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''Potionomics'' is a SimulationGame VisualNovel with some DeckbuildingGame elements, released on October 17th, 2022, published by Creator/XSEEDGames. After the death of her uncle, an up-and-coming witch named Sylvia inherits his potion shop in the port town of Rafta, which has become run down and destitute, and all of his remaining debts accumulated during his life. With the help of her partner Owl and the many merchants around the city, it's up to Sylvia to brew the best potions she can, pay off her debts, beat her rivals in the upcoming potion competitions, and haggle her way to riches, lest her store be foreclosed on.
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''Potionomics'' is a SimulationGame VisualNovel with some DeckbuildingGame elements, released on October 17th, 2022, developed by Voracious Games and published by Creator/XSEEDGames. After the death of her uncle, an up-and-coming witch named Sylvia inherits his potion shop in the port town of Rafta, which has become run down and destitute, and all of his remaining debts accumulated during his life. With the help of her partner Owl and the many merchants around the city, it's up to Sylvia to brew the best potions she can, pay off her debts, beat her rivals in the upcoming potion competitions, and haggle her way to riches, lest her store be foreclosed on.
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** A randomly selected Daily Event card describes the exploits of "Action-archeologist Fedora Jones", a reference to Franchines/IndianaJones.
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** A randomly selected Daily Event card describes the exploits of "Action-archeologist Fedora Jones", a reference to Franchines/IndianaJones.Franchise/IndianaJones.
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** A randomly selected Daily Event card describes the exploits of "Action-archeologist Fedora Jones", a reference to Franchines/IndianaJones.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: ''Very'' much averted in the form of Sylvia's Stress gauge. It maxes out at 100%, but every point it goes up gives you an X% chance of drawing a Stress card with ''every'' card you draw, out of several cards drawn per hand. These cards are useless and inflict debuffs or more Stress on you unless you can get rid of them. Even as little as 10% Stress gives you a fair chance of drawing Stress Cards each turn, paving the way to an out-of-control spiral that will ruin your profits and Sylvia's mood. By the time you hit 33% you should seriously consider cutting your losses and closing up shop for the day just to zero it out.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: ''Very'' much averted in the form of Sylvia's Stress gauge. It maxes out at 100%, but every point it goes up gives you an X% chance of drawing a [[DeckClogger Stress card card]] with ''every'' card you draw, out of several cards drawn per hand. These cards are useless and inflict debuffs or more Stress on you unless you can get rid of them. Even as little as 10% Stress gives you a fair chance of drawing Stress Cards each turn, paving the way to an out-of-control spiral that will ruin your profits and Sylvia's mood. By the time you hit 33% you should seriously consider cutting your losses and closing up shop for the day just to zero it out.
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* DeckClogger: The stress system where the player, based on their current stress level, has a chance of drawing stress cards. Stress cards are purely detrimental and can't be played.
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* BoatsIntoBuildings: As described by Mint, the barracks at the Heroes Guild are built out of the ship used by the adventuring party that took down Maven the Witch Queen.
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* {{Expy}}: "Combustopher", the MagicFire that lives beneath Sylvia's cauldrons and helps to brew her potions, bears a striking similarity to Calcifer of Anime/HowlsMovingCastle. Feeding him various types of fuel (including straw, wood, and bundles of pale yeti fur) turns up the heat and decreases the brewing time for potions.
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** The [[https://potionomicsgame.tumblr.com/post/705536467496271872/winter-sale-production-note-14-were-big developer's blog]] explains that Salt & Pepper’s narwhal-shaped ship was inspired by the Whitebeard Pirates' whale-figurehead bedecked ship in Manga/OnePiece.
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** Two "event" cards make reference to the "Dragonfyre Festival", an exclusive island getaway publicized by an influential heiress that turns out to be a total debacle -- this parodies the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival Fyre Festival]] fraud of 2017.
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* ShoutOut: When Mint the rookie adventurer first appears in the demo, she greets Sylvia with [[WebVideo/PotionSeller "Hello, Potion Seller. I am going on an adventure, and I want your strongest potions."]]
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** When Mint the rookie adventurer first appears in the demo, she greets Sylvia with [[WebVideo/PotionSeller "Hello, Potion Seller. I am going on an adventure, and I want your strongest potions."]]"]] Later versions of the game have Owl giving advice to players on the LoadingScreen, with one snippet advising "Brew only your strongest potions, potion seller!"
** Two of Corsac's cards reference memes. WordOfGod says his [[https://potionomicsgame.tumblr.com/post/705108282221690880/hey-i-bought-your-game-for-my-partner-and-we-are "Fury of the Squirrel"]] card is based on the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/karate-kyle Karate Kyle]] advise animal, while the "Adapt" card apes Bear Grylls' pose in another popular [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/improvise-adapt-overcome image macro]].
** When Mint the rookie adventurer first appears in the demo, she greets Sylvia with [[WebVideo/PotionSeller "Hello, Potion Seller. I am going on an adventure, and I want your strongest potions.
** Two of Corsac's cards reference memes. WordOfGod says his [[https://potionomicsgame.tumblr.com/post/705108282221690880/hey-i-bought-your-game-for-my-partner-and-we-are "Fury of the Squirrel"]] card is based on the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/karate-kyle Karate Kyle]] advise animal, while the "Adapt" card apes Bear Grylls' pose in another popular [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/improvise-adapt-overcome image macro]].
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* DeadManWriting: In the introduction, one of the postcards Sylvia receives from her Uncle Oswald notifies her that he's dying, with the postcard itself being an "In Memoriam" picture of him [[CameraObscurer with his face blocked by stamps]]. [[spoiler:It later turns out that he was only faking his death.]].
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* DeadManWriting: In the introduction, one of the postcards Sylvia receives from her Uncle Oswald notifies her that he's dying, with the postcard itself being an "In Memoriam" picture of him [[CameraObscurer with his face blocked by stamps]]. [[spoiler:It later turns out that he was only faking his death.]].death]].
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* TheBattleDidntCount: Once you have defeated the FinalBoss in the potion tournament finals, circumstances (namely, [[spoiler:Robin's lizard Mae revealing herself as Maven the Witch-Queen and using a mind-control gem to make the audience forget the past few minutes]]) will force you to repeat the round you just won.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: At the beginning of the final week, [[spoiler:Robin]] reveals that they will be the final opponent of the tournament competition and offers Sylvia the prize money she needs to pay off her debt if she forfeits allowing [[spoiler:Robin to claim the Mavenbloom ingredient for himself.]] But because [[spoiler:that ingredient is needed to cure Oswald of his ForcedTransformation]], Sylvia refuses the proposal. Bear in mind that [[spoiler:Oswald]] is not present in the shop during this conversation [[spoiler:(at first, anyway)]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: At the beginning of the final week, [[spoiler:Robin]] reveals that they will be the final opponent of the tournament competition and offers Sylvia the prize money she needs to pay off her debt if she forfeits allowing [[spoiler:Robin to claim the Mavenbloom ingredient for himself.]] But because [[spoiler:that ingredient is needed to cure Oswald of his ForcedTransformation]], Sylvia refuses the proposal. Bear in mind that [[spoiler:Oswald]] is not present in the shop during this conversation [[spoiler:(at first, anyway)]].anyway)]].
* WrittenByTheWinners: During one bonding event with Saffron, she admits that [[spoiler:the expedition by the initial Heroes Guild to take down Maven wasn't motivated by actual heroism; Maven just refused to barter her magimin-infused resources with the mainland, so the people funding the guild spread propaganda that she was evil and forced an expedition of greenhorn heroes (including Saffron) to invade Rafta in order to take the resources forcefully and make a profit]].
* WrittenByTheWinners: During one bonding event with Saffron, she admits that [[spoiler:the expedition by the initial Heroes Guild to take down Maven wasn't motivated by actual heroism; Maven just refused to barter her magimin-infused resources with the mainland, so the people funding the guild spread propaganda that she was evil and forced an expedition of greenhorn heroes (including Saffron) to invade Rafta in order to take the resources forcefully and make a profit]].
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* MagicFire: Sylvia's cauldrons are actually powered by a magical fire spirit named Combustopher.
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* SpottingTheThread: In the PostClimaxConfrontation, [[spoiler:Helene states that she figured out Owl's true identity after catching him filling out some registration paperwork on behalf of Sylvia and praising her accomplishments like a proud relative]].
