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The Potion Cellar by mactinite

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made by mactinite for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

PotionCellar<em>1.png PotionCellar</em>2.png The Potion Cellar is a small potion shop in some unnamed medieval city. You must work with unstable ingredients to make potions for your clients. Play the mini games for each tool, being careful not to ruin the unstable ingredients.

Directions:

Click and drag tools to the middle of the table to use them. As customers make their order you can pick ones to make from the order list on the top left. You need to make enough money to cover your daily costs.

Credits: ​Music: DanteEXE Art & Code: Mactinite

Link https://mactinite.itch.io/the-potion-cellar
Link https://mactinite.itch.io/the-potion-cellar
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/the-potion-cellar

Ratings

Overall 771th 3.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 643th 3.519⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 775th 3.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1430th 2.519⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 884th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 562th 3.423⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 904th 2.68⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1025th 3.154⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Singular
04. Oct 2021 · 21:00 UTC
Good job. Simple but cool gameplay. Nice idea.
Westmave
04. Oct 2021 · 21:20 UTC
On my first day I went bankrupt, without understanding what was happening. On my second day I learned all the small mechanics to make these potions. On the third day I was the best potion maker in town. Very good game. I like how you visually supported, the little tasks. Audio is good, as well.
Celulo
04. Oct 2021 · 21:29 UTC
Cool Gameplay, Nice Work !
Noctiphobia
05. Oct 2021 · 01:47 UTC
This is awesome. Both the gameplay, and overall look and feel.
professir
05. Oct 2021 · 01:52 UTC
Really fun concept & mini games :smile: nice work!
Jonas2727
05. Oct 2021 · 01:55 UTC
This town is very desperate for potions.
hwaet
05. Oct 2021 · 02:22 UTC
The mini games are great. This would be an awesome mobile/touch screen game. The concept is really interesting. It would be really compelling if you could flesh out the world and customer stories (if you had more time).
EdevJogos
05. Oct 2021 · 06:58 UTC
Fun minigames and great background music i was dacing and preparing orders clicking the lucky potion minigame on the rhythm of music :man_dancing:
Hanna404
05. Oct 2021 · 16:32 UTC
It was fun, although I was a bit confused about how to follow the instructions for the potions. I was dragging the tools around hoping something would happen.
In any case, the music was great, the art was nice, and the dialogue was funny.
Domin77
05. Oct 2021 · 16:42 UTC
Pretty good idea, it was funny to play. I would suggest to give some animation when you mix some potion wrong like explosion or something like that (just for fun) :smile:
Furfel
05. Oct 2021 · 16:45 UTC
Now I know what NPCs are doing behind the scenes! Graphics and music are amazing. I tried in fullscreen at first and grinding didn't work as it was reading mouse movements as too slow all the time
Becky Rayner
05. Oct 2021 · 19:18 UTC
Cool little game here, love the music and the graphics are really nice! I could see this being a full game with a bit of worldbuilding :D
Muros
05. Oct 2021 · 23:51 UTC
I liked this game. It's simple with simple but interesting mechanics, very meditative and interesting. The graphics are not bad.
Kyakune
06. Oct 2021 · 15:50 UTC
Simple but good game. There was great minigames, I think the game need a better progression to be more funny but it's difficulty to calibrate in a Game jam. Good job to the team !
Barrier
07. Oct 2021 · 11:30 UTC
Am I missing something or is there just the mortar and pestle? I ground up so many wheats and the timer started going into negative numbers! :)
The art and audio are good though.
Guilloteam
07. Oct 2021 · 11:42 UTC
Congrat, you accomplished quite a lot in this gamejam! The game is pretty fun, the music is catchy, and I like the variety in the minigames to creates potion.
I'm not sure if it was a bug or maybe I didn't understand something: At the start of the second day I immediatly loose all my money, I got 'gameover', then I restarted at the beginning of second day again.
But overhall a great idea and great execution!
TheWustache
07. Oct 2021 · 15:17 UTC
I had fun learning all the different potion recipes. It's very impressive that you need almost no explanation on how the minigames work! The pause between recipes and ingredients could be a little shorter in my opinion. I can see potential for some Paper's Please type dilemmas here, or different potion qualities depending on your performance -- I would love to see this expanded in a post-jam version!
Xeke-Death
08. Oct 2021 · 10:38 UTC
Had a few bugs with the equipment, dropper disappeared at one point, and after I went bankrupt and started again I still had everything.
After I figured out how to play, it was fun. Music is good, too. Graphics are well done.
Contro1990
09. Oct 2021 · 11:44 UTC
Potion Sellah, I need your strongest potion, I'm going into battle :hearts:
A really good entry, the way you craft potions is very funny!
Flying Basement Studio
09. Oct 2021 · 14:23 UTC
The minigames are quite simple but fun even after some time of playing (so not too simple to get boring quickly). The music is good and catchy and it fits the rest of the game. The visuals are also very nice.
farouchelark
11. Oct 2021 · 05:38 UTC
I appreciated that the minigames weren't overly difficult and I love the little fire guy. Overall delightful.
Iacopo
13. Oct 2021 · 21:18 UTC
I really liked the "arcade" minigame flavor. An entertaining game :)