Al'Kimia: The book of secrets (unfinished prototype)
A downloadable game for Windows
The book of secrets is found, it promises its reader unimaginable treasure should they decipher its cryptic nature. The book recounts the story of the Artisan, an alchemist of long ago, it is said that they were able to transmute basic elements into creatures of pure gold.
By reconstructing the Artisan's path through history and their accomplishments you hope to uncover their lost knowledge of the art of alchemy.

Al'kimia is an alchemy themed deckbuilding card battler with a customisable mana curve and card crafting features.
Alchemy:
You play as the artisan, an alchemist and seeker of knowledge. By channeling the power of recipes the Artisan is able to craft silver and golden creatures.
Card Battler:
Engage in unit vs unit combat, build ever more powerful alchemical creatures of silver and gold to fend off corrupted alchemists.
Deckbuilding :
Unlock, Choose, Purchase, Trade new cards. Expand your caravan of alchemists, recipes, alchemical creatures and actions.
Roguelite:
Explore a map, dew dew

Crafting & customisable mana:
Gather recipes that allow you to craft creatures and dictate how much mana is available to you. Each recipe has unique requirements and grants the player a specific amount of mana, once the players gather all requirements they can craft the new card.
Crafting a new card is a multi step process:
- Research: appoint alchemists to research the recipe and gather the requirements
- Transmute: advance the researched recipe through the laboratory steps
- Combat: send your new powerful golden unit into combat
Multiple playing zones:
Use deep tactics to manage the progress of multiple zones

Credits:
Game Design, Game Art, Producing :
Jalil Daif: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jalil-daif
Programming:
Farshid Baghshomali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farshid-baghshomali-9b3228140/
Music:
https://ulkmusic.bandcamp.com/music
Ulk - Sunken paths, towering vines
Ulk - Unstable Solitude
| Published | 3 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Author | NonDescript Games |
| Genre | Card Game, Strategy |
| Tags | Deck Building |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| Accessibility | Interactive tutorial |
| Content | No generative AI was used |





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