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MSc project · Solo · 8 weeks
Formula and Flask
A first-person potion factory. Experiment with ingredients, sell what you brew, then automate the whole production line.
- Role
- Solo developer
- Time
- 8 weeks
- Engine
- UE5
- Grade
- 80%
01 // Why
Why I made it
Most crafting systems use up ingredients to make a fixed item. I wanted to challenge that and test a different method: every ingredient has a hidden ideal value, and fuzzy logic grades how close your mix gets.
It's a systems prototype, so the art is placeholder on purpose. The interesting part is the logic underneath: the appraisal, the Clarity score, and how that one number sets both a potion's price and how well it works.
Once you work out a good potion by hand, you build a production line that makes it for you.
02 // How
How I built it
Ingredient combinations are generated fresh each session, so recipes have to be discovered rather than looked up.
Potion quality is judged with fuzzy logic, so you get graded results rather than a simple right or wrong.
Cauldrons and machines are placeable entities with their own settings, which is what turns brewing into automation.
03 // Media
Gallery
04 // Features
What's in it
- Potion combinations generated fresh each session
- Fuzzy logic for judging potion quality
- An appraisal point that grades each ingredient and gives the potion a Clarity score
- Clarity sets the sale price and how strong the potion is when you drink it
- Five recipes to discover and optimise
- Recipes that unlock as you level up
- Placeable stations: ingredient shop, cauldron, appraisal point, sell point, and conveyors
- Auto toggles that run each machine on a timer
- A build mode for laying out the factory
- Money and XP from potion sales
- First-person factory management
05 // Documents
Read the docs
Contact
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I’m looking for gameplay and systems design roles. Email is the quickest way to reach me.