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Potion Panic's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #2043 | 3.087 | 3.087 |
| Overall | #3675 | 2.320 | 2.320 |
| Presentation | #3896 | 2.252 | 2.252 |
| Fun | #4159 | 2.029 | 2.029 |
Ranked from 103 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Characters don't have control of their bodies as they randomly shrink, grow, freeze, catch on fire or morph into sheep.
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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I scored one point but I still haven't got a clue how :/
The idea's great but the gameplay is confusing and the presentation a bit sketchy. Would like to see it evolve and become something more solid :)
I love the idea ! A bit difficult to play in it scurrent state though :(
cool idea but too confusing
A tutorial might have been really helpful here.
Pretty original, I don't fully undestood the potions effect, tried different combinantions but got different results. Idk if that's part of the out of control mechanic. Nicely done, a great idea and execution! :D
Cool idea. A bit confusing to play though.
Pretty fun game, had to play it a couple times to figure out exactly what I was doing vs when the game was altering the character. Might be helpful to have a clearer differentiation between the effect of the potion and the random switching. Overall, a fun idea, definitely made me want to get better at it!
Was hard to gauge what each potion did, but is a neat idea.
Good idea and use of the theme. I just think that could be some feedback in what which potion does, because the "client" is aways changing, so I didn't know exactly what I was doing and what was changing because of the randomly changes of its body.
I like the idea but I think it lacked in execution. Some feedback when using potions would be nice.
Short and sweet! I think similar to other people playing, there was a bit of feeling of not knowing what was happening. Trying the potions out was neat, as that was a feeling of experimentation, but I didn't understand that the blue box meant I was under water? (I think). I think finding and understanding that difference would make this a really fun experience. I want to be able to experiment, but I want to better feedback about what my experiments are doing, and what I'm trying to achieve. Great submission!
I think the blue box meant they were encased in ice since you need the fire potion to get rid of it.
ahhh, that would make sense. I thought it was a mouse selection artifact :(
Definitely some potential here!
I really did feel out of control in knowing what potions to use, so the theme was definitely there for me. Good job!
Interesting idea, would be nice to have a recipe list as you discover new potions
Interesting concept
Score 12! Enjoyable once I got the hang of it :p
I think a small visual aid indicating what effect happened on the villager would have gone a long way. So when they shrink, the text "Shrink!" would appear, when they catch fire "Burn!" and so on. I think that would have made it clearer what each potion does, and what random effects happened without player action
Good concept but just a little bit too random, hard to work out what, if anything, the potions were doing.
I like the concept but seeing the effects of the potions is a bit difficult so it's hard to know what to do.
Very cool concept. I couldn't really understand how the game worked, though - it seemed like the villagers would keep changing even when I wasn't doing anything, so it was hard to determine the effects of the potions.
I didn't really understand what to do, I know that time is limited, but I would've liked to see a tutorial or something so I could enjoy the game. Here's my game https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2020/rate/697413 feel free to let me know if you liked :)