Taking place in a medieval Fantasy World of Funny Animals, Jacksmith the Donkey and his apprentice, Scout the Dog, work as poor blacksmiths. One day, Dudley, a mouse wizard, kidnaps Princess Liliana and sets up an army of dangerous creatures. Realizing that Jacksmith can claim a reward of money for rescuing the princess, he sets out to help local clans defeat Dudley, by building weapons.
Jacksmith provides examples of:
- Artistic License – Geology: Gold is a soft metal, yet is the second hardest metal in the game.
- Big Bad: Dudley the Mouse Wizard
- Breakable Weapons: As expected, the weapons durability is based on how well you crafted the weapon, and are balanced to last through the set of encounters. Adventurers that take too much damage have their weapons break, and retreat. Of interest is a healing support ability (with a red cross), which keeps the weapons intact rather than heal the adventurers.
- Butter Face: Princess Liliana. Everything about her but her face
is beautiful. - Damsel in Distress: Princess Liliana is kidnapped by Dudley.
- A Dog Named "Dog": Gander is a male goose.
- Elemental Powers: Most enemies each hold one of the 8 elements: Water, fire, ice, stone, wind, lightning, plant, and shadow. Weapon parts can be used to increase a weapon's effectiveness against a certain element.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Scout is supposed to provide information which enemies are around for the day.
- The Faceless: Liliana's beautiful face is never shown until the end, to Reveal that she's actually ugly.
- Ironic Name: Dudley is a wizard. You know who's a Muggle who used to hate wizards and shares the same name?
- Item Crafting: The main game mechanic. You must craft weapons for the clans to use. What materials you use and how well you craft them will determine each weapon's effectiveness and durability.
- Nice Mice: Completely Averted with Dudley. He's an evil mouse wizard that caused all the chaos in the land.
- Oh, Crap!: When a clan member notices that the weapon you made for them was poorly constructed.
- Punny Name: Jacksmith is a pun on "Blacksmith" and "jackass"note .
- Save the Princess: Jacksmith's main objective is to rescue Princess Liliana.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: King Plumpfeather's daughter, Princess Liliana, is stated to be this at first, in comparison to Plumpfeather's average look. Then it's inverted when you see Liliana's face...
- Time Management Game: The time management is simpler compared to the Papa Louie Arcade gamerias. The only critical point is having the metal forged at the right temperature, and the bonus for extra time is based on the total time to forge all weapons rather than each individual weapon.
- Villainous Crush: The main reason Dudley kidnapped Liliana.
- World of Funny Animals: It's a medieval world, except everyone's an animal.
