Alchemist
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Hi and thank you for checking out my little game!
Intro to The Game
You are an alchemist in a village, your goal is to keep your shop open (alive). Your goal is to become famous and a well respectable alchemist all throughout the kingdom!
If you make a video or take screenshot I'd love to see them, feel free to share in the comments!
My Take on the Theme
I've for the longest time wanted to make a game inspired by "Doodle God" without just being a direct ripoff. So I thought to myself "How can I use this theme and also make something like that?" - Well after hours of brainstorming I thought "What if it is an alchemist store you wanna keep open (alive) and withold your reputation as a great alchemist?" and so started the game idea to form!
My Final Product
I could probably have done a lot more, I kinda hit a block all Saturday and did not do much that day. I will go ahead and say it part is my own fault but it is a game jam after all :D - Regardless, The end result have some very basic functionality, I wanted to also include power ups/downs and items which would make your character stronger, but I ended out in scrapping those in this version.
How to Play/Game Rules
I sadly did not really have time to make an in-game tutorial, so I strong encourage everyone to read this Section!
You goal is to reach 100% Reputation by selling the correct potion to people asking for potions, but beware; if you sell people wrong potions or snake oils they will start disliking you and your reputation may take a hit for this! You will also need to make money as this kingdom has some very high taxes; 2500 Gold each week which is collected every 7 days; if you fail to pay taxes you will be imprisoned and the game is over. If your Reputation hit 0% the villages will chase you out of the village as they will see you as a fraud.
The game is completely randomly generated so each herb have different effect for each game, the same with potions!
When you start the game you have the possibility to do a few different tasks;
Search for Herb: You will for 3 hours go look for herbs
Create Potion: You can here mix two herbs into a potion
Buy Herbs: All herbs cost 250 Gold
Test Potion: You can test potions on your self or a test subject, if you test on yourself you have a chance to pass out for 8 hours if the potion have a negative effect (this was were power ups/down were supose to be used), and if the potion have a negative effect on a test subject you may loose some reputation if you didn't pay the subject well. After testing you will learn what the potion do and also some of the effects of the herbs used to make this potion.
Sell Potion: You can sell potion to different people, all people will ask for different potions with different effects, if you sell them a potion with the desired effect, you will earn reputation, but if you sell a person a potion they did not ask for you will slowly loose the reputation, unless the potion has a placebo effect which then may earn you a bit of reputation.
Known bugs (Currently being fixed)
The tax collector does currently not take money away from you.
Time passes if you try creating a potion with only one herb.
Intro to The Game
You are an alchemist in a village, your goal is to keep your shop open (alive). Your goal is to become famous and a well respectable alchemist all throughout the kingdom!
If you make a video or take screenshot I'd love to see them, feel free to share in the comments!
My Take on the Theme
I've for the longest time wanted to make a game inspired by "Doodle God" without just being a direct ripoff. So I thought to myself "How can I use this theme and also make something like that?" - Well after hours of brainstorming I thought "What if it is an alchemist store you wanna keep open (alive) and withold your reputation as a great alchemist?" and so started the game idea to form!
My Final Product
I could probably have done a lot more, I kinda hit a block all Saturday and did not do much that day. I will go ahead and say it part is my own fault but it is a game jam after all :D - Regardless, The end result have some very basic functionality, I wanted to also include power ups/downs and items which would make your character stronger, but I ended out in scrapping those in this version.
How to Play/Game Rules
I sadly did not really have time to make an in-game tutorial, so I strong encourage everyone to read this Section!
You goal is to reach 100% Reputation by selling the correct potion to people asking for potions, but beware; if you sell people wrong potions or snake oils they will start disliking you and your reputation may take a hit for this! You will also need to make money as this kingdom has some very high taxes; 2500 Gold each week which is collected every 7 days; if you fail to pay taxes you will be imprisoned and the game is over. If your Reputation hit 0% the villages will chase you out of the village as they will see you as a fraud.
The game is completely randomly generated so each herb have different effect for each game, the same with potions!
When you start the game you have the possibility to do a few different tasks;
Search for Herb: You will for 3 hours go look for herbs
Create Potion: You can here mix two herbs into a potion
Buy Herbs: All herbs cost 250 Gold
Test Potion: You can test potions on your self or a test subject, if you test on yourself you have a chance to pass out for 8 hours if the potion have a negative effect (this was were power ups/down were supose to be used), and if the potion have a negative effect on a test subject you may loose some reputation if you didn't pay the subject well. After testing you will learn what the potion do and also some of the effects of the herbs used to make this potion.
Sell Potion: You can sell potion to different people, all people will ask for different potions with different effects, if you sell them a potion with the desired effect, you will earn reputation, but if you sell a person a potion they did not ask for you will slowly loose the reputation, unless the potion has a placebo effect which then may earn you a bit of reputation.
Known bugs (Currently being fixed)
The tax collector does currently not take money away from you.
Time passes if you try creating a potion with only one herb.