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Run a magical bookstore to pay off debt. Help customers find titles, craft custom books from ingredients, and solve puzzles that change the fates of a princess, a wolf, and a sea witch. Explore levels with a cute jackalope companion in this puzzle-adventure.

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Literalchemy

You are a witch who loves books and helping others, burdened by debt. Run your own magical bookstore and turn a profit by matching customers with titles scattered around the shop. From fantasy to biography, you’ve got what they’re looking for—if you don’t, dust off the cauldron and apply your literalchemy to craft a new one.

Gameplay blends shop management, bookcrafting, and narrative puzzles. Manage orders, keep the shelves stocked, and balance debts while delighting patrons with stories that feel alive. When a book isn’t on the shelf, brew a custom volume by combining ingredients bought in the store or discovered during bookish adventures. Each crafted book is a stroke of magic that can bend outcomes and open new paths.

Three entwined stories unfold as you explore pasts and futures. A princess, a wolf, and a sea witch cross your threshold—will you become friends, or something more? Travel through their histories, uncover the moments that shaped them, and reshape their destinies by solving puzzles that live inside their tales. Traverse beautifully designed levels filled with characters, clues, and key items that feed both your puzzles and your bookcrafting talents.

Your shop is home to a charming companion: a furry jackalope who echoes your whimsical world with mischief and warmth. Together you’ll chase traces of stories, gather ingredients, and unlock abilities that deepen your craft and your storytelling.

Literalchemy is a collaboration born from passion. It grew from a Pixel Poxet and University of Silicon Valley partnership, evolving from students’ capstone work and the PiPo team’s devotion to storytelling through games. The result is a heartfelt adventure that blends alchemy, literature, and puzzle solving into a single, readable experience.

Explore a hand-crafted world with multiple zones, each with its own puzzles, secrets, and ingredient pickups. Collect rare components—dust of starlight, haunted parchment, talking ink—and barter with quirky shopkeepers to unlock new bookcrafting recipes. Solve wordplay, inventory challenges, and sequence puzzles that reward careful observation and timing, shaping both the shop and the stories you tell.

Immerse yourself in a warm, immersive atmosphere where narrative choices, character arcs, and clever conundrums intertwine. A cozy aesthetic, charming dialogue, and a vivid sense of wonder invite you to lose yourself among shelves, stories, and the spellbinding craft of Literalchemy.