History VideoGame / PotionCraft

* AchievementSystem: Notifications pop up when certain things are achieved, like:
** Buying a replacement Alchemy Machine.
** Hitting the Reputation {{Cap}}.

''Potion Craft'' is an alchemy simulator made by niceplay games and published by Creator/TinyBuild. You play as an alchemist in a fantasy setting, solving clients' problems with all sorts of magical elixirs; lightning potions to throw on monsters, sleeping potions to treat insomnia, and growth potions to heal blighted fields. Along the way, you can learn new recipes and renovate your apothecary, turning it from an abandoned house to a renowned workshop...perhaps one capable of synthesizing the Philosopher's Stone itself.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Even players trying for [[KarmaMeter 100% reputation]] will find it useful to keep destructive potions around. Aphrodisiacs can be used to spice up marriages and UnproblematicProstitution, hallucination-inducing potions inspire the local MadArtist, rage potions can let meek people grow a spine on the spot, poisons serve as excellent fumigation tools, and so on and so forth. The one exception is the Potion of Necromancy, which no good NPC wants to buy - but it can be used for creating the legendary alchemy ingredients.

* CardCarryingVillain: Many of the shadier clients will openly declare their intent to kill their spouses, steal things, etc. Justified, in that [=NPC=] conversations are such a brief part of the game that it wouldn't really be fair to the player otherwise.

* ElementNumberFive: And six, seven and eight; when the sorting compass was added in 1.0, the diagonal directions got assigned their own sub-elements. Northeast is Magic, Southeast is Life, Southwest is Death and Northwest is Explosion.
* EvilPaysBetter: While even good-natured people can offer high prices, it's usually the vilest people that pay the most. Necromancy in particular sells for a ludicrous 2370 gold without any modifiers and is only ever used by evil people.

* LovePotion: [=NPCs=] may request a Potion of Charm. As of 1.0 it's treated as neutral in most cases unless the requester is an obvious creep.
* NaturalElements: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, Air takes you North, Water takes you East, Earth takes you South and Fire takes you West.

** One of the Miner's potion request dialogues mentions excavating a cave that's "guarded by [[VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic a bug. A huge one with a shell like stone]]."

** Fable Bismuth even more so. It basically has the same path as a Rainbow Cap but is a square spiral instead of a circle spiral, AND lets you dodge bones by teleporting around them. It's rare that you'll ever see more than three in a seller's inventory.
* WorthIt: Crystallization mistakes result in a useless but iridescently-colored spiral, which the player keeps as an ornament. The item description declares it worth it.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Salts do not count as ingredients for customer requests that want no more than X type(s) of ingredients in the potion. This makes it possible to brew strong potions that use only a single ingredient type to fulfil the request.

* DungeonBypass: Minerals/crystals bought from the Miner will teleport your potion on the Alchemy map, letting you bypass bones easily. Especially useful for getting Necromancy.

** Fable Bismuth even more so. It basically has the same path as a Rainbow Cap but is a square spiral instead of a circle spiral, AND lets you dodge bones by teleporting around them. It's rare that you'll never see more than 3 in the miner or merchant's inventory.
* WorthIt: Crystallization mistakes result in a useless but iridescently-colored spiral. The item description declares it worth it.

** The achievement for brewing a strong potion for the first time is called "[[WebVideo/PotionSeller I need only your stongest potions!]]".

** Fable Bismuth even more so. It basically has the same path as a Rainbow Cap but is a square spiral instead of a circle spiral, AND lets you dodge bones by teleporting around them. It's rare that you'll ever see more than 3 in the miner or merchant's inventory.

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, Air takes you North, Water takes you East, Earth takes you South and Fire takes you West.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Salts do not count as ingredients for customer requests that want no more than X type(s) of ingredients in the potion. This makes it possible to brew strong potions and use even a single ingredient type to fulfill the request.

** Hard and Very Hard difficulty Haggling. They allow you to squeeze more coins from customers and merchants, up to ''six thousand'' in some cases, but careless mistakes can send it all down the drain and put you in an even worse position. Both talents also cost a whopping 15 points, enough to raise the other 3 talent trees for 2-3 levels ''each''. The changelog for the 1.0 version mentions making it noticeably easier in response to feedback.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each type of ingredient has a color that matches their element.

* ElementNumberFive: And six, seven and eight; when the sorting compass was added in 1.0, the diagonal directions got assigned their own sub-elements. Up-left is Explosion, down-left is Death, down-right is Life and up-right is Magic.
* EvilPaysBetter: While even good-natured people can offer high prices, it's usually the vilest people that pay the most. Necromancy in particular sells for a ludicrous 2370 gold without any modifiers, and is only ever used by evil people.

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, fire takes you left, air takes you up, water takes you right, and earth takes you down.
* LovePotion: [=NPCs=] may request a Potion of Charm. As of 1.0 it's treated as neutral in most cases, unless the requester is an obvious creep.

** water ingredients are blue

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Salts do not count as ingredients for customer requests that want no less than X type(s) of ingredients in the potion. This makes it possible to brew strong potions and use even a single ingredient type to fulfill the request.

* BraggingRightsReward: Before Philosopher's Salt was added, the Philosopher's Stone did nothing more than act as a pretty paperweight; even after that point it's still mostly for bragging rights considering the Philosopher's Salt is ridiculously hard to craft and doesn't offer enough to offset the cost.

* ElementNumberFive: And six, seven and eight; with the sorting compass added in 1.0 the diagonal directions got assigned to their own things equal to the four basic elements - up-left is Explosion, down-left is Death, down-right is Life and up-right is Magic.
* EvilPaysBetter: While even good natured people can offer high prices, it's usually the vilest people that pay the most. Necromancy in particular sells for a ludicrous 2370 gold without any modifiers, and is only ever used by evil people.

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, fire takes you left, air takes you up, water takes you right, and earth takes you down. In the early game, the only way to move diagonally was by using two elements in sequence, but later released added plenty of ingredients for moving diagonally and in zigzags.

%%* SimpleYetAwesome:

** Philosopher's Salt. Ut automatically draws and rotates the potion towards the nearest not-yet-used effect on the map and rotates the bottle to match - but to craft it, you need 12 customized five-effects potions and the Philosopher's Stone, which is an item you get after a long and arduous chain of crafting. The rotation can be done with lower-tier salts and by the time you get halfway to the Philosopher's Stone you'll have enough ingredients and control over them to push your potion in any direction you want.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Hard and Very Hard difficulty Haggling. They allow you to squeeze more coins from customers and merchants, up to ''six thousand'' in some cases, but careless mistakes can send it all down the drain and put you in an even worse position. Both talents also cost a whopping 15 points, enough to raise the other 3 talent trees for 2-3 levels ''each''. The changelog for the 1.0 version mentions making it noticeably easier in response to feedback.

* BraggingRightsReward: The Philosopher's Stone does nothing more than act as a pretty paperweight.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Hard and Very Hard difficulty Haggling. They allow you to squeeze more coins from customers and merchants, up to ''six thousand'' in some cases, but careless mistakes can send it all down the drain and put you in an even worse position. Both talents also cost a whopping 15 points, enough to raise the other 3 talent trees for 2-3 levels ''each''. The 1.0 version made it noticeably easier in response.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Even players trying for [[KarmaMeter 100% reputation]] will find it useful to keep destructive potions around. Aphrodisiacs can be used to spice up marriages and UnproblematicProstitution, hallucination-inducing potions inspire the local MadArtist, rage potions can let meek people grow a spine on the spot, poisons serve as excellent fumigation tools, and so on and so forth.

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, fire takes you left, air takes you up, water takes you right, and earth takes you down. In the early game, the only way to move diagonally was by using two elements in sequence.
* LovePotion: [=NPCs=] may request these. You can oblige them, but your reputation ''will'' take a hit.

''Potion Craft'' entered Early Access on Steam in September 2021. A full release is still pending.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Hard and Very Hard difficulty Haggling. They allow you to squeeze more coins from customers and merchants, up to ''six thousand'' in some cases, but careless mistakes can send it all down the drain and put you in an even worse position. Both talents also cost a whopping 15 points, enough to raise the other 3 talent trees for 2-3 levels ''each''.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Even players trying for [[KarmaMeter 100% reputation]] will find it useful to keep destructive potions around. Aphrodisiacs can be used to spice up marriages and UnproblematicProstitution, hallucination-inducing potions inspire the local MadArtist, and poisons serve as excellent fumigation tools.
* BraggingRightsReward: The Philosopher's Stone does nothing more than act as a pretty paperweight, likely because the game hasn't been finished yet.

* DungeonBypass: Minerals/crystals bought from the Miner will teleport your potion on the Alchemy map, letting you bypass bones easily. Especially useful for getting Necromancy

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, fire takes you left, air takes you up, water takes you right, and earth takes you down. In the early game, the only way to move diagonally is by using two elements in sequence.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Hard and Very Hard Haggling. They allow you to squeeze more coins from customers and merchants, but one mistake and it all goes down the drain and you are likely to make a loss on the sale. Both talents also cost a whopping 15 points, enough to raise the other 3 talent trees for 2-3 levels ''each''.

* ShoutOut: One of the clients is a monster hunter strongly resembling [[VideoGame/TheWitcher Geralt]], who says he will "toss a coin" to you if you sell him the potion he's looking for.

* PotionBrewingMechanic: The game's primary mechanic. Each ingredient moves the marker on the diagram in a specific relative direction, heating the water at certain spots turns the bottle into the corresponding potion.

''Potion Craft'' is an alchemy simulator made by niceplay games. You play as an alchemist in a fantasy setting, solving clients' problems with all sorts of magical elixirs; lightning potions to throw on monsters, sleeping potions to treat insomnia, and growth potions to heal blighted fields. Along the way, you can learn new recipes and renovate your apothecary, turning it from an abandoned house to a renowned workshop...perhaps one capable of synthesizing the Philosopher's Stone itself.

* FourElementEnsemble: The most basic ingredients are themed around fire, air, water, and earth. On the recipe map, fire takes you left (towards light and explosive potions), air takes you up (towards lightning and bounce potions), water takes you right (towards frost and sleep potions), and earth takes you down (towards the growth and defense potions). In the early game, the only way to move diagonally is by using two elements in sequence.