My Alchemist's Garden

Controls

Keyboard

Tab - Swap between umbrella and rifle

Space - Fire rifle when rifle is equipped

Mouse Cursor - Used to aim the rifle

Mouse Left-Click - Interact/Click and drag to plant plants

Esc - Pause

My Alchemist’s Garden follows our player as they try to bolster their boss’s alchemy business.  The player must plant and harvest ingredients to fill customer orders.  The player earns money for each order all the while trying to keep cool from the blistering heat of the sun and destructive garden pests.

Gameplay

•  Click and drag plants from the bottom center seed bar to an empty farm patch to grow plants.
•  When a plant is fully grown a green checkmark will appear above, and you can click on the plant to harvest it and add it to your inventory (the inventory is displayed to the left of the seed bar).
•  Pests will spawn randomly and attempt to eat your plants. You can press TAB to swap to the rifle to shoot (SPACE bar) them.
•  When holding the rifle you will be exposed to the heat of the sun, and if exposed for too long you will pass out from heat exhaustion.
•  You will have to manage your time spent in the shade of the umbrella and holding the rifle to defend against pests.
•  Occasionally an order will need to be filled and will be displayed in the bottom left corner. If you have the required plants in your inventory a button with a green checkmark will appear on the order that you can click to complete it. You will be given a cash reward if an order is completed.
•  There is a shop button in the bottom right of the game that can be clicked to access the shop. You can use your earned cash to unlock new plants and additional farm patches in this shop menu.

Game Design Document

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sgROLI9FpzclOA3W-58WsKQEpUvFj4_puZDB5WyFmXs/...