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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Cleverness | #755 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Playability | #804 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Artistic Style | #970 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #1330 | 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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- "Ouch, don't touch me" made me laugh out loud. The art and sounds fit the game very well and weren't overpowering. The alchemy part felt a little light, but staving off shadows with candles was a good mechanic.
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!
The game is a puzzle solver point-clicker, the player is an apprentice in the art of Alchemy that has to start his journey in search of true knowledge inside The Alchemy Tower.
Guided by his Master, the player have to follow his lessons and solve puzzle to progress.
The player will be immersed in darkness with the sole light of candles he can finds around the tower, you can cast a new light using "SPACE" if you have a candle in your possession.
If your candles turn off and you haven't found any new candles to lit up, you lose.
Some object are interactable, just be curious and click a lot... some quest item can be rotated by pressing "R".
As in many games "ESC" is for pause.
"LEFT SHIFT" to skip dialogue lines (may contain hints on what to do).
Light colors can be set in the Option menu in game, be aware !
Extra Notes
This is my first GameJam, and my second overall game, I joined as Solo Dev to see what I can do, I learned a lot during this and had a lot of fun, enjoy !
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Comments
Very well designed game! Everything is polished and fits together.
The only critic I have to agree the previous comments, it is really hard and gets even harder after the first time your candles run out because of the lack of spare candles.
But i like the idea of hiding the color changer in the settings, this is in it self another puzzle, to find out how to change the color. But with the already hard time limit of the candles it doesnt really work out. Burned through like 3 candles to try different colors and couldnt find everything in this room.