Finally ready for playtests! (v5)

Last week, we started Elixir Emporium on our weekly dev stream. It worked, but was an incredibly rough prototype. The next day, I cleaned up the UI and made it feel more like a game, but with several mechanics just mocked out with a "coming soon" sign. This week, we've finally transitioned from prototype to playable demo with all our original MVP mechanics in:

• Craft new items to solve problems for an endless stream of townspeople with weird problems
• Discover new recipes as you explore infinite combinations of infinite items
• Buy and sell items from the general store to ensure you always have the right ingredients for any problem
• Receive even more items as a tip from every townsperson helped
• Choose a new specialty with each replay to start with new items and new strategies

In short, we've crafted a crafting RPG where the items you craft have purpose. Rather than mixing and matching every possible combination of items, you're tasked with thinking combinations through and alchemically constructing the right item for every townsperson's problem — luckily an infinite number of items and recipes means there are many solutions to every problem!

So don your adventuring hat and move to a small town full of strange people and even stranger problems. As an alchemist, you have the power to bend and manipulate matter to your will. It's a good thing too, since this town is full of puzzles to solve!

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If you like Elixir Emporium, you can support us in the following ways:

• Feedback: Please, please, tell us what you think in the comments! We've crafted a game we like, but there's potential for so much more. We want to make sure the core game loop is fun for other people before we sink too far into layering mechanics into it! Even if you don't like the game, we'd love to hear what you don't like about it so we can improve it. :)
• Discord: We run a Discord for game developers, gamers, and AI enthusiasts that we'd love to see you at!
• Twitch: I stream gamedev every Tuesday on Twitch (and will be working on Elixir Emporium again next week!). You can follow me here to get notified when I go live.