My wife (@tinypredator) and I are entering the Ludum Dare together this time! This is my third time entering (second on this account, my first account was lost), and her first. We're excited to be working together and we brainstormed for every possible theme. Luckily, we had just the idea for this one. In short, you play a young Alchemist trying to keep Yggdrasil (the World Tree, to which all life is tied) alive after it's been bitten by Jörmungandr (big nasty Norse legend serpent). You're a novice though, and so there's no way you can cure the venom starting out. You'll have to travel between worlds using Yggdrasil's portals to gather ingredients, brew lesser potions just to heal small bits of damage or slow the venom down, and gain enough experience to produce an antivenom to Jörmungandr- stopping Ragnarok (the End of the World) once and for all.

If there's time after the base mechanics, I'd love to include the synthesis of other items besides potions, but we'll see how it goes.

I'm doing the programming and some of the art, while my wife is handling most of the art and design. She'll also be singing a song for the credits!

More details to follow after a good night's rest. Here's a preview of the Alchemist girl!