Alchemic Cutie News

Hey there Cutie Club,

It looks like Santa has stopped by Wimba Island early. He left Finn a Jelly egg for Christmas and Finn needs help looking after it. So he’s asked our Discord community to help raise it!



Finn will post updates on the egg every few hours with a guess of when he think it will hatch. We can vote on doing an activity with the egg by clicking on the reactions.

What will happen when it hatches?

So make sure to join our Discord to help out and be sure to follow @alchemiccutie and @CIRCLE_Ent for future updates.

P.S. A special thanks to Haku who helped code this 😊

Hey there Cutie Club,

After EGX Berlin (and London) we’re finally back into development and already have some updates to share 🙂

Weather System

We’ve added a weather system into the game. Depending on the time of year, Wimba Island can be prone to different types of weather. On top of that, different types of weather will effect Jellies in different ways.



New dialogue box (again)

At EGX Berlin, we noticed players weren’t realizing that there was a scrollbox in the dialogue UI and that more options were available. Additionally, we realised the old UI didn’t work well if two NPCs were talking to each other.

Based on those, we redesigned the dialogue box again to make things more clear. And for dialogue choices, if more choices are available the arrows will bounce to indicate more options can be selected.



EGX Berlin

We had a great time at EGX Berlin, meeting lots of old and new fans of the game! Our booth was always busy and we joined the Let’s Play 4 Charity stream playing the latest beta build. Hopefully we can attend again next year! 🙂



What’s next?

Sebastien and Taylor are working away on building out the last areas of Wimba Island while Stephen and myself are coding some super secret new features…can’t reveal anything just yet 🤐

In the meantime, make sure to join our Discord and be sure to follow @alchemiccutie and @CIRCLE_Ent for future updates.

Hey there Cutie Club,

We're excited to announce that we'll be showing Alchemic Cutie at EGX London and EGX Berlin this year! If you haven't gotten a ticket yet, there's still time...but move fast, they're starting to run low! :)

Tickets for EGX London (Oct 17th - 20th 2019)
Tickets for EGX Berlin (Nov 1st - 3rd 2019)

We've also got a new trailer just for EGX. Check it out below!

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Hey there Cutie Club,

We have some updates to share today!

Environment Interaction

First off, we've been working on introducing alchemy to the environment to bring more fun to the game world. Every season will have different environment objects to play your flute on and find crystals.



New Flute Mechanics

Speaking of flute playing, we've completely revamped the flute mechanics.

To tie in with progressing to the different areas of Wimba Island, we've also added a progression system to the player's flute. The player has a limited number of transmutations shown in the top-right of the HUD. The flute will recharge throughout the day, or, if you want to completely recharge your flute, you can return home and sleep.



As the game progresses, you'll activate shrines in the game world which will expand your flute meter allowing you to perform more transmutations each day.

A homely home

Sebastien has been working on the tileset for interiors and has built out the player's home (left) and the grandparent's home (right). They look so cosy! :)



What's next?

As mentioned on our Jellycast, we won't be able to attend PAX and Gamescom this year (*sad jelly noises*). However, we are looking into attending a conference later in the year (hint: it may be in the U.K.). We hope to have more news soon :)

Tom has been working away on porting work and will have something cool to share soon. Taylor has been detailing The Plains (no spoilers yet) and has recently begun detailing The Forest part of the island. Stephen and Caoimhe has been working some new features which we'll share in a later blog post ;)

In the meantime, make sure to join our Discord and be sure to follow @alchemiccutie and @CIRCLE_Ent for future updates.

Hey there Cutie Club,

It’s been a while since we’ve recorded a JellyCast so here’s a new cast where we talk about what we’ve been working on. In the video you can also catch a small preview of Wimba Island 😉

And if you’re interested in games programming, Sebastien prompts Tom into a 20 minute detour on programming around halfway through the cast 😛

https://youtu.be/cSIQ4RzXPgE

P.S. If you haven’t signed up to the Cutie Club yet, you can do so here. As always, make sure to follow @alchemiccutie and @CIRCLE_Ent for future updates.