You must have been rooting for the alchemy theme?

I am not sure whether I'm playing the game right. What is "TNL"? Why would I throw away a potion after I made it? (I suppose that's what "DLT" means?) Is there stuff that I shouldn't put in my potion? (Not that I have time to think about that, mind you.) Apart from that, it's enjoyable, but gets pretty repetitive fast.

I like the graphics! The music does get a bit repetitive too over time, but it's a lot better than without any music at all like many entries. No sound effects though?

The rules of the game are extremely unclear, and I'm not sure if the 'rules' matter at all. Regardless of what I put in the potion, it just gives 10 XP. It doesn't look like there's any purpose to not using the potion at all. In fact, there's not even any clear point to leveling up - what, if anything, changes when you do? The shop upgrades are also completely lacking in description; even if they do something, I have no idea what, and I didn't notice any change.

But most of all, the game feels pointless. You throw random stuff in the cauldron, the arbitrary numbers behind XP and MNY go up, then you press spacebar and do it again. There's no challenge, no sense of discovery, no real progression, nothing besides just repeating the same motions over and over.

If I am somehow grossly misunderstanding this game, please explain how the game works, and I'll re-rate it.

edit: sorry to all of you who played it and had a hard time, I was very busy so I had to do a quick submit.

The rules of the game are simple, you spawn stuff, and you try to put AS MUCH stuff as possible in the pot before you run out of time. You gain gold which is used for upgrades, and you level up to unlock upgrades.

The window is very small but its a pretty cool game overall. I featured it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgU2Iicu2g

far away from the them ... but good game

Meh. This game seemed flat and bland. The window was too small, the game's instructions were not clear, the music was repetitive. Overall okay job. I do not get how to play really, but it matches the theme pretty well. I seem to be stuck on LV 1? 3/10.