Wandering Alchemist - Apps on Google Play
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Explore your neighborhood, collect resources, brew potions and decorate

It took quite a while, but it’s finally out. Fully free, no ads, no in-app purchases (besides a “Support the developer” option), no data collection and fully offline playable. All you need is your phone and GPS :)

I originally made the game to go on walks, unfortunately I sat even more in front of my PC to develop it. It is what it is. Hopefully it motivates some of you to get your steps in 💚

General idea of the game: Collect ingredients, brew them into potions and sell them to merchants. With the gold and reputation you get you can buy things and decorate your neighborhood. Other players see the same map and resources (so you can indirectly play together), but the game world fully belongs to you (singleplayer only).

General roadmap right now:

  • Adding achievements
  • Adding buildings you can improve over time (tavern to attract merchants and an ingredient tree you need to grow)
  • More minigames and improving the existing ones
  • And of course bugfixes, please let me know if you run into issues :)

For any questions and suggestions I’m always available!

  • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    This looks awesome! Downloaded. I already play Walkscape, which is like RuneScape but works by counting steps. This will be a fun addition.

    Is it playable while traveling? I don’t know if it’s a waste to put down stuff in places to which I’ll never return.

    • Vlyn@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      6·
      24 hours ago

      Fully playable while traveling.

      Stuff you put down is just decoration (so skip that for places you don’t revisit) and currently two functional buildings (garden to plant ingredients, market stall to sell potions for less gold).

      When traveling over 12 km/h it doesn’t count for walk distance (companion rewards, daily missions, …) but it’s fully playable otherwise :)

      • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        I seemed not to have ingredients near me at first, and I got stuck with no clue what to do. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game to get the instructions to come up again, and made two potions. Is there a way to get back to the help/tutorial?

        • Vlyn@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          Not for the very first tutorial (without resetting your app), all other tutorials can be pulled up again.

          The tutorial should give you enough resources to brew your first potion and sell it. Then you’ll have to go for a walk to find more stuff :)

          There’s plenty around, if you’re not in a city just walk your usual route and interact with what you find. There’s some easter eggs too. In a city with blocks you might be able to use the markers to track down resources, but it’s not necessary to play like that.