Purfect Thyming by gswong

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made by gswong for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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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

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🗨️

Feedback

LogovoStudio
03. Oct 2022 · 10:10 UTC
Nice graphics and concept.
justabread
03. Oct 2022 · 10:14 UTC
Really sweet game and artwork! I liked the concept, however it was a little unclear what the endgoal was. Was there a certain amount of potions to finish to succeed? Without a clear goal/finish line, creating all these potions felt a little meaningless. I thought the cat was super cute and I loved the idea of it interupting your spellwork, it was a little bit hard to understand how it operated though. I really liked how you were given the instructions by hovering the cursor over the different parts.
PeachTreeOath
04. Oct 2022 · 04:57 UTC
"It’s about the motion of the potion." Not bad, not bad...

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.
ManchmalScott
05. Oct 2022 · 06:13 UTC
Love the art style, and always love a game with a cat :)

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)
Amythyst
05. Oct 2022 · 06:18 UTC
Super cute, loved the art and music, and the mechanic of using the music for timing! I was also able to figure out how to collect from your in-game descriptions so props for that. Biggest thing is I wish there was a goal (like make 10 potions by a certain time). But I know how stuff like that gets cut when jamming. Great job!
OnurY
05. Oct 2022 · 07:22 UTC
Cute graphics and good gameplay, well done :)
NeeXOR
05. Oct 2022 · 07:25 UTC
Witch is cute. But i want to kill this annoying cat :D
BoClow
05. Oct 2022 · 07:33 UTC
Lovely art style! It took me a good while to figure out where to do what and I thought for a long time I was too zoomed in and did not see everything. Especially I had for some reason hard time to realize that you had to move your mouse to stir (that might have been just my smooth brain XD) But once I figured it out it was a cool little game to play.

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
Rebecca J
05. Oct 2022 · 21:27 UTC
Very cute game! I really like the concept and loved having to use specific motions for certain tasks, especially stirring the caldron. Excellent artwork, and the music was great. Very cute and fun to play, great job!
WeeFairyFabi
05. Oct 2022 · 21:32 UTC
I absolutely love witchy potion games and this is such a cute interpretation of the every 10 seconds theme! THe art is super duper cute and every witch needs a black cat hehe :)
WhaleJam
06. Oct 2022 · 17:25 UTC
Very cute game, I love the theme and layout of everything in the scene. The cats movements are sooo cute too. I got a little confused at first because you have to do different actions for different ingredients, but the tooltips got me back on track almost immediatley, it would be nice if they fit the aesthetic of the game a little more as they dont really match the rest of the game, but I really appreciated that they were there. Overall a fun little game with good vibes :)
Malai
07. Oct 2022 · 07:30 UTC
Was able to get to 40s :)
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
AriPizE
07. Oct 2022 · 11:27 UTC
It looks very cute! However, I did not fully understand the meaning of the game ... and what I need to do to win / lose :(
CallofAS22
07. Oct 2022 · 13:37 UTC
Got 19 potions. So cute.:smile_cat:
SLEEPYMENACE
07. Oct 2022 · 13:42 UTC
Cute game! Took a while to understand what to do, though. (And swiping isn't optimal with a mouse, but it wasn't too bad.)

Really cute art! I love the stirring animation! Music was also nice.

Quite a charming game, overall! Well done!
RIBOUT Horace
07. Oct 2022 · 17:26 UTC
It's a very little game but... I cannot find any "big" bad point! It was cute, music was good and really great to know it's time to switch
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!
woahitsjeff
10. Oct 2022 · 02:05 UTC
Cohesive presentation, very adorable. I like the premise of your cat being a shit disturber 😅 Thanks for sharing!
AdrianGray
16. Oct 2022 · 19:08 UTC
Funny game.

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! 😁
vchadha
19. Oct 2022 · 05:11 UTC
I really loved playing this! The art is really good! My only nitpick is the non transparent backgrounds when hovering over things and the white text on gray background can be kind of hard to read at times.

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.