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Potion Craft has brewed the cure for my crafting woesI feel properly crafty with my cauldron
I feel properly crafty with my cauldron
I’ve fallen out of love with the concept of crafting games lately because it so often boils down to stacks of items in my inventory that I press a button to process.Potion Crafthas reignited the excitement I used to feel about crafty games with its lovely, clever little demo about brewing potions for your shop. If you’ve been itching for a properly good crafting game of late, let me tell you why you should fire up the demo this weekend.
I already knewPotion Crafthad a physical quality to it, something that’s drawn me to a lot of games recently. I’ve grown weary of pressing buttons that make things happen and far prefer just being allowed to simulate the thing happening somehow. Potion Craft does have that—from cranking the bellows to strirring your cauldon to chucking your potions around the shop—and it’s just as satisfying as I’d hoped.
Potion Craft – Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Potion Craft – Announcement Trailer
The real magic of Potion Craft, however, is that it really isn’t about learning recipes at all. It’s so much more playful than that. Your brewing screen is like a little adventure map and each ingredient has a determined path sort of like a chess piece. Stringing them together carries your potion along that path as you mix it and then stop along the way to bake in the effect you were looking for. You don’t learn an ingredient’s properties so much as its shape. Creating a new potion is less a science than a jaunt through the fog of war with your party of friendly plants.
You can try the Potion Craft demo yourself overon Steamuntil the festival ends next Tuesday, February 9th. It doesn’t currently have a release date but is expected sometime this year.
