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Potion Panic! by dodori

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made by dodori for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Potion Panic!

( Ludum Dare 51 Entry by @dodori, @thunder and @m4xfield )

Potion Panic! was made in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 51 Game Jam.

All the art, sounds and code were made by us in 72 hours.

ABOUT

Potion Panic! is an Action-Roguelike type of game

Every 10 seconds a mysterious potion seller grants you a choice of 3 potions to choose from to utilize against hordes of enemies.

STORY

You are a lonely traveller seeking for adventure.

On your travels you encounter a myserious looking potion-seller that promises to have the strongest potion in the land!

He agrees to supply you with as much potions as you want, but pits you against

a horde of enemies to see if you are worth.

How far can you make it?

CONTROLS

  • W, A, S, D for movement. Standard stuff.

MOVE your mouse to aim! - Left Click to punch.

There's a better, visual tutorial in the game's "About" Menu.

SCREENSHOTS

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The HTML5 version is unstable! If you can, please play the Windows Build!

HTML5 is only there to ensure anyone can easily pick up the game. If you encounter bugs, the cause might be that you're playing the HTML5 version.

Please give the Windows version a try.

💕

Link https://dodori.itch.io/potion-panic
Link https://dodori.itch.io/potion-panic
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/potion-panic

Ratings

Overall 883th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 928th 2.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 852th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 857th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 721th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 486th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 414th 3.147⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 775th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Charred Axolotl
04. Oct 2022 · 03:11 UTC
i really like the shopkeeper's face
HagamosVideojuegos
04. Oct 2022 · 06:56 UTC
I like these pixel art graphics

The attack it's original but really hard to use, maybe can be better with a bigger collision.

Well done!
bravelytyped
04. Oct 2022 · 21:29 UTC
Really fun overall, but a bit on the hard side for me. Not being able to stop and read the potion text made it hard to pick one, so I ended up dying while trying to find the buff that would have helped me not die :sweat_smile:

It also feels like the enemies scale very quickly. I only pulled one damage up potion in the first four rounds, and it quickly became way too hard to deal with the amount of enemies on the screen, especially with each one still taking more than one hit.

The pixel art was great though, and the music was very fitting! Felt kind of wild west-y. The shopkeeper sprite was also excellent :laughing:
Mooobster
05. Oct 2022 · 04:01 UTC
Reminds me of 20 minutes till dawn, very addicting gameplay. Got trolled at the end by an unkillable mouse and two of those big bat fellas that started teleporting away(?), I'd play again :)
Abdonatioera
06. Oct 2022 · 00:30 UTC
Nice music and art, I liked the potion seller sprite! It was kind of hard to hit things though, maybe including some auto attacks or something could fix that.
Brainloaf Studio
06. Oct 2022 · 22:25 UTC
The potion seller is absolutely beautiful. It's awesome how addicting this game gets- there were a few times where I was close to doom but managed to squeeze out of it just barely thanks to a new potion or two. I do feel like when restarting the early game upgrades increase a little slowly, but if anything that just adds to how crazy things can feel later on. Very fun, well done!
Langotriel
07. Oct 2022 · 16:53 UTC
I appreciate the well thought out tutorial and of course I love the potion seller video and find it hilarious that there are always LD entries that reference it :P

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LDJam user 250825
09. Oct 2022 · 01:53 UTC
Interesting take on the theme. Design wise I like the holding slot (though if the potions stack (which I'm not sure if they do :D) I'm not sure when you'd want to use it), I kept a health potion there usually. The visual tutorial is super cool!
borjan1peovski
10. Oct 2022 · 17:11 UTC
Cool game, didn't realize why you could keep potions since it seems like they stack.
alpharock6
17. Oct 2022 · 02:59 UTC
I just got done playing a bunch of Vampire Survivor, so this felt quite familiar :D I really liked the formulation
of the upgrade system as drinking various potions!
Stephen Kyranakis
21. Oct 2022 · 14:50 UTC
Nice idea! I do think the fist was kind of hard to hit with. I liked frantically trying to read and choose a potion while also avoiding the enemies.
InitialPosition
21. Oct 2022 · 15:29 UTC
I love top down action games so this was a nice game to play from the beginning. The potion system is really well implemented, I like that you can save potions for later and that there are stronger potions sometimes. The artwork is nice and tells you exactly what is going on even if you have many enemies on the screen. I also love the trails on projectiles.

The only thing I have to criticize is the punch. Its hitbox is just the fist, making it incredibly hard to hit enemies that are very close to you and keep dealing you damage. Aiming in general is a bit too unforgiving in my opinion. You could try increasing the size of the punch hitbox to be a line from the player to the fist, I think that would solve all my complaints immediately. Apart from that I really enjoyed playing.