Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator - Don't Knock It Till You Chemistry It

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  • Potion Craft is a gorgeous game about running a potion shop in a fantasy kingdom, where passing adventurers needing a top-up for their poison of lingering death is just part of the daily routine...
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Komentáře • 170

  • @sotnosen95
    @sotnosen95 Před 2 lety +42

    "What is an explosion but a fire that kills you?"
    As opposed to normal fire, which has never killed anyone in the history of ever.

  • @BelthansMods
    @BelthansMods Před 2 lety +76

    The "fire + poison = explosion" reasoning was absolutely classic alchemist logic lol

    • @jamesmaclennan4525
      @jamesmaclennan4525 Před 2 lety +7

      Although it does also explain why Jon has a Classics degree

    • @kiwiboy1999
      @kiwiboy1999 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah, fire and lightning may have been a smoother move

  • @jackeea_
    @jackeea_ Před 2 lety +201

    Jon: has perfectly good Poison potion
    Jon: "eh we can do better, let's throw this one away"

    • @ManyATrueNerd
      @ManyATrueNerd  Před 2 lety +171

      It wasn't poisonous enough. What if the person who bought it had tried to kill somebody and they'd lived? Nobody would ever buy poison from me again.

    • @jackeea_
      @jackeea_ Před 2 lety +61

      Yeah, that's true, you wouldn't make a killing selling shoddy poison

    • @LightningFox1990
      @LightningFox1990 Před 2 lety +22

      @@jackeea_ Though it would poison his brand and marketing.

    • @JB-xl2jc
      @JB-xl2jc Před 2 lety +28

      @@ManyATrueNerd What if that second person wanted to buy a greater healing potion to recover and their survival was thus a net boon for the shop?

    • @therealcrisis8439
      @therealcrisis8439 Před 2 lety +7

      @@JB-xl2jc spoken like a true Capitalist!

  • @tournesol99
    @tournesol99 Před 2 lety +117

    Jon, the water moves it closer to the centre, and can be used to move your potion exactly into the outline for a tier 3 potion. So at 14:00, if you had added water, you'd have created a very high quality fire potion instead for the exact same ingredients. So sometimes ever so slightly overshooting the mark, and adding water is a great idea. Plus, the recipe book remembers any water you've added.

    • @ShadoShade
      @ShadoShade Před 2 lety +8

      Same for the healing potion he made immediately after, it was definitely going to be Tier 3 and if it wasn't it would still have been Tier 2 (that would have been Tier 3 if it was watered down a bit).

    • @shneancy220
      @shneancy220 Před 2 lety +4

      Additionally what really helps with seeing where you're going, if you align your potion icon line with the potion effect line (the lines that point towards the centre) you'll have an easier time seeing where your result is going

  • @MadTurnip
    @MadTurnip Před 2 lety +28

    I feel sorry for the poor knight who will use the potion to feel cool in the desert and freeze the whole camp.

  • @MarcusTSMarcus
    @MarcusTSMarcus Před 2 lety +95

    Oh, wow! I recommended this game to you, but I didn’t know that it was already on the schedule. I am very much looking forward to what comes out in the future of this game.

    • @ManyATrueNerd
      @ManyATrueNerd  Před 2 lety +87

      It wasn't on the schedule until you reminded me it existed the other day.

  • @jennaheiser625
    @jennaheiser625 Před 2 lety +5

    I love the lingering color stains on the pestle! Such detail! 💖

  • @MG_Steve
    @MG_Steve Před 2 lety +14

    I hope they add something like this into the next Elderscrolls, so you can setup a shop of any kind and actually run it, it'd be a cool little mini-game :)

  • @IGameChangerI
    @IGameChangerI Před 2 lety +46

    Loving how you did just throw away the expensive crystal into researching a somewhat underwhelming explosion potion.

  • @liamgodfrey3101
    @liamgodfrey3101 Před 2 lety +285

    Potion Seller, enough of these games. I'm going into battle and I need your strongest potions

  • @elthonmaria7959
    @elthonmaria7959 Před 2 lety +5

    JON! It is not a 'weak' potion, it is a 'great value' potion, remember your own marketing!

  • @flared9921
    @flared9921 Před 2 lety +4

    You'd probably love the entire atelier (French word for the workshop/study thing) series

  • @sidneysun5217
    @sidneysun5217 Před 2 lety +1

    quick tip for getting T3 potions: use ingredients so you move your potion marker "past" your intended target. remember the water/cooling item will always move the potion towards the center of the map, (not backwards along the line). If you notice your potion marker, there's a thin line that points to the middle of the map. There's also a line that appears by the goal marker, that also points to the middle of the map. Line those 2 lines up, then use water cooling to slightly nudge the potion to the goal from the back. T3 every time.

  • @Lowco5
    @Lowco5 Před 2 lety +21

    I can honestly say i had my eye on this one for a while, mainly because of the artstyle. It really seems like a must buy for me from what i see.

    • @Eastonfection
      @Eastonfection Před 2 lety +1

      It’s currently good for a couple hours. Wait for updates as there’s not much progression and it’s lacking in variety. Hopefully the devs will start releasing updates soon cause the last and only update since I bought it was in Sept and it was just bug fixes and video settings.

    • @Lowco5
      @Lowco5 Před 2 lety

      @@Eastonfection Cool, thanks for the info. Guess i'll wait to see when a new update comes out.

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma Před 2 lety +1

      It's early access but there's enough that points to exciting content to come.

    • @OriginalPiMan
      @OriginalPiMan Před 2 lety +1

      The demo is free, although based on an earlier version. You could get that to scratch the itch until the full game is closer to where it deserves to be.

  • @TheGrinningViking
    @TheGrinningViking Před 2 lety +10

    Jon! Try tipping the thing above your cauldron when your potion marker is away from your start point. It's easier to get teir 3 potions every time than you might think 😉

  • @super_7710
    @super_7710 Před 2 lety +20

    Hey Jon. If you’re still looking for games you’ve missed this year, I’m still highly recommending a text-based political RPG called Suzerain. It’s all about making the tough decisions a president has to make and allows for a wide range of social and economic views. Really great writing and world they’ve made too.

  • @SocratesOnFire7
    @SocratesOnFire7 Před 2 lety

    John quitely cutting the part of the episode where he fails to haggle the wounded guardsman is hilarious @25:20

  • @wsconsn
    @wsconsn Před 2 lety +2

    25:09 Jon haggles with a man who’s bleeding to death…
    Yup, sounds about right.

    • @FiXato
      @FiXato Před 2 lety

      call it compensation for him bleeding all over his shop ;)

  • @cochemoche
    @cochemoche Před 2 lety +2

    Jon + Breaking Bad = GOLD

  • @nobodyyouknow1065
    @nobodyyouknow1065 Před 2 lety +3

    Better be a stuffed alligator on the ceiling.

  • @carringtont7632
    @carringtont7632 Před 2 lety +3

    I've been looking for a good shop keeper game ever since I played and fell in love with Recettear: An Item Shop Tale 10 years ago (and I didn't realize it has been so long already...). While this doesn't seem to scratch the same itch, it does look rather nice.

    • @lobokael9851
      @lobokael9851 Před 2 lety +3

      That game was so fun back in the day. Minus the combat part which felt a bit janky.

    • @dem0nfr0g39
      @dem0nfr0g39 Před 2 lety +3

      You may want to take a look at Moonlighter.. you fight at night and run a shop selling the drops during the day, was pretty good

  • @MrWizeazz
    @MrWizeazz Před 2 lety +6

    And now I’m hoping he’ll do the restoration potion cheat to fortify all of his stats into God Tier ⚔️

  • @tuurekeranen1771
    @tuurekeranen1771 Před 2 lety

    "If I'd had to guess, explosion is like a fire, but more."
    Thanks for that, made my day. :D

  • @londerwater8142
    @londerwater8142 Před 2 lety

    this game looks so cool, its unlocking all the memories of me in grade school making potions out of mud and random plants in the ravine.

  • @TheLunarLegend
    @TheLunarLegend Před 2 lety +1

    'Stabbed by a zombie'
    I dunno why that line made me chuckle. Just imagining a knife wielding zombie.

  • @Khono
    @Khono Před 2 lety

    Aim to go past the potion, then use the water to bring you back towards the center. Use whatever is left on your path to make adjustments in a direction perpendicular to the direction towards the center of the map. In other words, water will always bring you to center, so if you leave yourself a little too far to the right, once water brings you to near to the middle, you use your remaining path to the left to make any final adjustments to bring you into the center. If you're careful, you can get a tier 3 potion every time, for cheap.

  • @tealcformerfirstprimeofapo22

    oh wow this is exciting. i saw this game on steam and thought jon should definitely play it.

  • @aetherial87
    @aetherial87 Před 2 lety

    Wishlisted this a while back but I wasn't sure what the gameplay was like, thanks for this vid, I'm sold!

  • @monsieurlaguillotine3481
    @monsieurlaguillotine3481 Před 2 lety +3

    That has to be the best pun you've ever made. Brilliant.

    • @ecliptix1
      @ecliptix1 Před 2 lety

      If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

  • @feznaughts
    @feznaughts Před 2 lety +2

    I have this game and I love it. The only thing I don’t have is shit to move to the left

  • @iamded.
    @iamded. Před 2 lety +2

    Game developers looking for a AAA company to work for be like 29:22

  • @tvdg93
    @tvdg93 Před 2 lety +1

    “You really gotta sell how cold this thing is”. Jon should have called it Caution! Blizzard Executive!

  • @extralyfe
    @extralyfe Před 2 lety +1

    "fire and poison is definitely explosions"
    *finds explosions up between fire and light*

  • @ASMRaphael
    @ASMRaphael Před 2 lety +5

    Yaaay! :) I am so happy that you have decided to play this game, Jon! :) It is my most favorite indie game of recent months and I am so happy that I will be able to watch you playing it

  • @kursedboi9537
    @kursedboi9537 Před 2 lety +1

    I watched a real civil engineer play this game and I’m so happy that you’re also playing it, their reactions to the potions are priceless

    • @torgranael
      @torgranael Před 2 lety +1

      I really want these two to colab a video.

  • @Langburkersdorfer
    @Langburkersdorfer Před 2 lety +1

    Ok, I now want to give this game another spin. Thanks for planning my weekend for me, Jon!

  • @khaledbasel3699
    @khaledbasel3699 Před 2 lety +1

    Bloody hell! I knew Jon starts picking up games he missed around this time, but these have been some straight up bangers. Now if only he picks up Spiritfarer we would have the perfect December..

  • @CanadianLifeYYC
    @CanadianLifeYYC Před 2 lety

    that game looks "flipping" awesome! im a new subscriber, been really enjoying your stuff man!

  • @TheStrangeAlchemist
    @TheStrangeAlchemist Před 2 lety

    Seriously this game could be titled "My first decade of larping" where I played an alchemist, game of the year for me :D

  • @snazzyfeathers
    @snazzyfeathers Před 2 lety

    I have a mighty need for a livestream of this

  • @Skycroft1000
    @Skycroft1000 Před 2 lety +2

    Oh, what a lovely looking game I will try this out. I love games that try to make the _process_ of crafting interesting.

  • @LadyBlackmoor
    @LadyBlackmoor Před 2 lety +1

    I'd totally watch a chill livestream of this

  • @Ordostank
    @Ordostank Před 2 lety

    The guy wanted a bit of chill but now he's a popsickle.

  • @RealGeorg3
    @RealGeorg3 Před 2 lety

    What an interesting little game. Thanks for bringing it to our attention Jon.

  • @TanyaSapien
    @TanyaSapien Před 2 lety

    the teir II fire potion at 13:50 which he could have gotten to tier III by just adding a tiny bit of water annoyed me far more than it should have.

  • @FailcopterWes
    @FailcopterWes Před 2 lety

    Having the ability to scribble on your recipe notes is a wonderful thing to add and I hope that goes in their next update so I can get it.

  • @CesarTheKingVA
    @CesarTheKingVA Před 2 lety +1

    Oh my goodness, a tiny indie game about shopkeeping that i played before Jon! That’s not especially common!

  • @Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head
    @Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head Před 2 lety +1

    Oh yes, this game is awesome! I can't wait for them to get to garden management to make getting ingredients to much less painful.

  • @brandybuttons1198
    @brandybuttons1198 Před 2 lety

    "Potion seller, i am going into battle and require your strongest potions"

  • @CED99
    @CED99 Před 2 lety +1

    Damn it Jon you could have added some water and gone for a tier 3 heat potion

  • @NoReplyAsset
    @NoReplyAsset Před 2 lety

    the brewing very much reminds me of the drink mixing mechanic from The Red Strings Club

  • @EatWave
    @EatWave Před 2 lety +1

    This makes me think of a purer, more focused version of Recettear or the Atelier series without the main plots (such as they are actually plots in most entries).

  • @reverse_engineered
    @reverse_engineered Před 2 lety +1

    This is a lovely little game and I've enjoyed playing the start of it. I do hope they finish it up soon and well. It has a lot of potential, but it doesn't seem to have progressed much in the last 9 months.

  • @PoisonInc
    @PoisonInc Před 2 lety +1

    Potion seller... I need your finest potions.

  • @Lonnloven
    @Lonnloven Před 2 lety

    After just a couple of minutes of watching this video, I put it on my wish list. It looks amazing! I'd love to play it on my Switch or phone for example...

  • @Weazel1
    @Weazel1 Před 2 lety +2

    "DO YOU DO POISON?"

    • @MrDUneven
      @MrDUneven Před 2 lety

      "COULD A COLD POTION BE SO COLD IT ACCIDENTALLY FROZE A PERSON, PERSON WHO LOOKS LIKE THIS?"

  • @justinfloyd8452
    @justinfloyd8452 Před 2 lety

    Thank you John!!!!

  • @StarPlatinum3000
    @StarPlatinum3000 Před 2 lety

    This game looks awesome! I need to get my hands on it as soon as I can!

  • @kylelewis4685
    @kylelewis4685 Před 2 lety +1

    Hmm Interesting idea. I loved the alchemy in Kingdom Come and this looks like a low-res more complicated version. Gonna have to wishlist this one.

  • @moogie8926
    @moogie8926 Před 2 lety

    Love it. Thank you

  • @yourmaninlondoncollecting5749

    This game look really interesting.Thanks for informing us about it 🙂👍

  • @RinIsArty
    @RinIsArty Před 2 lety

    so this is basically "Banished from the Heros' party." The Game

  • @NoReplyAsset
    @NoReplyAsset Před 2 lety

    name: weak potion of fire
    marketing: "explosion potion :)"

  • @Scott_C
    @Scott_C Před 2 lety

    A LIve Stream of this would be amazing! I love this.

    • @juliajs1752
      @juliajs1752 Před 2 lety +2

      Nah, far too much backseat gaming. "Use this herb, no that one, go further, don't go that far, haggle, stop haggling..." It would get annoying incredibly fast.

    • @Scott_C
      @Scott_C Před 2 lety

      @@juliajs1752 Could do stickers only. Also would stop people from spoiling the recipes.

  • @Kingme
    @Kingme Před 2 lety

    would love to see more

  • @Ryu_D
    @Ryu_D Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the video.

  • @joshuacollins385
    @joshuacollins385 Před 2 lety

    Nuke potion? I'm pretty sure that's a tree, but thankfully that fits the goal of using tree stumps to fertilize the land

  • @FiXato
    @FiXato Před 2 lety

    I was expecting a haggle with the hag pun for the witch.

  • @radrush_mx957
    @radrush_mx957 Před 2 lety

    i really like shoppe keep, a lot different to this, but fun nonetheless. you play as the shop owner in an rpg, sell supplies and such, it’s in first person tho.

  • @Wyrmshield
    @Wyrmshield Před 2 lety

    "What is an explosion but fire that kills you?"

  • @DS-tv2fi
    @DS-tv2fi Před 2 lety +1

    This looks great, I need to buy it.

  • @Bored_Barbarian
    @Bored_Barbarian Před 2 lety

    Oh yay I saw someone play this on an ASMR channel. Super fun

  • @Scott_Forsell
    @Scott_Forsell Před 2 lety

    Mama always said life is like an alchemical garden. You never know what you're going to get.

  • @wolfqueen137
    @wolfqueen137 Před 2 lety

    For some reason, I'd just watch a whole livestream of this lol

  • @frocco7125
    @frocco7125 Před 2 lety

    I literally had this exact game idea like 4 years ago.

  • @kebubas
    @kebubas Před 2 lety +1

    I think if you watered down the fire potion @13:56 a bit, you could've made tier 3, because the potion in progress always waters down to the center of the "map"

  • @TenderbitsGames
    @TenderbitsGames Před 2 lety

    Seems like a good Livestream candidate

  • @minnie3434
    @minnie3434 Před 2 lety

    Careful who you brew potions for Jon. Certain people will cause you to lose reputation, like that guy who poisoned the vegetables.

  • @mattevans4377
    @mattevans4377 Před 2 lety

    Presumably you'll end up having to run from the 'law' who assume you're a witch......

  • @theragingjewishhippi
    @theragingjewishhippi Před 2 lety

    That title was like taking a H2O2 bath

  • @PyroMarshall
    @PyroMarshall Před 2 lety

    been keeping a eye on this for a while but will mess with it til it is out of early access

  • @oscarm3515
    @oscarm3515 Před 2 lety

    I love the good value potion lol

  • @thesterlingking3447
    @thesterlingking3447 Před 2 lety +1

    Jon's comment at the start about not being the protagonist just because you run a potion shop, clearly shows he hasn't learned of the myriad of anime and Manga where the protagonist runs a potion shop.

    • @juliajs1752
      @juliajs1752 Před 2 lety

      Moonlighter taught us the same. Shopkeepers have some wild nights...

  • @CToast
    @CToast Před 2 lety +1

    "Do you do poison?"

  • @leftofzeroofficial
    @leftofzeroofficial Před 2 lety +1

    Pun game on point !

  • @alexanderhammil6754
    @alexanderhammil6754 Před 2 lety

    This game is completely my jam, if only it was on Mac.

    • @AgentWest
      @AgentWest Před 2 lety

      You can run a 'virtual machine' (basically a Windows emulator, in this case), then play the game in it.

  • @DippKlippGuy
    @DippKlippGuy Před 2 lety +1

    10:30 HAVE YOU GOT ANY RAT POISON?

  • @connerswift7939
    @connerswift7939 Před 2 lety

    Hey comrade, not necessarily a game for video, but if you like crafty games I highly recommend craftopia even just to play for fun. It can be single or multiplayer, and has an extensive age progression/crafting system

  • @MmKayUltra1
    @MmKayUltra1 Před 2 lety

    9:36 nice a chance to use poison.... I guess not

  • @EGRJ
    @EGRJ Před 2 lety

    "What if we made an alchemy game?"
    "Based on what?"
    "Geometry."
    "What?"
    "GEOMETRY."

  • @Khono
    @Khono Před 2 lety

    Wow this game looks great! :)

    • @Khono
      @Khono Před 2 lety

      Confirmed, solid game, even only as an early release.

  • @farshnuke
    @farshnuke Před 2 lety

    I like this

  • @gingershrimp4024
    @gingershrimp4024 Před 2 lety

    Ill buy this seems fun

  • @retrohanska4441
    @retrohanska4441 Před 2 lety

    Okay I haven't watched this video yet but there better be at least half a dozen Potion Seller references either by the game or by Jon or I won't be satisfied.

  • @romansongen6284
    @romansongen6284 Před 2 lety

    The people in this game look eerily like Mii with thei eyes...

  • @983dbleu2
    @983dbleu2 Před 2 lety

    I just noticed your mortar and pestle changes color with what you grind in it

  • @Azzdude
    @Azzdude Před 2 lety

    That pun tho...

  • @5Andysalive
    @5Andysalive Před 2 lety

    I last did this in Kingdom come deliverance.
    But the head moving made me seasick.

  • @silverfoxdelta290
    @silverfoxdelta290 Před 2 lety

    just be wary of a certain crazy potion addict saying he's going to battle, while asking for the strongest possible potions.

  • @SuperCarneBoy
    @SuperCarneBoy Před 2 lety +3

    Hello, Potion Seller, I am going into battle and I want your strongest potions