Really enjoyed the drawing aspect of it and can see how it could develop further. It was a little too easy and short though. 10 mins is just too short.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme (How well the game fits the jams theme) | #1 | 4.688 | 4.688 |
| Uniqueness (Originality of the game) | #2 | 4.486 | 4.486 |
| Balance (Speed of the game) | #3 | 3.624 | 3.624 |
| Fun (Overall enjoyment) | #4 | 3.743 | 3.743 |
Ranked from 109 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Balance is ok- For the first half it was a bit too fast and most of the bottlenecks are in drawing. Then at the end you spend some time waiting for gold which is a bit odd.
Uniqueness, Fun- I really like that you can draw your own symbols. Some of the common ones get repetitive after a while though. (Drawing unrelated symbols and seeing them spin, however, will always be funny)
Theme- It does fit the theme fairly well- It is alchemy after all. I do feel like just having the symbols be drawn is a little underwhelming, though it does add to uniqueness. Incremental element could be improved though.
Wow! This was such a fun game. Drawing the sigils and seeing my crude drawing appear on the screen was such a silly and entertaining moment. I really liked that, once I’ve completed an element, it became a new sigil used in future recipes. The ritual circles also all looked amazing, and I love all the use of legitimate alchemical symbols used everywhere.
The pacing also seemed really good. It’s a short, tight experience that doesn’t overstay its welcome. For the most part, both money and mats seemed relevant. It wasn’t a particularly difficult game, and quite linear, but enjoyable throughout.
One minor piece of feedback, which I’m shamelessly repeating from Scarlett, is that it would’ve been nice if the sigils had an indicator of which direction you’d be going next. In particular on sigils with a triangle pointing up, I always wanted to go down and to the left, not right.


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