Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator News

Greetings, Alchemists!

Today we want to show you a new feature that will be available in the upcoming update – auto-hold! The auto-hold will be the first option in the new Accessibility section of Potion Craft settings.



We decided to add this feature after a significant number of players reported getting hand fatigue due to having to hold down the left mouse button for long periods of time to grind ingredients, mix potions with a spoon, and drag items around the shop. We hope that the auto-hold feature will make the gameplay more comfortable.



While this feature might seem quite simple and easy to implement, many changes to the internal structure of the game had to be done in order to add such functionality. Due to this, the auto-hold feature will only appear in the future update along with other additions.



The auto-hold feature is but a first step in improving the accessibility of our game. By listening carefully to our players, we plan to gradually add new options regarding accessibility and controls to make the experience better and more enjoyable.

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We know that some players find Haggling too hard, while others think that it does not fit with the pace of the game. We believe in this mechanic and we would like to tell you about adjustments and improvements that will be made to it in the next large update.

We don’t want haggling to put too much pressure on a player and meddle with your focus and mood, which is typical for alchemists; that is why you can now choose one of five different themes to talk about with a visitor, each of them with different difficulty levels. There are easy themes, where you choose to respond in the easiest way and won’t lose any profit, and there are hard themes, which are more difficult and risky but the profit is much higher. Each visitor has a unique set of themes which will help you to understand their character better. For example, the Mushroomer enjoys a snack, which makes it easy to speak to him about food as he is not very picky when it comes to it. On the other hand, mushrooms are of great importance to him, you need to be careful when speaking about them as you can easily upset him. If he finds a fellow mycologist in you though, he will be willing to make a better deal!

The most sensible themes (4th & 5th) are locked at the beginning of the game but can be unlocked later. Do you remember the Mushroomer had mentioned something about his memoirs?



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The theme difficulty affects:

• The arrow speed
  
• Quantity and size of bonuses
  
• Scales tilt speed
  
• Miss potency
  
• Profit of a deal
  

On top of that, current profit will be shown more clearly now during Haggle and haggling will finish automatically when maximum profit is achieved.



To help players cope with Haggling nuances, we added a new info window.

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We believe that Haggle, while not being a key mechanic, is still important in Potion Craft as it provides a change of pace, some risk, helps to know your visitors a little better and, finally, to get a discount (show me those that don’t like a good discount)!

Stay tuned for more devlogs on the upcoming update. Please don’t hesitate to follow our Steam Page and make sure to join our Discord so you don't miss other upcoming devlogs!

Happy Year of Tiger, alchemists!

Potion Craft is part of the Lunar New Year sale on Steam with 20% off. Get it for yourself or treat someone with a nice gift! Offer ends on February 3rd so don’t miss this opportunity!

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Hello Alchemists,

We hope you all had wonderful Holidays!
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Feast of Winter Cone seasonal event. Let us know what you think about it and if you managed to find all the decorations around your shop!

This small update will retire the Feast of Winter Cone event as well as address “the empty map issue” that some players have encountered before. We’re aware of this one and are trying to resolve it with this update. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a bit more complex than we originally thought, so we hope this update will fix it (or at least will give us some more information). If you still encounter “the empty map issue”, please do let us know in the #bug-reports section of our Discord server.

[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]

• The Feast of Winter Cone event is now over.
  
• Hopefully the “empty map issue” that some players could have encountered, is now fixed. If you're still experiencing this issue, please let us know.

We’re extremely excited to announce that Potion Craft has been nominated for the “Sit Back and Relax” nomination for this year’s Steam Awards! Thank you all so much for your support in getting us here!

This time round we’d like to ask you to cast your vote for us one more time to help us win this award! Voting is open until January 3rd.