Potionomics

Very cute! lovable characters (Boss Finn my beloved) and though I don't usually like card-based games, the haggling mechanic with the cards was very intuitive, flexible and combined with daily conditions, created some interesting approaches to each day. The voice acting was superb, and I really enjoyed the art, music and UI design of the game. With that being said, by the last 2 competitors I did find it a drag to make a lot of potions and send heroes out and definitely so by the final week of the game; I just skipped many of the days entirely by spending time with my favourite characters to cycle through all the hangout dialogue. I think maybe a shorter final week would be helpful but I wonder if it's because I was playing on easy and at that point easily had enough materials + money to make the final potions. Maybe it's harder to do/you need all the time possible in hard mode? Also I'd like to see some quality of life improvements for sure, like bulk-buy for ingredients, a counter for how many potions you have left to sell in the day, ability to end sale session early, allowing us to access the menu at all even during haggling... lots of small little features that would greatly improve the experience of playing. ALSO: they need to fix the issue that Boss FInn's romance doesn't give the romance achievement. I had to use an old save (since I was on the one-love option) to get it,

I love the crafting system and the game loop

The amount of cheese you can get to if you TRULY want to is so much fun, but it's also a fun game to play more legit! There's so many combos, so much charm, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good shop builder + card game + dating sim