As I wrote above, this is an early version of the game, bugs and problems are inevitable. Although at the moment I have 28 game day and, except for the failure of the E key and disappearance of silhouettes outside the window, there are no problems.
You may need to clean the windows registry of traces of the game and run the game.
LucianaX
New Member
- May 8, 2018
- 11
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The art seems really sweet so far.
However, when I try to get potions ready, something is always breaking.
With the help of some users' posts in this thread, I managed to get potions done. No biggy. But on numerous occasions I encounter a bug after bug. Two ingredients suddenly merged into one, making the Thistle disappear and instead have let's say another ingredient instead of 3, now 6 times in my inventory. I don't recall dropping them onto the same slot. I missclicked and didn't want to select the Thistle, so I clicked away somewhere else. The pop-up with the item amount disappeared, as desired. Then I clicked on the ingredient I wanted in my hotbar/inventory. Suddenly both merged, the Thistles were gone and I had them add as 3x of the other ingredient, resulting in that other ingredient to turn from 3 to 6 in my hotbar. Happened with any other one. This yet again forced me to restart my game.
The jester once bugged and softlocked itself. A restart fixed it (perhaps random or per luck). Then the potion issues started again as well. Countless times it required me to restart. Either something soft-locked, a mechanic broke or something else unexplainable. Pop-ups acted up. All kinds of stuff. When selecting a potion as a task (through the book) and sorts of finishing it (to start a new potion/task), the previous tasks for potions don't disappear. It becomes a UI cluster and the previous started & finished tasks for potions are still active and break everything else. Neither was I able to sell a requested potion to a customer (the strength potion).
I really gave up trying to find a way to actually progress, after numerous stuck attempts.
On another note, despite the art looking actually really great so far I think, is the voice acting (in the first 5 minutes, as I didn't go any further lol...). For a v0.1 quite impressive imo.
TL;DR
- game mechanics and UI are broken, filled with unfortunate bugs in its current state/version
- requires numerous restarts, quite exhausting
- sweet art and voice acting
- potential once bugs are fixed
However, when I try to get potions ready, something is always breaking.
With the help of some users' posts in this thread, I managed to get potions done. No biggy. But on numerous occasions I encounter a bug after bug. Two ingredients suddenly merged into one, making the Thistle disappear and instead have let's say another ingredient instead of 3, now 6 times in my inventory. I don't recall dropping them onto the same slot. I missclicked and didn't want to select the Thistle, so I clicked away somewhere else. The pop-up with the item amount disappeared, as desired. Then I clicked on the ingredient I wanted in my hotbar/inventory. Suddenly both merged, the Thistles were gone and I had them add as 3x of the other ingredient, resulting in that other ingredient to turn from 3 to 6 in my hotbar. Happened with any other one. This yet again forced me to restart my game.
The jester once bugged and softlocked itself. A restart fixed it (perhaps random or per luck). Then the potion issues started again as well. Countless times it required me to restart. Either something soft-locked, a mechanic broke or something else unexplainable. Pop-ups acted up. All kinds of stuff. When selecting a potion as a task (through the book) and sorts of finishing it (to start a new potion/task), the previous tasks for potions don't disappear. It becomes a UI cluster and the previous started & finished tasks for potions are still active and break everything else. Neither was I able to sell a requested potion to a customer (the strength potion).
I really gave up trying to find a way to actually progress, after numerous stuck attempts.
On another note, despite the art looking actually really great so far I think, is the voice acting (in the first 5 minutes, as I didn't go any further lol...). For a v0.1 quite impressive imo.
TL;DR
- game mechanics and UI are broken, filled with unfortunate bugs in its current state/version
- requires numerous restarts, quite exhausting
- sweet art and voice acting
- potential once bugs are fixed
Lerd0 could you kindly update the OP to the latest version. It is available publicly but most people on this site tend to play the version available on the downloads here.
I posted previously that it is better for everyone If people base their opinions on the newest version since it is public available since 1 day after the first release. It is much more stable although not devoid of bugs it that version the most game breaking bugs that had no work around was fixed leaving some annoying bugs that have workarounds.
Taking from what I remember. Bugs that remain still and their workaround:
1-The chest resets on leaving the game and coming back. Don't store your ingredients in the chest but on the shelf they are safe.
2-The fisherman and Steffa has no option to deny the resquest. The workaround is don't open the door for them by looking at the shadow on the windows till you have plenty of ingredients from the merchant or a specific potion recipe for Steffa.
I say this because they have a chain quest based on the potions you need to give them and I dunno If it breaks the game If you give the wrong potion so they leave.
3- Sometimes the instruction for the potion instead of being dismissed when closed it gets stuck on the top right of the screen. To fix it just go to options and change game resolution and back. No need to leave the options menu when changing and going back. If you do this the stuck instructions disappear.
Other then encountering those bugs and working around it nothing prevented my progress on the latest version.
This seems to indicate you played 0.1v instead of alpha version 0.1.250402 that is available on the itchi.io link int the OP.
I posted previously that it is better for everyone If people base their opinions on the newest version since it is public available since 1 day after the first release. It is much more stable although not devoid of bugs it that version the most game breaking bugs that had no work around was fixed leaving some annoying bugs that have workarounds.
Taking from what I remember. Bugs that remain still and their workaround:
1-The chest resets on leaving the game and coming back. Don't store your ingredients in the chest but on the shelf they are safe.
2-The fisherman and Steffa has no option to deny the resquest. The workaround is don't open the door for them by looking at the shadow on the windows till you have plenty of ingredients from the merchant or a specific potion recipe for Steffa.
I say this because they have a chain quest based on the potions you need to give them and I dunno If it breaks the game If you give the wrong potion so they leave.
3- Sometimes the instruction for the potion instead of being dismissed when closed it gets stuck on the top right of the screen. To fix it just go to options and change game resolution and back. No need to leave the options menu when changing and going back. If you do this the stuck instructions disappear.
Other then encountering those bugs and working around it nothing prevented my progress on the latest version.
Is this game even playable?
1. Game frozen on fisherman
2. Game frozen on the girl
I see no damn way to get any new herbs or recipes? Is this damn game even playable it seems to be a fucked up mess.. one damn heal recipe the first girl.. that is it.. nothing else seems playable.
1. Game frozen on fisherman
2. Game frozen on the girl
I see no damn way to get any new herbs or recipes? Is this damn game even playable it seems to be a fucked up mess.. one damn heal recipe the first girl.. that is it.. nothing else seems playable.
WitchPotionMaster
Newbie
- Feb 27, 2025
- 26
- 6
It looks like the developers are not sitting idle, but working on bugs
It has a fatal flaw if you accept the request than find out you can't make it than you just fucked yourself. You should be able to abandon or basically say sorry I am out of the ingredients I need right now and have the customer leave. Instead your frozen in the game and have to waste ingredients to give them a fake potion. That is a way to get customers to stop coming to you if you was running a shop and selling fake potions. Very stupid..
It needs a way to abandon the project and have customers leave.
Also nobody answered how do you get new recipes? can't make a potion we have no recipe for. The latest version still has this damn bug as I could never get a new potion so end up just making damn heal potions for everyone no matter what they fucking wanted and THIS IS with the bugged version on itchio too.. that i still can be considered a damn bug in my book.
It needs a way to abandon the project and have customers leave.
Also nobody answered how do you get new recipes? can't make a potion we have no recipe for. The latest version still has this damn bug as I could never get a new potion so end up just making damn heal potions for everyone no matter what they fucking wanted and THIS IS with the bugged version on itchio too.. that i still can be considered a damn bug in my book.
WitchPotionMaster
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Qudrossomuto
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WitchPotionMaster
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WitchPotionMaster
Newbie
- Feb 27, 2025
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I think it's time for you to update your version, as there have been 3 updates with fixes for this game.
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somebody95147
Newbie
- May 22, 2020
- 57
- 182
I'm disappointed the tentacle scene was right at the start and nothing but a tease (a tease of a tease really, there was practically nothing to it).
I had the same problem. Game play is very clunky. I made the strength potion but cannot find bottles to contain it.
Yukariin
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- Oct 16, 2020
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game is way too buggy, literally can't play.
after her first introduction, she finally stopped talking and i thought i could start exploring so pressed E for the cauldron, right after someone passed outside the window and knocked, which is also E to welcome them. i think having opened the cauldron earlier softlocked me from welcoming the guest.
start again, try the cauldron as she's monologuing this time, stuck with the cauldron options and can't close it.
close and delete the game.
i want to try this because i suspect this has breast expansion, but right now it's just actually unplayable.
after her first introduction, she finally stopped talking and i thought i could start exploring so pressed E for the cauldron, right after someone passed outside the window and knocked, which is also E to welcome them. i think having opened the cauldron earlier softlocked me from welcoming the guest.
start again, try the cauldron as she's monologuing this time, stuck with the cauldron options and can't close it.
close and delete the game.
i want to try this because i suspect this has breast expansion, but right now it's just actually unplayable.