{"id":2343,"edition":13,"categories":1,"features":1,"size":13311,"name":"Black Cat's Herbs & Brews","authors":[{"name":"Tiago Correia","url":"https://dosaki.net/","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450}],"description":"

You and your familiar just arrived to a small village. Your new home, away from the bustling city.

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Brew and sell your potions to the villagers so you can pay rent, upgrade your shop and, more importantly, feed your\nfamiliar, otherwise she’ll knock your potions and ingredients off the shelves.

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Controls

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Click the cupboard to see your inventory

\n\"Accessing\n

Click the cauldron to brew

\n\"Brewing\"\n

Drag items from the cupboard to your cauldron to select ingredients

\n\"Selecting\n

Drag animal products to your familiar to feed her

\n\"Feeding\n

Drag items to the villagers to sell them (if they want them)

\n\"Selling\n

Tips

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Was fun to play - I like these kind of sim games. Graphics is cute.

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Doesn’t work perfectly on a normal sized screen - generally I needed to zoom out to see everything

\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180599,"re":410486424,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thanks for playing!

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I completely forgot to check how the game looked like on a smaller screen. Apologies!

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This is a very pretty game. I like the gameplay loop. Had some trouble figuring it out, so the screenshots helped.

\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180444,"re":410492689,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

I’m glad you found the gifs in the description. I unfortunately ran out of space to include an in-game tutorial.

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Impressive graphics / animation and sound design! Funny dialogs / reactions. That’s hard work.

\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180400,"re":410512661,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thanks, Xem. Wish I had a tiny bit more space for a tutorial 😅\nI’m glad you were able to figure it out

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so cute! smooth gameplay and adorable graphic :D

\n","games":["The Laser Cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180347,"re":410626747,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thank you! It’s my first time trying pixel art.

\n"},{"at":410642518,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"

There’s an impressive amount packed into this game and it was fun to play too!

\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"typ":1,"at":411289446,"re":410642518,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thanks for playing! I do try to squeeze as much as I can from the 13Kb.

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really fun game, nice interaction and very good pixel art

\n","games":["Cat and Spikes"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180081,"re":410673502,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

I’m still new at pixel art, thanks, the compliment means a lot 😁

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🧪 Very cool game, though it’s very hard to earn money — maybe a balancing issue.\nThe graphics are super stylish and diverse, and I liked the potion crafting and the shop.

\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411180026,"re":411046312,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thanks for playing and reviewing!

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Yeah balancing was definitely an issue. There was some progression in the types of items the villagers requested but unfortunately I had to massively reduce that to save space.

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I’ll try to reintroduce it for the director’s cut.

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411164247,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"

So, I really like the concept behind your game! It feels like something fun. At the same time, I find the areas to click and move about to be a bit confusing. I also find it hard that the first four days for me, where customers that I did not have a way to make what they want. They also want things very quickly too! It just needs some balancing really.

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https://youtu.be/o1W9EbxvNRY

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Hi!

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Thanks for reviewing ❤️

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I could see you struggle with what to do and I knew that would happen, sorry!

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I was hoping to have space to include a tutorial but alas 😓 I added little gifts to the description to explain how the game works as an alternative.

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I’ll probably make a director’s cut version with a tutorial (and tidy up some bits too).

\n"},{"at":411205924,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Great game! It’s awesome that you included such a detailed and animated tutorial. I really loved the pixel art style and how the witch is drawn.\nAt first, I found it a bit tricky to switch between actions and brew the potions, but I eventually got the hang of it.\nThanks for the game! 😊🧙‍♀️

\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"typ":1,"at":411287337,"re":411205924,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Thanks for playing! :D

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I’m glad the description gifs were useful!

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411380596,"author":"Victor Debone","login":"debone","gh":763457,"url":"https://javascri.pl/","twitter":"javascripl","text":"

Thanks for your submission! First, I can’t know how much effort you’ve put on the game, so don’t mind me if I get cliché or repeat ideas you simply didn’t get the time (or kb) to finish.

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Hey!

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Thanks for the detailed feedback. I can tell you played the game quite a bit and that makes it all the more valuable!

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Pacing and balancing is definitely a problem in this, that’s partly due to cuts I had to do but then I couldn’t quite find a good way to rebalance the game. I’m hindsight, I think I should’ve sped up the time and the rate at which villagers pop in and make the game end at the one month mark.

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Thanks for playing 😁

\n"},{"at":411385647,"author":"Kamil Żurek","login":"KamilZu","gh":113287322,"text":"

Really interesting mechanics and congratulation for overall game system - it’s smooth and engaging :) Pixel chartacters are very well designed!

\n","games":["Claw'opatra and the Gods of Egypt"]},{"at":411459849,"author":"Gleb Volkov","login":"malec-palec","gh":2181873,"twitter":"volkov_ayyy","text":"

I love the cozy pixel art, lively characters, and drag‑and‑drop shopkeeping - once it clicks, it feels smooth and engaging. Early on, the flow and balance can be confusing and a bit punishing (customers rush, recipes aren’t obvious), and it could use an in‑game tutorial plus better scaling. Still, for 13KB it’s impressively content‑rich and charming, and I had fun tinkering with potions.

\n","games":["Catapoolt"]},{"at":411620278,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"

Your game is very nice! I tried building a potions game myself a few years ago but it was way simpler. I’m impressed with all the details and features you added!

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I might not be a good potion shop manager because I end up bankrupt a few times already :D

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I struggled a little at first to get used to all the UI elements and this way think I couldn’t answer the customer fast enough. Maybe once I get used to the mechanics this becomes easier.

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Or the UI could be improved so my actions could be quicker. For instance, I missed the ability to close the shop contextual menu by clicking outside.

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Congrats on your submission!

\n","games":["Black Cat's Rise"]},{"at":411623097,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

Really good entry

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The graphics are really good, and the music/sound effects work well

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I enjoyed the little chats with the customers

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My only confusion was people asking for potions and me not having an idea how to make them, although I did manage a couple the customers got bored very quickly and left

\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":411631042,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

The game looks really impressive. I love how many sprites you made, and the characters look amazing. The music is lovely and fitting.\nI know the game is complex and you used every byte available to you and then some, but It feels a bit jarring to immediately land on the game without intro. While the game is fun, it’s a bit frustrating to have to fumble with so many menus and going back and forth between the cauldron to check the recipes and the pantry to get the ingredients. I often forget the recipe by the time I get to the ingredients. I’m glad you had a very detailed description on the website or I would have been totally lost. I didn’t even realize there was a cauldron.

\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"at":411719314,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"

This game is complex in a very fun way! That dang cat was a problem. lol Felt like real life. haha. It reminded me of when I was reparing a laptop for a customer and he let his cat roam free. lmao.

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Anyway, may God bless you! Thank you for making your game. Everything felt right to me.

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