Purfect Thyming by gswong

You're a witch trying to complete an order of potions, but your rascally cat keeps interrupting your work. Collect ingredients when the cat is not around. Use the cauldron when the cat is present. Like they always say... It's not about the size of the ladle. It's about the motion of the potion.
On this frightful night
A witch needs to cause some blight
15 potions wins the fight
Credits:
- brooke-kal - Art
- khrisna-kamarga - Music, Code
- tehabyss - Code
- gswong - Code
| Link | https://github.com/gswong/LD51 |
| Link | https://gswong.itch.io/purfect-thyming |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/purfect-thyming |
Ratings
| Overall | 589th | 3.5⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 646th | 3.313⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 612th | 3.271⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 552th | 3.688⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 149th | 4.271⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 184th | 3.848⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 260th | 3.458⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 425th | 3.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
I jumped right in without reading the description:
1. First I played around with the different gathering methods
2. Then the cat started jumping in and I realized I shouldn't do the hardest thing while it's around, which is swipe. Instead I did the clicking one to offset it.
3. Then I found the cauldron screen, and decided I should just go in there and stir things while the cat is around. Lo and behold, it didn't attack in there.
Came back after I was finished and it turns out you had that as the main tip description lol, so I'm glad I figured out the "meta".
Art is super clean. And clearly you have someone on the team that enjoys random wordplay.
Also is an accurate depiction of a cat. Just goes to town with its face and mucks up all your ingredients. Not to mention the song that plays once it goes nuts. Fun concept.
It would have been nice to know at the start that the goal was 15 potions, but it didn't take me that long to figure it out (63 seconds)
I liked that you could just listen to the music to figure out when the cat would appear and go away and that made the experience more enjoyable. It was also fun that you had to use different methods to gather different ingrediencies. It would be fun to have some sort of collecting and stirring sounds :)
Overall pretty little potion making game :D
I took me a while to understand that you have to go to another room to make potions because I didnt see the icon for it.
The cat animation at the cauldron was super cute
Really cute art! I love the stirring animation! Music was also nice.
Quite a charming game, overall! Well done!
Animation of both cat and the witch are just cute and fun! And the idea is really good to fit the theme. And I love this bad cat trying to get us down.
The only downside I have is that some feedback are lacking on the gathering of ressources and the instruction moving with the cursor is weird sometimes. But I pass a great moment so no regret!
Loving the graphics and the music!
The concept is interesting but is not so enjoyable.
I like the interaction while making the potion.
Good entry overall!
P.S. bad kitty! 😁
I really like the idea though and the music and animation were on point. The cat bouncing up and down next to the cauldron is amazing.