BirdsBorough : Town of Alchemy

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doesn't feel like the gameplay loop or mechanics are that well figured out yet, but I love the artistic direction. i've been wanting a spooky ingredients collection, alchemy and potions shop running game for a long time now. great art style, sounds and vibes are v spooky and cool imo. lol for $3 - thumbs up from me its cute. oh also worth noting, there's no tutorial of any kind so i am not really sure i have any idea what im doing lol.

I really do wish this game did get the funding it needed for further development as I'm not entirely sure about its replay value, but I do recommend giving this game a try as it is regardless. The NPC dialogue is delightfully grim ("I've lost my parent. Can I have a deadly toxin?"), and I found the process of discovering each potion effect quite fun. Something I find rather funny is that deliberately adding extra effects would, in theory, screw over the customer, but from a balancing standpoint, it's completely reasonable to charge more for the amount of ingredients used. This may incentivize the player to add more effects for the sake of charging more for a potion requested by a special customer (after having discovered all possible effects, for maximum control), because us gamers and business owners in this economy love funny numbers going up. Anyway, if you like potions, have a morbid sense of humor, and/or enjoy a good color-mixing puzzle, give this game a try.

This is fun in concept, but it feels kinda clunky and unfinished.

Very cute and charming. I hope it gets further developed but as it is, its still nice