You can play the game here: https://zerasul.itch.io/the-little-alchemist
Its your first day at the Magic and Alchemy School. Lets see how you can create new Magics Potions with Sobrenatural Powers.
In this game, you can create new potions by mixing different ingredients. Each recipe has a specific combination of ingredients that will yield a unique potion.
The game show you some Minigames to grab the ingredients or mix them in a cauldron. Each Minigame has a different mechanic, and you need to complete them to get the ingredients or mix them correctly.
The game has a total of 2 recipes (tutorial and final) and 4 minigames (2 for tutorial and 2 for final). Each recipe has a specific combination of ingredients that you need to gather by completing the minigames.
This game is done for the The Shorter The better Jam 2026, and it is still in development, so it may contain some errors and bugs. If you find any error or bug, please report it to the developer, so it can be fixed as soon as possible.
- Ingredient Gathering: In this minigame, you need to gather the ingredients by moving the cauldron arround the screen and collecting the falling ingredients. You need to collect a specific number of each ingredient to complete the recipe. You have a limited time to gather all the ingredients, so you need to be quick and strategic, and avoid collecting the wrong ingredients that can ruin your potion. If you collect 3 wrong ingredients, or the time runs out, you fail the minigame is failed and you need to start again (for tutorial, you go to next recipe).
- Mixing: In this minigame, you need to mix the ingredients in the cauldron by stirring it in a specific way. You need to tap the screen and make circular motions to stir the cauldron. You need to stir it for a specific amount of time to complete the recipe. If you stop stirring for too long, or you stir it in the wrong way, you fail the minigame and you need to start again (for tutorial, you go to next recipe).
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Health Potion: This potion will restore your health. To create this potion, you need to gather 1 Sugar, 1 Frog Leg and 2 Triton Eyes. After gathering the ingredients, you need to mix them in the cauldron for 10 seconds to complete the recipe.
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SILENCE Potion: This potion will make you invisible for a short period of time. To create this potion, you need to gather 1 Sugar, 1 Frog Leg and 2 Eggs. After gathering the ingredients, you need to mix them in the cauldron for 15 seconds to complete the recipe.
This game was developed using Raylib, a simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogame programming. The game is written in C and it uses the Raylib library to handle graphics, audio and input.
The game is structured in different screens, each screen has its own logic and assets. The main screens are the Title Screen, the Tutorial Screen, the Final Screen and the Mixer Screen. Each screen has its own minigames and recipes to complete.
For more information about Raylib, you can visit the official website: https://www.raylib.com/
And you can see the Source Code of the game in this GitHub repository:
https://github.com/makeclassicgames/The-Little-Alchemist
To compile and run the game, you need to have Raylib installed on your system. You can follow the instructions on the official website to install and work for HTML5 based Projects: https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/wiki/Working-for-Web-(HTML5)
This game is developed by Zerasul (Make Classic Games) and it uses the following assets:
- Kenny Assets (Avatar Tool, Animal Pack and Monster Pack): https://kenney.nl/
- Couldron: https://opengameart.org/content/fill-me-up-2d-cauldron
- candy: https://opengameart.org/content/super-candy-set-m484-games
- fire: https://opengameart.org/content/camp-fire-animation-for-rpgs-finished
- food: https://ghostpixxells.itch.io/pixelfood
- CountDown: https://opengameart.org/content/countdown
- Button Play: https://opengameart.org/content/ui-decline-or-back
- Success: https://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/pel%C3%ADculas-y-efectos-especiales-success-340660/
- Fail: https://pixabay.com/es/sound-effects/pel%C3%ADculas-y-efectos-especiales-fail-234710/
- Menu: https://opengameart.org/content/winds-of-storie
- Dialogs: https://opengameart.org/content/loop-lonely-witch
- Game 1 music: https://opengameart.org/content/happy-arcade-tune
- Game 2 Music: https://opengameart.org/content/a-tricky-puzzle-loop
This game is still in development, and it may contain some errors and bugs. If you find any error or bug, please report it to the developer, so it can be fixed as soon as possible.