My Party Needs An Alchemist

A very fun and cosy game. I find it's a lovely wind down game before I'm going to bed. The story and characters are engaging, the art style is wonderful and cute, the music is great and evolves as you progress the plot, adding that characters instrument to the score. The potion crafting isn't too difficult and feels good to do well and create high quality potions. Combat is well balanced, you need a bit of strategy and thinking to deal with some encounters. There are some challenging fights but they are all fun to overcome. You can feel that this game is made with an incredible amount of love and care! if you want a taste of the game, there is a demo, please play it and please buy it!

This game is really cute, stress free and easy to understand. The characters are fun and don't feel dull at all, despite being a bit cliche. I really love that your own character isn't that mindless, mute person we all know from other games, but has their own personality that maybe sometimes gets their priorities wrong. The potion making is a bit repetitive, but that doesn't really bother me. It's not a game you play for 8 hours straight every day, but I can definitely see myself playing it again and again. The difficulty level is just right. Either you rush through the story and make it hard on yourself, or you take the time to fight some spots 2 or 3 times, collect stuff and make more potions. Preparation is everything! I almost overlooked the bounty board at first, but it's a great way to earn some extra money while you're gathering ingredients anyway!

[b][i]A cute and cozy approach on being the party alchemist, just without the major stress of RPG party management, grind, and not using your shampoo and conditioner to make useful potions.[/i][/b] [b][u]My Party Needs An Alchemist,[/u][/b] uses a simple autobattler formula with brewing components similar to Potioncraft to make a really simple, but creative way to make potions and manage your growing party. A great cozy option to those who love crafting elixirs from Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom or enjoy gathering materials to make their own consumables and items in RPGs/MMOs, just without the tiring grind, complicated recipes and RNG. [b][u]+PROS:[/u][/b] +Super cozy, very cute artstyle +Autobattler gameplay with creative brew mechanic, just get materials, add to cauldron, draw pattern to mix and if you nail the perfect line,[i] tada, high quality potion[/i] +Simple gameplay but can be made completely story, easier or harder difficulty at any given point +More advanced accessibility options to tailor gameplay needs +Materials and money are easily gained, so barely to no grinding needed to get what you need +Cosmetic shop, and semi customizable avatar +Text and combat speeds are adjustable to tailor comfort +Lovely music and party members have different musical scores [b][u]-CONS:[/u][/b] -Repetitive gameplay loop may not appeal to those looking for something more in depth [b]-[i]Pattern drawing may be difficult for those who have hand tremors/shakes/unstable hands [u](there is a click option so you don't have to press and hold to draw)[/u][/i][/b] -Can be short [i]if you breeze through it[/i] [i]-Progression and additional development of the game will take some time due to less time being able to dedicate to doing, so some planned Kickstarter functions may or may not be added[/i] [b][u]-Wording of "[/u][i][u]falling in love with your 9 companions[/u][/i][u]"does not mean romance options, and no active romance planned for those who are looking for that kind of option[/u][/b]

A wonderful cozy game that needs more people playing it! Slowly gather up a party as you adventure through the land, crafting potions and slaying monsters along the way. Combat involves selecting party members and potions to take into battle, and using the potions when appropriate. Characters and enemies have elemental damage, so you're usually trying to pick what enemies are weak to. At levels 10 and 20 characters get a bigger boost that adds additional factors. Defeating enemies gets you gold and potion ingredients. Crafting potions involves having enough ingredients and tracing designs - very good tracing will get you a high quality potion, but trace too badly and the potion won't get made at all. As you progress, the game adds modifiers to the tracing, such as the design disappearing or being obstructed. There are difficulty levels in the settings menu if you become frustrated by the modifiers. The story and characters are very cute and cozy. I love the dialogue and art design. There is a fun little card minigame in towns. Some things that could be improved: If you need a lot of potion ingredients, there isn't a quick way to select a lot. You can click rapidly to pick up multiple of an item at once, but some potions have 10 ingredients and if I want to make 10 of that potion, that's 100 clicks. You move somewhat slowly on the world map, and I tended to get caught on things while looking for secrets. You DO get to teleport between towns eventually so that helps somewhat. The game gets a bit grindy about halfway through, but I was playing on hard difficulty, so it might be less grindy on easier difficulties. Also, I beta tested the game and my name is in the credits! :D

The concept is nice but honestly I find it too repetitive and boring. It's quite grindy and unforgiving.

My Party Needs An Alchemist is a fun lighthearted game with an enjoyable potion making system and a good story to tell! I spent several hours playing the demo and have had a wonderful time playing the actual game. At only three hours in I can most certainly recommend the game even at full price. 10/10 will support the developer again. PS: the hat options are great!

Good fun stress-less game with cute characters. Difficult enough to be interesting, with a story line that makes you want to go to the next stage.

Woke, short but not terrible. It's a very beautiful game you can play for about 4 hours. Nothing about it really stands out in one way or another. The story is very generic but quite quirky and fun. If you like these turnbased games I would not shy away from it.

かわいい！ パーティーの錬金術師として、薬を調合して適切なタイミングで使うゲーム 調合は、レシピ通りに決められた素材を釜に入れたら、一筆書きで完成！ 戦闘は自動で進行するので、事前に持ち込むポーションを決めて、適切なタイミングで使用するだけ 日本語訳は完璧ではないものの大体の意味は伝わるぐらいです ただし、タグみたいなのが表示されている箇所が見受けられるため、アップデートで改善されるとよいかなとおもいます また、まだ序盤ですが進行バグがあり、弓使いの男の子の会話イベントで進まなくなる箇所がありました こちらは、操作は可能なのでスキップで対応できました

Cute, creative and good fun :) I love the character-specific music scores and it's relaxing to make potions. The art style is consistently adorable and the story so far is relatively simple but engaging. I like the customisable character, and that you can change appearance as you go if you choose to. The character hats are a nice extra amusement - my favourite may still be the bucket, but the slime hat is very silly and cute too. I'd recommend!