AlchemEat by

made by for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Turn cooking into alchemy. No boring mixing, no dangerous slicing, no neverending cooking times. Just enjoy the discovery of good food here and now! Drop the ingredients in the cauldron and wait for transmutation to happen! You'll just need a little heat, provided by your dragon Kiki who'll do it for free... or for some of the amazing food you create.

The goal of this light puzzle game is to complete all the recipes in the inventory in the lowest number of combinations.

Watch our for Kiki's energy, if it goes to 0, it's over! Using an ingredient will lock it for a number of turns. Be careful not to run out of possible moves!

Credits to zapsplat.com for sounds and musics. Thank you!

Youtube	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HZIiC5w_V68C1gm6Y41nDAlN-Oy2YShi
Youtube	https://cristiangurra.itch.io/alchemeat
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/alchemeat

Ratings

Overall	891^th	3.625⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	407^th	3.75⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1357^th	3.225⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	2501^th	2.35⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	783^th	3.925⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	863^th	3.158⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	413^th	3.85⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		17🗳️	12🗨️

Feedback

Sedna

21. Apr 2020 · 12:06 UTC

Hey,
I really enjoyed the Game. It is a little bit tricky since you got cooldown on the items - so it is a challenge! But I liked it a lot!

Tari

21. Apr 2020 · 14:54 UTC

I have always liked those kind of games where you combine stuff to get new stuff, so I really enjoyed your game! The cooldowns are a nice idea but can be just a little annyoing ;) nice graphics and if you need someone to walk the dragon let me know ;)

LykaWolfie

22. Apr 2020 · 08:09 UTC

I usually play the more action-y games, but this is a nice change of pace. It's pretty exciting to see what new ingredients i could cook up.

XdSilentStorm

22. Apr 2020 · 08:13 UTC

This game has really nice graphics and fun mechanics. I really liked this entry to the jam!

dmtroy

22. Apr 2020 · 08:23 UTC

I like the look and the sound and think the gameplay loop is pretty fun.
However I never quite understood how energy and mana worked, I was basically just always combining things at random until they came off cooldown or the crystal appeared.

Vivoubos

22. Apr 2020 · 08:24 UTC

Yeah! Finish it! I liked it. Congrats! And the graphics are great.

Maybe it's too easy (I tried to kill the dragon... But too hard)

despdair

22. Apr 2020 · 08:35 UTC

I think I stuck, I had lemon and grape as 0; rice and meat as 1. I think 1s are changing to 0 when I made a meal but there is no possibility for me to do meal. I don't know whether you thought that as puzzle element or a bug. Other than that, game is good.

Notan Lemon

22. Apr 2020 · 08:56 UTC

I love this game. The graphics is great and some foods look funny. Bonus points for using lemon as one of the ingredients.

Toffanim

22. Apr 2020 · 08:57 UTC

Game is well made, pretty chill :)
the puzzle part is a bit hidden at the beginning but become more obvious as you start to try to have every recipes and you understand cooldowns: maybe a tiny bit more difficult would be nice? not sure it is the goal of the game anyway ;)

Nice entry!

🎤

22. Apr 2020 · 09:22 UTC

Thanks for so much love and feedback guys!

The goal was that of making the game about exploration, the puzzle was meant to keep you engaged between one new thing and the other but I admit it was not so easy :D

The puzzle didn't come out as expected - we didn't have enough time to balance to make mana and energy meaningful.
Being stuck is a possibility, but I'd really like to change that.

I'll keep all the feedback in mind, and my teammate will be happy about all your compliments on the graphics :yellow_heart: