Alcatmist

i see a cat i must play ><! i had fun trying to solve all the puzzles!

A very cute and fun potion mixing game with a seriously cool and complex puzzle game hidden within it.

I was randomly drawn in by the smug cat art on the thumbnail and had to play the game and I'm super happy I did. Ignoring the rather rough/low quality UI elements of the game there is a really solid game foundation here that I had a ton of fun exploring.

Normally I can't stomach puzzle games but the "inner mind" shadow puzzles were really cool and well designed. Even a dumb*** like me can just figure it out with enough attempts and trial and error. But despite my lack of braincells I can tell the puzzles are well designed and the mechanics have a lot of depth to them and are used in really interesting ways as the complexity games more and more tough as you go through the game.

The potion mixing was really basic, just put in the right number of colours and success! But it was the accomplishment of finishing the puzzles that made the potion mixing part feel worth it cos you know you had to work for that answer.

The character art is fantastic and I really loved seeing the cat's various facial expressions and the seriously diverse customer sprites. They were all super cute.

The music is good, fit the game well I thought and didn't become annoying. Some SFX would have been nice for summoning shadows/them dying/you dying/switch flipping/etc but honestly it wasn't a huge deal and didn't really stop me from enjoying the game. Overall a seriously fun experience that I wasn't expecting. With more polish, more patients and more puzzle mechanics I could see this being a really fun game if it was developed further.