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A jam submission

Toil & Trouble (Brackeys 25.1 Jam)View game page

A 2.5D top-down potion-making journey of trial and error!
Submitted by SeaGoatGames, Tiddlesworth — 6 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#1683.6853.685
Gameplay#2683.5093.509
Visuals#2773.9353.935
Overall#3063.5113.511
Enjoyment#3663.5933.593
Theme#4853.3523.352
Innovation#7732.9912.991

Ranked from 108 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
Will your brews bring fortune or disaster? Will you run your shop into the ground?

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
A handful (about 50%) of the sound effects were modified from pre-existing sound packs, and the keyboard icons were sourced from a pack. Everything else was made from scratch.

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Submitted(+1)

I really liked concept and gameplay. Hard to remember every recipes but that was also fun to play ! 

Developer

Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, the game has a very fun gameplay loop. Having players do challenging things like memorizing medicine recipes is very well done, starting with simple ones and gradually adding more ingredients.

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! The visual accompaniment with music produce a very nice and cute atmosphere. But I think moving via WASD is not necessary, maybe a mouse click would be a bit more convenient

Developer

Thanks note taken!

Submitted(+1)

Really solid game loop. In the beginning I was really stressed out, but after I found out there is no punishment for being late with so many orders I got into rhythm. I'm not sure if there's a win condition so I didn't go that far into it but I enjoyed the gameplay nonetheless. The art style is also really charming!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

This game is cool. The idea of potion making is great and is also backed up a simple story. The game play is fun and chaotic for sure. The Visual style is also quite different. The sound design is also good. A really fun game after all. Keep up the good work guys!

Submitted

This game's awesome! The concept is simple yet fun, I loved figuring how to make some potions. Art? Cute and I loved the mixing of 3d and 2d. Music was chef's kiss, loved it so much it made me vibe hard. Great job!!!

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game! I really like the gameplay loop of making the potions, everything feels smooth and I really like how fast you unlock new ingredients. It keeps the game fresh and interesting, because there's always a new potion you can brew. The art is really nice and unique, I really like the 2.5D style! Overall a very interesting and unique take on the theme, well done!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game. Love the art style and music. Well done!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun game! I would love to play this a lot more, but something about the view and the 2.5D style with the controls makes this game really painful for my hands. I'm gonna guess this is more for controller play than key board and mouse. But besides that this was really cool, I loved the style and could play games like this forever!

Developer

OMG thank you!

Submitted(+1)

I really liked it, it was fun and I love the visual style. Good job!

Developer

Thanks!!!

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game! I loved the music.

At the beginning I had a lot of trouble keeping up with orders and learning the controls :D

Developer

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback.!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Nice. Fun. It took me a while to understand that customers wouldn't ask for anything besides what I've already made.

I kept delivering the basic potions, for longer than I care to admit, before I tried making something else.

Aside from the view scaling problem, the game seems very well polished.

Maybe pause the inbound orders until the player has made something? On my first play through, a bunch of orders piled up while I was exploring the space, looking for the recipe book. And those orders occluded some of the in-game help text.

For what it's worth, our game is also about combining things, and it has a similar problem. We should have paused the customers until the player was ready.

Developer

Thank! I'll have to check yours out!

Submitted

I really enjoyed this

Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

Awesome little game, nice unique visual style and the music is catchy too. Good job! Potion mixing is quite a popular idea for this jam, haha.

Developer

Yeah I was shocked by how many!!!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! i can see the overcooked inspiration, love it. the theming and the 3d pixel art are really fresh. A suggestion would be to have more variety of recipes right from the start and perhaps show the recipe just below the order like in overcooked (you probably don't want to play a memory game, you just want to make potions!) overall a great entry!

Developer

Thank you! Note taken!

Submitted(+1)

Good adaptation of Overcooked/Hell's Kitchen (and the training course from Code Monkey). It has a pleasing visual style. The only thing that isn't explained is why the recipe book disappears, and orders appear too frequently, leaving no time for experimentation. But it turned out quite well!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game, great humour and interactions although very punishing at times.

Developer

Thanks! Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

This is very solid game. 

Although I didn't like having to memorise the potion receipes, I can see how that fits in the theme so take that with a grain of salt. 


With a little bit of quality of life upgrades like faster walking speeds, some rearrangment of the items this could be a nice high score achievement kind of game!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Very good game. Just a few feedback: the order UI blocking a huge chunk of the screen kinda threw me off. Also, I found myself holding 'sprint' all the time, my hand got tired. So why not make the player move faster by default? Anyway, I enjoyed this a lot! well done

Developer

Noted thank you! Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Good game, I liked the 2.5D graphics and the music fits. Well done on your game.

Developer

TYSM!

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