Phantas-matcha by CharlineF

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made by CharlineF for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Step into the whimsical world of Phantas-matcha, a mysterious tea shop specialising in a very peculiar kind of tea, run by two even more peculiar ladies!

This game was made on Unity (Fungus) by Dream Tea(m) for Ludum Dare 48, based on the theme "Deeper and Deeper".!

All of the music and artwork were made by the makers of this game, except for speech bubbles, the ink bottle in the intro scene, and the items in the tea-making mini-game (tea caddy excepted). For more details and full list of credits, see our itch.io page. phantasmatcha.jpg

Ratings

Overall 929th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1318th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 828th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1260th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 424th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 757th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 406th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 344th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

MaximilianCroissant
27. Apr 2021 · 09:07 UTC
No idea what was going on, but I loved it. Weirdly soothing - would have loved to mix and match strange tea ingridients and make own fantastical tea creations!
ljh572
27. Apr 2021 · 12:40 UTC
This was so cute, I absolutely loved it! It's the kind of game I would 100% be obsessed with. Loved the art and the writing was perfect
Yizhao Jin
27. Apr 2021 · 14:09 UTC
I like the graphics.
Micia
27. Apr 2021 · 15:33 UTC
There was tea 10/10 would brew again
BrokenMatcha
28. Apr 2021 · 10:48 UTC
Love the art of this game! And of course, the theme :tea:
Brainloaf Studio
28. Apr 2021 · 10:48 UTC
Ooh I really love the idea here! The art is also great - really like the character designs. I agree with Maximilian above, I'd love to mix and match tea ingredients as well! This was nice though, nice work!
imyellowfish
28. Apr 2021 · 10:50 UTC
Beautiful writings!
lumue
28. Apr 2021 · 11:00 UTC
Neat idea and pretty chill realisation! I liked your descriptive storytelling a lot. Monsieur Cloud is a fascinating character :cloud: I enjoyed the art still, too. Unique and beautiful choice.
The only thing that annoyed me a bit, was the text-sound - it was way too loud and not very fitting for my taste and corrupted the otherwise mellow and gentle mood. I'm not sure, if text sounds are actually necessary here.

Cheers :fish:
zenbarista
28. Apr 2021 · 11:08 UTC
@lumue ah yes, the text sound!!! It is a default in Fungus (the Unity plugin we used) and I don't yet know how to switch it off. Hopefully I find the setting because it drives me nuts too :D I am really glad you enjoyed the game otherwise :)
zenbarista
28. Apr 2021 · 11:09 UTC
@brainloaf-studio Yes!!! More tea making is something we also would like to add. Maybe in the future, stay tuned!
zenbarista
28. Apr 2021 · 11:09 UTC
@imyellowfish It is all @charlinef and she is amazing! Thanks for playing :)
zenbarista
28. Apr 2021 · 11:12 UTC
Thank you @brokenmatcha @micia @yizhao-jin @maximiliancroissant @ljh572 :heart:
Carraka
28. Apr 2021 · 12:40 UTC
The game is so cute in its tone! I only wish there were more customers and gameplay. This seems like a good concept to expand into a longer game!
zenbarista
28. Apr 2021 · 17:10 UTC
@carraka thank you so much! Yes, more customers would definitely be the plan for the future game :)
MicroChasm
29. Apr 2021 · 05:10 UTC
Whenever I play a jam game that gets the little things right, it is bumped up in my mind. The fact that the text plays a sound effect as it writes itself out, but allows you to display it in full by click anywhere or pressing space or enter is a great quality of life addition. It may seem minor, but when playing a bunch of jams games it means a lot, at least to me. The art is really nice, and I like the idea-- I was very interested in dreams for a while in my life. The game does end abruptly, as I'm sure you know, but it was a nice vertical slice, and created a world in a short timeframe. Well done!
Havok06
29. Apr 2021 · 19:16 UTC
The visuals are really great, I am impressed for a jam.
mtrc
29. Apr 2021 · 22:36 UTC
I love the setting you establish here, and the little asides of preparing tea, selecting brews, and seeing dreams. There's so much potential here! Incredibly polished presentation, too, every screen is really beautiful.
zenbarista
30. Apr 2021 · 13:53 UTC
Thank you so much @microchasm! Yes, as we have realised we won't have time to explore too many customers, we started thinking about this more as a demo which could unfold in the future.
zenbarista
30. Apr 2021 · 13:54 UTC
Thank you, @havok06 as we are not professional artists, this gives us great encouragement to learn more about drawing in the future as well!
zenbarista
30. Apr 2021 · 13:55 UTC
@mtrc your feedback makes me feel very humbled, and also quite excited to maybe continue working on this game! Thank you for coming to our IGGI events and supporting us :)
BoxedMeatRevolution
30. Apr 2021 · 16:33 UTC
Wow! This was a great start to a game. I was hooked, and it ended far too soon. Of course, for a jam game it's completely understandable that you didn't have time to make the story longer, but that doesn't stop me from wanting more! Great entry!
Ezequiel95
30. Apr 2021 · 18:05 UTC
Beautiful game, the art was very nice and the mood was very well settled. If I have to say something is that the Sound effect for the text was too loud
tarfield
30. Apr 2021 · 21:11 UTC
The mechanic for making tea could perhaps be expanded on if this game was to become bigger, but I liked the premise. Very cool art and nice mood.
Linkwin
30. Apr 2021 · 21:24 UTC
Really charming little story! The dialog and character development were great, really felt like a consistent world. I would have liked to see more interaction, but the polish level as a short visual novel was excellent. Well done!
zenbarista
01. May 2021 · 18:02 UTC
Thank you so much @tarfield @linkwin @ezequiel95! I agree about the text sound, I’ve since found where to change this and will do so in further developments of the game. We are also planning to make more interactivity and expanding the tea making aspect in the future! Thank you for playing 😊
lesinvisible
01. May 2021 · 23:05 UTC
Very nice graphics and this tea was really 10/10! Serves more like a graphical novel and presentation is just amazing.
zenbarista
02. May 2021 · 07:17 UTC
Thank you @lesinvisible ☺️
pyrofoux
03. May 2021 · 10:56 UTC
You created a whole universe full of taste in just a few minutes... It's like drinking a warm cup of tea!
zenbarista
03. May 2021 · 15:02 UTC
@pyrofoux :heart:
OcO
05. May 2021 · 04:35 UTC
What a charming little game! I enjoyed learning about tea, and the painted art was soothing to see. Story has a nice RPG shop feel to it, too :)
zenbarista
07. May 2021 · 19:06 UTC
Thank you, @oco! We’re happy you liked our game 😊
etrealjunior
08. May 2021 · 14:39 UTC
Congratulations very nice narrative, the arts are very beautiful, a suggestion for future upgrades would be to add noise in the images that are clean they end up giving a very strong contrast to the scene, and some elements that are also very contrasting, I suggest a watercolor effect on everything, he usually takes the subtlety and would combine a lot with his art, I hope he continues to evolve in his projects, if you want to give your feedback on my game I will be very grateful, a big hug my friends.