it but I had to cut it because it wasn’t quite ready. That’s why you have the weapon just in ur inventory. Originally I was going to show you how to equip it. It definitely needs a tutorial for sure. Thanks for checking it out tho!
It's a neat game, but the complete lack of information on the recipes kind of makes it hard to play. I can see the vision though! I feel like if you had a little more time to cook this it would be great.
Thanks! All information on the recipes is there if you pick them up and put them back down in the same slot as it says in the beginning. Its not a good fix but it really was a last minute add like minuets before submission lol.
Unfortunately the drops for the red green and blue resource appear under the ground texture in the web version of this game. I missed this. So in order to get more of it just walk where you had killed enemies. Also the inventory can break for some reason. Im not sure why but just know that is what is happening if you cant take mods on or off of ur weapons. Im dying on the inside now seeing this.