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Potion Panic by LittleW00D

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made by LittleW00D for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Trouble is brewing in the witch's lair!

How to play:

Earn points by throwing in potions that match the colour of the cauldron. Use the J/K keys to grab and throw potions from the coloured shelves on your left and right.

Try not to throw in the wrong coloured potion, otherwise the cauldron becomes more unstable!

Watch out for those pesky phantoms haunting the witch's house, or you'll be spooked off of your broom.

WASD - Movement

J/K - Grab potions from your left / right

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Please share a link if you played the game during a live stream or video.

Link https://gwoolley.itch.io/cauldron-chaos
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/cauldron-chaos

Ratings

Overall 690th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 465th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 755th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 489th 3.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 838th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 554th 3.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 499th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 851th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

belickim
05. Oct 2021 · 09:16 UTC
Cool graphics and adequate sounds :) The game is surprisingly addictive.
Kitcate
05. Oct 2021 · 09:21 UTC
Challenging and funny, great game!
Nehvis
05. Oct 2021 · 09:21 UTC
This somehow reminded me of that witch boss fight in mario land 2 :D graphics and sound are nice, the gameplay feels a bit wonky. You don't have much control over the character
AppoxGames
05. Oct 2021 · 09:28 UTC
Felt pretty polished and once you understood what was going on it became fun as well. I really liked the take on the unstable part, it was fun.
Well done!
DevUndead
05. Oct 2021 · 09:30 UTC
Funny little game. Love how fast it is! The ghosts are killing me all the time xD Would love that the vertical movement would be a little bit quicker, to dodge the ghost
gamepopper
05. Oct 2021 · 15:43 UTC
Fun little doging game, although I had a few instances where the potion was purple and not doing anything. Since it also requires quick reaction times, you need the witch to change lanes really quickly, if not instantaneous.
potkirland
05. Oct 2021 · 22:24 UTC
fun and exciting but too hard!
Vimlark
05. Oct 2021 · 22:26 UTC
Super cute. The ghosts are a bit close together sometimes but it's a fun quick color matching game.
Neeko69
05. Oct 2021 · 22:27 UTC
Very fun, but I think the witch could move a little bit faster, and the "j,k" control really confused me in the beginning
theStoff
07. Oct 2021 · 06:30 UTC
Nice little game! Very clean and polished.
datadazer
07. Oct 2021 · 23:39 UTC
This was such a cool arcade style game. I love me a spooky season game and had an absolute blast playing it. I loved the different phases of the game to allow for a brief rest in between bouts of chaos. It might have been slightly too challenging too early, but eventually I got better at it. The graphics and audio work very well together and sold the arcade experience. Loved the potion grabbing/throwing and dodging the unstable cauldron. Great game!
Salohcin894
08. Oct 2021 · 04:13 UTC
Fun little game. I actually liked the controls once I figured them out. I could see some new patterns or areas being added to increase the difficulty. Once you understand the mechanics, it plateaus in challenge.
LDJam user 271014
08. Oct 2021 · 04:16 UTC
I liked it! The mechanics were a bit obtuse at first (I didn't realize the movement is on a grid at first), but once I figured it out it was pretty fun. The graphics and audio worked well together too. Simple but fun!
elysiagriffin
11. Oct 2021 · 14:55 UTC
Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173738676?t=0h29m58s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
ValiantSugar
19. Oct 2021 · 06:43 UTC
Not a bad idea, but it probably lacks momentum.
I think if there was more time the game would have been very cool!
Good luck in further development! :)
sinclairstrange
19. Oct 2021 · 15:01 UTC
Really difficult game, but not in a bad way, one in where you need to learn and adapt. I really appreciate that you had two grab buttons that made things really easy, so I could pick a colour easily from one of the columns. That purple wave did catch me off guard a couple of times! Overall, really solid effort, good fun, lovely little time waster!