Really cool game! I've never played something similar to this minigame before! Combining that with the story/ novel aspect of creating potions works really well! It is very clear that alot of work as been put into the writing, and there is so many different potions to make! Sadly the game seems to be stuck in a loop at the point where the hunter asks for a light potion. She just comes back again directly afterwards to ask vor the same thing. I still enjoyed the game very much!
Got the same issue as @Elbcore, stuck at light potion. But interesting concept, though a bit confusing at the start. It required a bit of a careful touch when trying to separate two elements coming from similar directions. Some music & sound would help a lot but as you mentioned, hard when you're doing it solo :)
The art style was rather inconsistent but i really admired the gameplay. It took a while to understand how do you make the potion but eventually it was clear. I can say for one, pushing away the colors was a bit finicky since you need to constantly shoot them. It gets a little overwhelming as more dots start to spawn. Maybe making it a single shot which pushes the dots away at a constant force would be cool.
I was a bit confused at first, but when you understand the basic idea it's pretty fun :D Even though you didn't make the art the gamefeel is pretty cool too :)
Nice writing and interesting minigame. 2 things though:
- if you're going to make a text based story telling game, maybe take the time to make a ui widget with something that isn't Arial (and scale the font by point size not by transforming the widget, otherwise its edges don't get hinted correctly)
- cite your sources for 3rd party art otherwise people might get the idea you are trying to pass it of as your own.
Hooo it's so short :) I wanted the story to progress more. I had a lady, the dino, then 3 time the hunter girl, then Thanks for playing
The positive: * Cool concept, the potion crafting minigame is really fun, not too long and challenging enougth * Feeling of really arriving in the village and meeting people * Very usefull potion index
The less positive: * NSFW content could be a warning, the "Drink and F$ all night" was funny and good for character creation, but some may be offended. I wasn't but some may * It would have been great to have longer story arcs, maybe I should try the game once more and see differents npc
What a game! It is a very cool idea and I had fun playing! That being said it did have some problems, on about day 3 I think when the dinosaur comes back for his second potion, I gave him an ice one, then he can right back and said the same thing... But besides that the game is nice and the story is pretty good for 48 hrs!
Great idea and the potion mixing looked like a "Selective Tower Defence" minigame. The stories were fun to read and you felt that you were making potions with a purpose. Good job!
Wow! This game is alot deeper than i figured at first sight! xD I absolutely love it! Thoroughly surprised with the potion mixing mechanic, it's both challenging but still managable and intriguing. Keep up the good work!
In into this type of game so I like a lot your mix of generes. It's really cool that every customer has its own story and it evolves. Really interesting and entertaining way to manage an alchemy store. Really cool. Although the minigame was really hard for me, at most I filled 3 cicles wih the appropiate color. I also made a simulator for this jam, so I would appreciaty if you could give me your opinion since you made a game of that type https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/a-tavern-life
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time