Update after LD jam fixed some bugs, and made a Mac version
This is a very primary version of our game. Due to lack of time, many functions have not been completed in time. We will continue to update this game in the future, please look forward to the future content!
Background:
the Founder of Qin Dynasty, Ying Zhen, had just completed his great cause of dominating the world and building the Great Wall, and he began to yearn for the magic of immortality. As one of First Emperor of Qin's alchemists, you found the legendary elixir of life on the Penglai fairy island recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".However, this formula is not complete. You were asked to complete this formula and refine The Elixir. The emperor assigned you an alchemy room and assigned you some death row prisoner. It is a really hard progress, and it is very unstable, you need to make attemps to finally refine The Elixir for the Grate Qin Dynasty!
Gameplay:
Players play the role of the alchemist of Qin Dynasty in the game, simulating the complete alchemy process (burning - choosing medicine - sealing - controlling heat - getting elixir - testing elixir). Different operations in the alchemy process will lead to different results. Different elixirs may cause the explosion, death of prisoners, or have different physical and mental effects on prisoners.
Controls:
Left Mouse - Interact with the scene
E - Pick up items
Credits:
Yuhan Ru - Producer, Designer
Wu Jin - Writer, Designer
Zhuoran Wang - Translater (from Classical Chinese to English)
I managed to make an elixir and the game prompts me to test the elixir, but I don't see a way to do that. It also says 'To be continue...' so is this as far as the game goes at the moment? It's really interesting so far and I'd love to play more!
Pretty interesting concept. I couldn't actually make an elixir though. From what I can tell, the ingredients you need to experiment with are the soil types and the seal types. MAYBE the material you use to burn too but I sorta assumed you need to use wood.
I tried every combination of that but got an explosion each time so I'm not sure where I went wrong.
Either way, this is a pretty unique game and I loved the vibe of being an ancient Chinese alchemist. I could see this having even more things to make in the future which would be pretty cool.
I love the mood in this one! Experimenting to try to fulfill the alchemy recipe is really neat. Music and graphics help set the mood. The order of steps being very strict was a bit confusing when objects in the room silently don't interact when you're on the wrong step… and after I tested my first elixir, I got into a weird state where the game still said it was time to test the elixir but I couldn't go back down to the dungeon or do anything else.
The full screen size at this FOV made me kind of motion sick, but the game was slow-paced enough that it was okay. But it would be better to be able to resize window and change FOV.
Nice atmospheric feel to the game that works well and good idea for the theme. Fun game and looks like a lot of work has gone into this, good luck with the jam.
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I tried every combination of that but got an explosion each time so I'm not sure where I went wrong.
Either way, this is a pretty unique game and I loved the vibe of being an ancient Chinese alchemist. I could see this having even more things to make in the future which would be pretty cool.
The full screen size at this FOV made me kind of motion sick, but the game was slow-paced enough that it was okay. But it would be better to be able to resize window and change FOV.