GMTK Game Jam 2025

Loopy The Alchemist

A game made for the 2025 GMTK game jam

Controls:

Arrow keys to move
E or Space to draw
R or Alt to boost

Gameplay:

Draw a line around enemies to collect materials
Explore the levels and find more material and bosses
Make it back to the portal before the timer expires
The materials you collect will be used in the atelier to make new items for the shop
The more materials, and the better quality, the better and more expensive the items for the shop will be!

Dev notes:

Back again for the GMTK game jam for a second time! I used the time to learn how to use Godot. I’ve been making lots of notes and feel I have a much better understanding of the engine and the GDScript language now!

I’m a bit worried the game might be a bit difficult to understand for someone who doesn’t know how the mechanics work, and I would have liked to add some more levels, and the shop system.

The concept for this game changed a lot from the first day. I was planning to have a physics based game where you grab ribbons and loop them around pegs to make a race track thing… it was far too complicated, so I changed it to this flying game instead, with some help from my fiancé in the concept department!

I booked the Thursday and Friday off work so I could focus on the Jam for the whole four days. I really enjoyed being able to dedicate my time to game dev! It felt great and I’m really proud of what I managed to accomplish in a short time, and with very limited knowledge of the engine!

Hope you all enjoy, let me know what you think in the comments!