Alchemize

by stavu
co-authored: @jakier
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Alchemize is a two player abstract strategy game!



Place potions on the board and use your opponent's potions to conjure gems and destroy tiles by mixing two of your own.

Player with the most gems when the board is filled wins.

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Comments14

BigBossErndog
BigBossErndog14 Aug 2018, 20:22
Nice simple two player game! Weird spin on reversi/Othello!
Zachary Granger
Zachary Granger14 Aug 2018, 20:23
Interesting idea, nice to see a game that's so easy to understand, but has a lot of depth to.
it mostly resulted in empty tiles, but I ended up figuring out ways to force gems which was fun.
Really clean and polished!
Haeder2132
Haeder213214 Aug 2018, 20:24
my feedback
:o: great game for 2 players
:x: sounds are loud
Djack D Donovan
Djack D Donovan14 Aug 2018, 20:24
Nice board game! I like the simplicity of it.
netguy20414 Aug 2018, 20:26
THIS is interesting! I've never seen this set of mechanics (with any theme on top). Is it unique? I played against myself and ... well ... won, I guess. :smirk: It feels like there's enough of an interesting game here to grab a friend, sit down, and try to hone a set of strategies. That's the highest praise I can offer any LD game. Well done!
big-cow
big-cow14 Aug 2018, 20:26
This is a really smart one, good innovation on the puzzle mechanics. The board and score can change quite drastically once the board starts to fill up which adds to a sense of tension. I think there's room to expand on the mechanics to give it a bit more depth.
mrsylar59
mrsylar5914 Aug 2018, 20:30
It's a cool idea. Simple but not simplitics. I liked the graphics, great job
Leeloo14 Aug 2018, 20:30
Hm I had to play it alone and really couldn't judge the aspect fun for this game, but I can imagine that it could turn out like a good tactic game. Reminds me a bit of Tic Tac Toe.
A KI would have been really nice so you can play against the computer, but I guess that's not so easy.
I like the graphic and the sound effect an the overall idea
qkerguelen
qkerguelen14 Aug 2018, 20:31
Really cool! I don't know if it is an existing boardgame, but if it's not thanks for creating it! Obviously some more work on music and sound would be a plus but other than that I have nothing to say. Very good game!
Ekilibr
Ekilibr14 Aug 2018, 20:33
I like the depth you create with those simple rules. Played it with my wife, and we had a good time thinking about how to make the other loose more than how to create new gems. Totally found the theme here! ;)
Heidi14 Aug 2018, 21:40
A simple concept that feels like it has a lot of potential for interesting scenarios. I liked that it was not only about getting gems of your own color but also about taking the other player's gems out of the picture. Definitely fit the theme; great job!
Jakier15 Aug 2018, 10:00
@netguy204 @qkerguelen It is an original concept, as far as we know. The mechanics would be cumbersome in a traditional board game.

Thanks everyone for the comments so far!
Raccoon_JS15 Aug 2018, 14:56
If I had another player with me to play this game, I would have loved it. Overall, I liked it.

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