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The Alchemist by sydan

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made by sydan for LD33 (COMPO)
This is a game about crafting, stealth and a slow decent in to evil. Each day you must forage for the ingredients to make medicine for an injured traveller. Your fellow villages do not like you, you are a daemon and considered an outsider to the them. Over time the world changes and you might find yourself not just a healer... but a killer as well.

The controls are:

WASD - Move
E - Interact, Use, Pickup
Left Click Item Buttons - Use item (heal, invisibility, mark for death)

The game is not fully finished, there's no real introduction or conclusion, there is also no sound which I'm quite sad about... I think I bit off more than I could chew with this particular project. I'm very very tired now and I think I'm going to go straight to bed, I'm still pleased with the outcome of this Ludum Dare though!
Web http://www.sydan.co.uk/ludum_dare_33/TheAlchemist_v009_Web.html
Windows http://www.sydan.co.uk/ludum_dare_33/TheAlchemist_v009_Win64_Data.zip
OS/X http://www.sydan.co.uk/ludum_dare_33/TheAlchemist_v009_Mac64.app.zip
Source http://www.sydan.co.uk/ludum_dare_33/Assets.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=50347

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 3.62 155
Fun 3.12 397
Graphics 4.67 5
Innovation 3.29 283
Mood 3.90 52
Theme 2.95 726

Feedback

wijnen
24. Aug 2015 路 02:08 UTC
The game only gave me a black screen, presumably because I don't have Flash installed and the clone (gnash) doesn't support whatever this game is using.
FlashMonkey
24. Aug 2015 路 02:09 UTC
I love the lowpoly graphicstyle and the gamplay is very innovative :) . keep going
SudoDave
24. Aug 2015 路 02:10 UTC
Interesting, but could do with a better tutorial.
馃帳 sydan
24. Aug 2015 路 02:11 UTC
@wijnen, were you trying the web player or the windows build? What OS are you on, I can try and do a build for it!
@FlashMonkey thanks! I think I'm going to have to take a break from this game for a while... it's drained me a lot!
tinykidtoo
24. Aug 2015 路 02:13 UTC
The graphics are really great I like the low-poly rocks with flat shading. It looks like more professional indie rpgs. I also like the glowy HDR look.
Modoc73
24. Aug 2015 路 02:14 UTC
Like the art style and perspective. A little hard when trying to figure out what to do. Well done!
Sedsibi
24. Aug 2015 路 02:14 UTC
Great game, I only wish you had time for sound. I loved the artwork.
馃帳 sydan
24. Aug 2015 路 02:17 UTC
@Sedsibi so do I! I considered going for the Jam and getting a load of good third party samples... but I'm just too tired...
Dege
24. Aug 2015 路 02:19 UTC
Really love the graphic, really nice entry!
I suggest you to find a way to stop wall-walking (run towards a wall while alternating directions) because it can make the game too easy.
watupdb
24. Aug 2015 路 02:20 UTC
Absolutely loved the art. Great job.
boardtobits
24. Aug 2015 路 02:21 UTC
Loved the graphical style. Took a little while to get my ingredient harvesting ramped up, but I liked the escalation of the fliers as time passed.
Ybalrid
24. Aug 2015 路 02:27 UTC
I really like the graphism and the feel of it; good job!

The gameplay works well
MagnusFurcifer
24. Aug 2015 路 02:32 UTC
whoops: "Ivy will not wake up tomorrow"

The art style is really nice, and I did feel kinda bad for what I did.
ENDESGA
24. Aug 2015 路 02:35 UTC
I LOVE the art! Stellar work :)

I see low poly. I like. Easy.
andyman404
24. Aug 2015 路 02:43 UTC
Very cool styling. You should definitely continue working on this. It looks like it could be an interesting full game.
dustinaux
24. Aug 2015 路 03:04 UTC
Great work! Looks wonderful but the depth of field effect may be a bit too much. The size and content of the game is really nice for a jam game.
Flygamer101
24. Aug 2015 路 03:17 UTC
Really cool graphics. Great perspective, can't believe this was made in 48 hours!
handkor
24. Aug 2015 路 03:22 UTC
Your environment is absolutely gorgeous. Stunning art.
elliottd
24. Aug 2015 路 03:37 UTC
I didn't play long enough but I wanted to rate it now and come back later. Excellent soft colours, visual style and effects are great choices. control is good and it feels like a big world is there.
Really simple generated sounds and ambience could have added a lot.
Excellent entry.
donaldm
24. Aug 2015 路 03:45 UTC
I really liked the graphics in this game and I thought it had a great idea. I wasn't sure how you were the monster. I ran around for a while and pressed E to collect herbs and a feature, but then I wasn't really sure what to do after that.

I think this game has a lot of potential but it is unfinished like was mentioned.

It is a great start, but next time it might be better to try a simpler game that can be completed by the deadline!
mactinite
24. Aug 2015 路 04:24 UTC
I really like the art style! Dealing with the watchers are a bit hard, but not too bad. Not sure what I was supposed to do at first either. Good job. :)
Split82
24. Aug 2015 路 09:06 UTC
Top notch graphics!
adamwoolridge
24. Aug 2015 路 09:21 UTC
Sweet art style! Not really clear what was going on though.
DragonXVI
24. Aug 2015 路 09:33 UTC
Impressive you tried to make a full on RPG in 48hr! Visuals're excellent, and it's an interest story concept. Those watchers're annoying to get around though :p
nicotuason
24. Aug 2015 路 10:19 UTC
Looks super good! I was surprised to see that the characters are 2D sprites, they blend in so well with the rest of the world.
lolfrad
24. Aug 2015 路 11:05 UTC
This game is amazing. How did you manage to make this in 2 days? very impressive
axoona
24. Aug 2015 路 17:13 UTC
I tried running it on firefox, chrome and ie and it doesn't launch :(
馃帳 sydan
24. Aug 2015 路 17:27 UTC
@axoona, that's interesting! What happens when you run it? Did it just not load or did it load and then not work?
axoona
24. Aug 2015 路 19:32 UTC
The problem with launch seems to have gone magically (I had similar problems with some other Unity games), I don't really know what happened, there was a problem with plugin installation which didn't work but fortunately I left the window open and the game showed up after (a very long) while.. (sorry about that..)

Nice graphics and the mood it's a pity the game isn't finished
randomhuman
25. Aug 2015 路 21:03 UTC
Very impressive visually, but the gameplay seems to be a bit repetitive and aimless. I'd love to see this expanded upon though.
Pietro Ferrantelli
27. Aug 2015 路 05:48 UTC
Hey man, I loved your last LD entry and you did a great job for this one. Stunned by your artstyle, it delivers a perfect mood, I can't believe it's a 2 days one-man work ! Pretty nice gameplay too ! It's a memorable, great overall entry.
aviktorov
30. Aug 2015 路 14:00 UTC
Great game! I wish it had sounds.
Schrodinger Games
30. Aug 2015 路 14:35 UTC
Love it! Pleased to see such kind of entries here! Congrats!
valenceone
11. Sep 2015 路 00:54 UTC
This is a great entry. The art style is awesome. You should totally make this a full fledged game!