Royal Alchemist

I love your game so much!

My favorite, favorite prince is Serin! He's so cute, handsome, and beautiful! He's also a gentleman and prince charming!😊😚🤗

The protagonist is so adorable, too. I just want to pinch the protagonist's cheeks. I like how we tease the princes, especially Prince Serin. 😗😃😄

It is always a pleasure to see good game projects completed!
I have always been afraid to play visual novels with this status enhancement system. Because, well, usually when there is this kind of gameplay the story is weak.
It is a good thing that this is not the case with Royal Alchemist. With it I was able to enjoy a fun gameplay system, while following a very well made plot. I fell in love with Aurelius, Serin, Nazir and, of course, Alexis.
The game was fantastic!

Suggestion: it would be useful to include a space to "keep memories", that is, the romantic scenes with the characters. This would avoid having to replay the game just to review a scene.

First of all I would like to say that I made an account on this site just to leave a review of this game. Yeah. I just really had to get my thoughts out there on this quality game.

I followed this game since last year. The demo told me right away that I wanted to keep an eye out for this one. Really, it’s such a rare thing nowadays you know?The game hits the mark on everything: the interesting plot, the characters (the princes, the mc who is dynamic and most importantly, not a doormat and even the side characters). The person who did the CG’s, I just want to shake their hand man. These are some quality visuals and I won’t lie: this is what initially lured me in last year.

The rpg aspect of the game was certainly a nice challenge as well. It also made me feel more engaged compared to the regular vn, where, bless them but all you usually have to do is click and click. You really feel like you have control over your destiny. As the devs said in the comments there, if you put emphasis on certain stats (Etiquette/Combat – Aurelius, Leadership – Nazir and Charisma/Beauty/Etiquette/ – Serin, and after playing once I realised you kinda want that Intelligence up there as well regardless of playthrough, because it makes you feel like a god, being able to predict some… cough things about the plot) you will be fine. This would be the perfect time to mention that I played on Easy (yes I know, truly a disgrace, but this one time I was like you know that, it is story time) and with +5 to my stats from 2 deaths. Honestly, if you’re not a fool like me and click Overwrite Save again and again like I did on my first playthrough you will be fine lol. Just try to be prepared with a save on a new slot every couple of hours, should things go terribly wrong. If you want full completion however, may god have mercy on you, I shall think of you fondly.

I achieved all 3 romance endings, with Serin being my favorite. He was my first choice, he’s had me since he helped me at the gate to be honest. His personality lured me in from the beginning. He truly is best boy, doing his best and the teasing in his route is precious af. Even if I picked Serin, I knew I wanted to give Aurelius a try as well. Cheeky boy lol. He’s basically the Defrosting Ice Queen trope (and I love that trope a lot) so I really liked his route as well. No spoilers, but some moments in his route make it really worth it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

Now Nazir. I’ll just come out and say it: since I tackled the other princes before him I was already coming in like “Okay so this mother f’er goes frolicking god knows where every time, oh I’m sorry Nazir it’s just that we are in mortal danger here.” If only I knew. No spoilers, but the plot twist really is top tier. It’s my favorite moment in the route and I love how you act as MC as well, reliable and gentle. My apologies dear Nazir, should have kept a close eye on you lol. After having completed 3 playthrougs of the same game (something I didn’t even intend to do, but I just had to know what was up with Nazir) I can safely say that all princes are deserving of your time and you will definitely find something to like.

Tl;dr: Solid plot with compelling twists. Good characters. Interesting MC. At least pick up the demo if you’re on the fence, it’s quite long and it will tell you everything you need to know. So much heart went into this game and I can’t think of a negative even if I try. My congratulations to the devs, whatever you guys come up with in the future I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks for your hard work!

In my last playthrough and in my current playthrough, I get no stats bonus from the daily deaths, even though I have it turned 'on'. Is it because I'm playing easy mode or is it a bug?

I don't have steam, but is there any way I can buy the game on here and get the game guide? 

i've gotten the romance ending for nazir and am currently on aurelius' route-- been playing almost non stop since i got it!! the story is super engaging and i love all of the characters, and the game is extensive with high replay value without feeling tedious

I really do love this game and the characters i beat all the main routes romances, am curious will there be a sequel or an addon sequel. I want to find out what happens next so badly.

Devs... You outdid the game... I have spent 15 hours dying like 10 times! I was so close on getting an ending too (I was on Week 59 when I died)!! This game is so hard but it's so good AAAA (Playing this normally without a guide is enjoyable ehehe)

After I finish all endings, I will come back and hopefully write another review :D

Hello! I recently bought and started playing this beautiful game and I'm blown away. I loved every single one of the characters and how they developed. You really feel like you grow closer and spend time with not only the love interests, but everyone around you. The requests rarely ever felt tedious and instead rewarding, as well as fulfilling to see the interactions once you complete each request (though maybe that's just because I'm a people pleaser haha). The plot definitely buttered my croissant. The court intrigue and drama kept me on my toes, overall a very immersive first play.

Just finished Aurelius's route and man did he spark my competitive side. Successfully got almost all the stat checks except one leadership and one etiquette check on his adventure mode route. Did I spend an ungodly amount of time on this? Yes. Was it worth it? Hell yes. I actually found Aurelius irritating at first (in a good way) and that's what lead me down his route. To beat him. Suffice to say he ended up stealing my heart, and there's no winning against that little smirk of his. Now I'm on to Serin and Nazir, but in conclusion this game is very much worth it. 10/10 would recommend and props to you guys for this gorgeous game. 

Hi, bought this game on Steam and it's amazing. Wish it would last forever so I could keep playing it. :( Just wondering if you guys plan on making new otome game in the future? :3

Btw, I dunno if it's a bug or not but somehow some of the CGs I unlocked didn't show up in the gallery. Not the big deal thou, I finished the game but still want to take a look once in a while since they are so gorgeous. :3 Guess I will just buy the artbook. XD

Hello! I'm really happy that this game is released, because it's really awesome and one of a kind! But i'm confused about one thing... How do i know if i'm on someone's route? Do we get an indication like a scene where one of the princes comes to our help on 11 week, like it was in demo? Because if it is so, then i can't seem to get on any prince's route =( I play on easy mode. I successfully pass every stat\item check there is up to 12 week, and have magic stats around 40 for every prince's affined magic elements by 11 week (i mean like 40 wood 40 light for Serin for example), and whenever there is an option, i spend time with the prince i pursue only. But on week 11 Alexis just goes to Garion alone without encountering any of the princes, successfully captures assassin, creates truth serum etc.. I'm just not sure if that is how it's supposed to be and i'll get romance scenes later, or i miss something.. I tried Serin and Aurelius routes so far, but every time i end up alone on 11 week. Their love bars in grimoire when i went for their routes were filled enough i think... I don't know where to look. Maybe i need to get stats like charisma and beauty for Serin to a certain level by week 11?

I finished the game tow days ago playing Aurelius route and I absolutely love it! I just love everything about the game; the story, the characters, the art... Aurelius ist gorgeous, the last CG of him in the epiloge is .... wow .... wow ! (guess why I chose him first). After playing I had a heartache for the rest of the day :D

But I´m still waiting for your Email with the guide (I pre-ordered it). Would you please look into that?

Hey there!

Just finished Serin’s romantic route this morning! (Did I spend all night on the game and go to sleep at 6AM because I was so much into all the end of the game? Absolutely not … ahah... ah...)

Sincerely, the game was extraordinary!

I began with Serin’s route because I really liked his charadesign and I was even more delighted when I learnt to know him. Like others, I felt the slow-burn romance but it didn’t bother me at all. The evolution of the relationship with Serin was so much adorable, my heart melted at each intimate moment with him and his reactions to Alexis’ teasing was just perfect :’) Really, thank you for creating such a sweetheart, can’t wait to do the other routes ! As so for the other characters, I loved interacting with them. They are all so well described and have their own personality, I wanted to continue the story, I wanted to read more of their journey!

To be honest, what I was most afraid of was the stats raising system. I don’t play strategy games because I’m really bad when it comes to stats raising so I thought I would die a lot but in the end I just died 4 times (even with a friend  of mine who also bought the game, challenging me to play it in normal mode) and I found all this system clear and fun !

I’m someone who read reaaaaally slowly and who spend her time looking at every little detail on the drawings so it took me about 30 hours to achieve only one ending out of 8 xD

Clearly, your game was worth its price <3

The backgrounds, the CGs, the charadesign, they are all beautiful, you did such a wonderful work! Thank you for that, thank you for this game. It’s with great pleasure that I will look forward to your next work and help you on your Patreon right when I come back to work !

And to finish I have a little question. I fell in love with a lot of soundtracks in the game, are you planning to sell the soundtrack somewhere or put it on spotify maybe ?

With Love from France ! 

You guys outdid yourselves with this game. The art is beautiful, the characters are unforgettable, and the story is fascinating. Also, the reveal at the end? *chef's kiss* It hurt so good, so good. The kickstarter guide is amazing and made my life so much easier, a thousand thanks for that.

I played through the other two romantic routes before tackling Aurelius', and boiiiiiiiiiiii that was the best decision of my life. I adore Serin and Nazir; their routes made me swoon, but Aurelius hit me straight in the kokoro with so many feels I had to step away from the computer. Bravo.

Hi! I have one little issue: I cannot craft Truth Serum because its recipe just doesn't show up, it is locked. I do same choices as I did through my first playthrough and everything was fine before. It's bug or?..

Hi! First I'd like to say i'm loving the game so far, from the writing to the art its all very well done :) Secondly, I recently purchased the artbook on Steam and I'd like to purchase the guide too, is there a way to buy it without paying for the artbook again? 

Great game! While I was enjoying it, I noted down a couple of typos in the text.

Where would you like me to send them with the screenshots? I'm happy to post them here, of course, if you like.

I am probably missing something, but how do I access the guide during game?  Or is it out of the game?  I got it through steam.  I love the game by the way!  

Thanks in advance!

The game is amazing. Thank you to all involved for creating something so lovely and wonderful, I'm enjoying it very much. Wish you well :)

I just finished my first playthrough with Aurelius. I THINK I hit the romance ending. Curious as to what all the other endings are like. I plan on playing through another route or two but not sure if I can dedicate the time to seeing them all! (so if anyone would love to privately let me know about their routes maybe c: ) Amazed and happy overall at this game and had been waiting for it for a long time! Was not disappointed. <3

I really do love this game, I have managed to get serin and nazir romance ending, died 3 times. but i am finding it hard on getting aurelius romance ending, It seems you need so much leadership and combat for him I think. I could be wrong but that is how it seems to me because of my failed playthrough of his route. I will try again on his route. 

Raphael: " You can't do ALL the REQUEST."

Me: " ArE YoU ChAlLeNGiNg mE?"

And I did manage to finish all the item request. Got the Whole faction on my side.

Unlike others, I try to avoid death. Even if there is an achievement for that. And yea I ended everything without death. Yay~.

One thing for sure. Nifty Visuals good at creating good characters. I even thought "ah I want to romance Viola, Ceridwin, Sala and even Issa." Maybe in other games. Maybe.

The game not hard if you planned ahead and know what you are doing(and keep MANY saves)

To conclude, everything is enjoying.

Daily death...gotta Catch 'em all 🤣  me dying the 50th time trying to figure this out without a guide: (holds magnifying glass up to my eye) thats a twist... thats very twisty

This visual novel was interesting because "BL".Anyway i hope you can release the guide because some of cg i didn't get it.

After 8 hours and many deaths later, I finally got my first ending - Serin's good end. This game is so addicting and I'm kind of obsessed with unlocking achievements and the different routes (will probably skip bad ends because my heart probably won't be able to take it). 

I love this game so much. The story is so intriguing with many twists and turns. I loved delving into each and every part of it. I'm sure there's much more to be uncovered and look forward to unearthing them.

The stats raising part was actually quite fun. It was a challenge to balance stats at first but it's very satsifying passing the checkpoints. Also making friends with the different factions was also pleasing.

The romance had a very natural buildup. It's not as romance heavy than I was expecting, but it would be difficult to have any more romance given how much story and gameplay there is. So no complaints here.

The music, art and everything is just so wonderful. Thank you Nifty Visuals for making this game. I've been following development and am so happy to be able to play it now. 

Lastly, just thank you so much for making this LGBTQ+ friendly. It's such a lovely experience.

Can't wait to play the other routes!

[Full review, no spoiler ] I really loved the game, I binged-played it the day I bought it (and it takes me the whole day, so it's very full of content, totally worth his price !!!), and I do not regret any second on it, even if it was very difficult (adventurous mod).

Story and characters: Truly, the story was rich, interesting, and well paced. I really liked the consistency of NPC, the various hints given through the game so everything makes sense in the end. All characters was equally deep and well written, especially the MC, I liked her genuine curiosity and her fighting spirit, she was a pleasure to embody. In the route I played (Aurelius) I felt the romance was a bit secondary but it didn’t bothered me much because I was so taken by the plot and the few romantic scenes displayed was really good, so it was worth. I still wish there was a bit more of them, a bit more of common scenes where the feeling just grows, and just a bit more romantic ending  but that’s my only complain about the story itself, otherwise I truly thought it was perfect.

Also, I really enjoyed all the details about the request which were always tie with a little story, and the mission were really written too. The writing itself was a bit hard for a non-native speaker like me, but it really helps to set the mood of the royalty and the magic world surrounded us, and I easily stepped in, it was really good too.

[I just noticed a mistake on pronouns in one scene (I got «his » instead of «her ».) « Lady Rozencruz told me to send his warmest regards, etc. »]  

Gameplay : I thought the gameplay was really well tied to the story. I was a sucker for this little «ting » when the checkbox appears to make me understand I have what it takes. But it took me at least 3 attempt from the middle of the game, to manage to balance my stat, mostly because there is no clue about what we will need, and I think it’s a bit annoying because it really makes you feel lost on your first playthrough... and even a bit afterward. (And I am a sucker for stat rising, you would be scare to see my notes on the first tokimeki because I really got serious).

I wish there was some stage represent on your stats, like lines on the bar showing us how much we need for the choices to come (or at least for the chapter to come). I also wish we had some feedback on affection from love interest, because we can check everything else, but not this, which is a bit frustrating on a romance game. (Also I wonder if it’s the thing in « daily life », because I don’t understand what it is ? But some notes on the screen similar to the other approbation would be welcomed anyway.) Same for the approbation of the different faction (noble, merchant, servant and commoners), it was a bit annoying to be able to see it only when request starts and when there is no pending request.  Finally, I wished I could have seen all the alchemist items from the begining, even if not being able to create <span class="s-bl" <them<="" span="">it right away (</span>like in the requirement «recipe not learnt » or something like that. Because I could only do a correct run, once I had unlocked most of them, and so I could plan a good dispatching of magic skills in order to be able to craft all of them immediately. (Because we don’t have always the time to raise a stat to craft an item…) Finally the stat needed to be raise were not so intuitive (to Aurelius I think I will see for the other later), like, I wouldn’t have guess I needed to raise Etiquette with Aurelius, because this part of his route is really long to truly understand but it’s too late when you realize.

Of course it’s part of the game identity to lead you to death to help you get better, but, I still think we are lacking a bit on feedback. For example, when we miss a « test », we have no idea how much we should had get in order to pass it, so it’s very difficult to adjust, even after a death. But once again, this come from a sucker of stat rising /managment game who aimed at the most perfect runs possible.

Anyway, once my chart was set up, and after some trial and error (and a lot of saves and loading-back too I must confess), I really had a lot of fun because everything just pieces together so perfectly.

Art and UI : Well, art is gorgeous, the backgrounds (very well used of already made assets, it truly perfectly blend), same for the sprite. I wish there was an option to remove the shadow for NPC because I, as a very personal taste, prefer when there is nothing than shadows, but it wasn’t too annoying. The UI is very clean, I really liked it, it was simple to understand and navigates through things. I also really enjoyed the music which really helps to get the perfect mood on the mod of the scene and was always discreet enough to not disturb from the reading.

In the end, even if I struggle a bit to get the trick, and still needed to go back sometime because I was at 3 points of a success, I really, really loved the game very much, I highly recommend it and I am looking forward to discovering the other routes. Ayael

Bought the game today and started to play. Enjoying it quite a lot so far, but it seems I have stumbled over a bug. 

[SPOILER]

It seems that I have been unable to craft certain items, including the healing salve and more importantly, the truth serum. I have all skills high enough and enough coins but the 'Synthesize' button simply doesn't show - which causes me to fail the next step.

Can i ask if its posible for an itch key for pre-ordering? My Steam account is having problems so I can't download it using steam

So I just finished the demo about 30 minutes ago before purchasing the full game. [SPOILER]When the assassins attacked, I was saved by Serin. He passed a light check and then a wood check. I survived the encounter with the assassins. I finished the demo and then went to purchase the game. When I resume, it puts me at the day before the assassins attack. I repeated the same choices I made in the demo, but now I get the "All Love Fails" end. [/SPOILER]Nothing I do seems to change this. I just want my original ending! Am I going to have to reset?

Also: I performed the same classes again and again just to make sure it wasn't a matter of a few points missing in some category. The result didn't change.

Edit 2: I went to start a new game and it gave me the Survive I achievement... But I haven't survived.

Apologies if this is a frequently asked question, but if I were to purchase this on Itch.io, would it come with a Steam key? I don't mind either way, I just would enjoy knowing since I'm juggling between which platform to purchase it on. Thank you very much, and great job on the release! It looks wonderful. 

Do you all happen to have an estimate on the date the guidebook will come to steam as that is what my key was for too but I am way more excited to play the game on my own. Since my key was already used will the guidebook unlock when/if it becomes avalible on steam?

Hi! I'd like to ask how long after full release should I expect for Xsolla to send my pre-order gamekeys? I'm asking because I hadn't received it yet and now I'm worried if I typed my email adress correctly or is there some delay? 

Hello, I also pre-ordered the game with artbook and guide (on the website, not on kickstarter)  but have not received a key either. I have the email as proof if you need it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated; I'm so looking forward to playing the game! :D