It's confusing at the beginning, but I was able to figure it out. (But it sounds like there's a tutorial coming to address that.) I thought the music helped set the stage, and I liked the potion descriptions. And of course, I like that it's in Fennel. :)
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Potions's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Graphics | #16 | 3.714 | 3.714 |
Overall | #24 | 3.286 | 3.286 |
Audio | #24 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Mood | #26 | 3.381 | 3.381 |
Gameplay | #39 | 3.048 | 3.048 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I tried to enjoy it but overall It felt like I had to guess what to do, I spent 3 minutes wondering what to do with potions until I read the page and realized you could pickup rocks. Relying on people to read your itch page is never a good, an in-game popup would be nicer, despite this I love the art, and the gameplay was really interesting once I understood what to do. Overall an excellent game!
Really impressive, your game has a big map considering the jam's deadline. I was able to brew the elixir of life but I missed some in-game instructions (I often returned to the game page to get any tips).
An improvement would be add a popup screen indicating that the potion we made gave us a new ability. I played collecting all the ingredients and only then, trying to brew the potion. Therefore, I didn't realize that I already had the ability to walk on water and I lost a lot of time running the map not knowing what to do :-(
But that didn't spoil the fun (the page sound when clicking the UI was a pleasant detail). Good job
I did it! I got through the game and brewed all the potions and elixirs (is there a difference between those?)
This game me similar vibes to old indie games from the 90's. Dink Smallwood and Mantra come to mind (obscure 90's mac OS indies...)
Looks very complete ! For some reason I could not pickup stones, or understand how to mix ingredients.
Recording a video to show the first levels/potions would be an easy and quick fix.
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