Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

fantastic mortar and pestle experience

I really enjoy this game and its mechanics are interesting. The characters are fun and most of the gameplay is forgiving, even you mess up potions and recipes. It's not a perfect game - but most of my gripes are fixable if the devs ever come back to this game: - The alchemy bench equipment NEEDS to be upgradable. The UI implies that's a thing the devs were planning since you can click on shop upgrades, but I was constantly wishing for a better mortar and pestle to not grind so much, a better spoon to not constantly stir, a better bellows for heating the mixtures, etc. Especially in the late game, since it becomes exponentially more grindy. - The ending is currently underwhelming. It's so much work to make the philosopher's stone and salt. Yes, you can continue playing the game, but why would I? Once those are done, there's nothing to really progress towards and it's very Cookie Clicker-esque. - The succubus is such a cool character since we see her development over the days and helping her. We get stories from other characters, but they're not as rewarding. I'd love to see more characters developed like her AND/OR rewards for completing certain character arcs. Like a cutscene, in-game collectible, or alchemy bonus. "You completed Dave the Diver's arc, all water-based ingredients are 20% more potent!" "You befriended the barkeep and have learnt some trade secrets - part of the wine base map has cleared itself of hazards!" - I've played two long runs around 80-something days each. I've not encountered one customer asking for a potion with curse or necromancy effects, but it may because my shop is too "good." The game leans towards the player having good reputation though and customers can want bad potions for good reasons - like when they buy poison. - Customers ask for potions with additional effects, but they never really care about WHAT additional effects. We're always making weird little potions for the legendary recipes, but they're not used outside of that. Potions that fill both health and mana, complete magical effect shield potions, rage + strength, agility and invisibility, etc. As much work as we put into the potions and giving them interesting bottles, names, and effects, they never get used. Again, though, Potion Craft is a good game. It's fun to play - I've even returned to it after a few playthroughs. It just needs some more polish.