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Alchemical Seeker is a puzzle game about interpreting cryptic recipes from unknown alchemists.

Submitted by admwx7, TheRealDeLorian, JammingSlime, De-Clan-C — 8 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#1330	2.000	2.000
Cleverness	#1471	2.000	2.000
Playability	#1486	2.000	2.000
Artistic Style	#1697	2.000	2.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

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Searching for clues to decipher the recipe scroll is a fun concept, but it felt confusing since some assets within the solution look very similar. Was a bit confusing. Music was a bit overpowering and didn't fully match with the rest of the game.

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!
Old school point and click discovery game with a puzzle allegory puzzle challenge. As the player you've been tasked with deciphering an alchemical scroll, meet with townspeople to gather clues as to the meaning of the symbols and attempt to decipher it before you run out of time.

Extra Notes
Due to limited time and art assets (JammingSlime was crushing it, but had a lot) each "new recipe" will randomize the art assets to ingredients and preparation methods, this let us re-use art assets for future runs but I'm not particularly happy with it due to not having time to implement the other rogue-lite mechanics we wanted to get to so it feels...odd...