Once I figured out the game it is a nice, enjoyable game. When I figured out that I could spam the button to get cash I became the richest alchemist with negative amount of crops in the garden! haha! Very fun game!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Playability | #258 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Cleverness | #282 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #600 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Artistic Style | #893 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- This is a really satisfying gardening game that uses the shadow portion of the theme well. I found it challenging to initially juggle shooting the garden pests, planting, filling orders, and keeping myself shaded. I think the alchemy theme could be better implemented other than just in the overall narrative that sets up the game. I think I was initially unclear that the plants were finished growing when they were. Perhaps you could add something to indicate that plants are at their full size more noticeably, and that could allow for you to have plants with slower or more complex growth. Or, a short tutorial at the beginning might help make that clearer.
- This was really funny and cute. The idea were pretty fun, though I wish there was a funny little lemonade like stand to make pots to sell as well for the mixing and creation part of alchemy. Other then that the game was very fun and silly. Even with bugs it just made me laugh that I was shooting slugs.
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!
My Alchemist’s Garden follows our player as they try to bolster their boss’s alchemy business. The player must plant and harvest ingredients to fill customer orders. The player earns money for each order all the while trying to keep cool from the blistering heat of the sun and destructive garden pests.
Controls
Keyboard
Tab - Swap between umbrella and rifle
Space - Fire rifle when rifle is equipped
Mouse Cursor - Used to aim the rifle
Mouse Left-Click - Interact/Click and drag to plant plants
Esc - Pause
Gameplay
- Click and drag plants from the bottom center seed bar to an empty farm patch to grow plants.
- When a plant is fully grown a green checkmark will appear above, and you can click on the plant to harvest it and add it to your inventory (the inventory is displayed to the left of the seed bar).
- Pests will spawn randomly and attempt to eat your plants. You can press TAB to swap to the rifle to shoot (SPACE bar) them.
- When holding the rifle you will be exposed to the heat of the sun, and if exposed for too long you will pass out from heat exhaustion.
- You will have to manage your time spent in the shade of the umbrella and holding the rifle to defend against pests.
- Occasionally an order will need to be filled and will be displayed in the bottom left corner. If you have the required plants in your inventory a button with a green checkmark will appear on the order that you can click to complete it. You will be given a cash reward if an order is completed.
- There is a shop button in the bottom right of the game that can be clicked to access the shop. You can use your earned cash to unlock new plants and additional farm patches in this shop menu.
GDD - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sgROLI9FpzclOA3W-58WsKQEpUvFj4_puZDB5WyFmXs/edit?usp=sharing
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