Alchademy

I used to be addicted to this game when I first downloaded it, because it's cute, I really enjoy the art style both it and Chichens share. After a while, the buzz has sorta worn off, but I still love the game. So, I've not been playing as frequently recently, even with notifications turned on. But today, I must've not played for a few weeks, and it gave me a notification that said: "The Alchademy will be closing soon. Claim your mixture before your alchemist goes on break." Which had me VERY WORRIED. Usually the notifications are very upbeat and use lots of exclamations points, but this notification seemed to sound out of character to me.. The first thing my mind jumped to, I thought maybe they were closing/deleting the game! Which now sounds a bit silly, but it's what I thought at the time. So, I scoured Hyperbeard's twitter feed to see if I could find something to explain if I were just being dramatic or not. I looked at their instagram. Both turned up blank. Then I thought that maybe there would be something about it on the appstore. It seemed a bit farfetched, but maybe they could've left an update in the description that said they would no longer be working on the game, or something to that effect. Also, nothing. So there I am, reading the comments, and I realize there's only one. So, I decide to record my journey here. Au Revoir~

The game is awesome and they have a lot of cute and unique things you can create. I greatly enjoyed this game and the wait was the whole fun part about it, every time I realized my mixtures were done I got hype and excited since I waited so long for them. But now I’ve played so much I have completed all the books and I’m working on getting all Alchemists and cauldrons available. Now the main question is what happens after I collect all the characters and cauldrons as well as finished the books? Will there be future updates I must wait on because that’s perfectly fine. I’m just wondering if this is the finish line or is there more to come?

After downloading just one Hyperbeard game I had to have them all, and Alchademy is one of my absolute favorites! The simple premise, excitement of discovery, calming atmospheric music, and beautiful art just draws me in. Finally figuring out the right combination of ingredients after multiple failures is beyond satisfying. I wish Alchademy was a little world like Animal Crossing I could explore and lose myself in, that's how perfect and charming it is! I would give you guys five stars in a heartbeat if it weren't for the gems. There are so few options to earn them in game, I've only ever found one gem in a bubble. Converting gold for them works decently enough despite being slow and time consuming, especially since as usual Hyperbeard games are more generous than most "freemium" games. The problem I have is with buying gems. I decided to buy some gems to purchase new alchemists, but despite processing my payment I never got the forty gems I was supposed to. Sure, it's only three dollars, but those were my three dollars. EDIT - It happened AGAIN, you guys need to stop this game from eating people's money.

This is a really cute and fun game. I love the texture details in the painting style. But I have a lot of trouble with it crashing. Often times when I open it, it loads and immediately shuts down until I try opening it a few more times. It’s frustrating and sometimes I just give up on playing it if Im not in the mood to be patient. However, I love the art style and the fact you can uptrade coins for gems to buy skins helps the game feel like im actually achieving things and gives me stuff to actually spend it on, since I’m not too interested in the hourglass purchases for the most part. The only other criticism I have is that sometimes a gold cauldron or alchemist symbol appears and you have to tap it a lot. It would be helpful to have an option to hold down on the symbol and collect the coins that way.

The game is fun an all but sometimes they hold your coins and you don’t get them after a new creation. Not sure if this is a bug or not but it really irks me when this happens. Sometimes I’ll be tapping on those giant time-sensitive coin things continuously (understandably as I should) to get the most out of them and then an ad (that I DIDN’T CLICK ON) will pop up in the middle of me doing so. The ads in this game are pretty long, so when this occurs, by the time the ad is finished, the giant coin will be gone and I’ll be robbed of my actual coins (the ones I would’ve been collecting if the ad hadn’t popped up in the first place). Other than those few irritating factors the game is pretty fun and it’s cool to see the things you can create when using two other ingredients.