Welcome to the magical forest!

Step into the enchanting world of Botanical Alchemy, a captivating 2D game that invites players to embrace the solitude of a young alchemist's life in the heart of a mystical forest. Craft potions, explore the depths of the forest, and uncover the secrets hidden within ancient artefacts. In Botanical Alchemy, players assume the role of a young alchemist Luna living in her secluded hut in the heart of an enchanting forest. Your tasks are diverse and delightful.

Collect and work with different Ingredients

Every alchemist needs ingredients. Visit the vast mystical forest and collect the multitude of plants and mushrooms it offers. But be careful, as a young girl, Luna only has the energy for so much walking and collecting, so you won’t be able to collect every plant available. Plan out what you need for your customers and only pick up what you need before you run out of energy and time. Some of the plants only grow at night. Switch to night-mode to collect other ingredients you need.

Consult Your Botanical Guide

Want to know more about the potions you’re making and the plants to collect? Simply consult your handy guidebook. There you'll find all the information about the plants and potions you have collected, bought, or made. Check where and when plants can be found, their effects and rarity, and what potions they can be used in. If you can’t remember a recipe, simply pin it to help you plan out your collection round.

Interact with Your Customers

Every morning, Luna receives a phone call from a customer. Collect the necessary ingredients and brew potions to fulfill their orders and receive rewards and new potion recipes in return.

Master the Art of Potion Brewing

Mix the required ingredients at the alchemy table and brew a perfect potion. But be careful, potion making can be fickle, so don’t miss the right timing, otherwise, you might fail to make the potion you want and even lose some ingredients.

Trade with the Merchant

Are you having a hard time finding everything you need or having too many surplus potions? No problem. Simply call the merchant after you take on the customer order of the day. Trade with the Merchant to get everything you need and to get rid of unnecessary inventory.

Interactions

Since this is a beta understanding the controllers may not be straightforward, but rest assured, we are actively addressing this issue.

In the hut you can interact (press E) with:

• Bed - sleep until new day begins
• Alchemy pot - enter the alchemy scene where you can craft potions
• Phone - get new orders every day, call merchant 
• Exit - go out to the forest

In the forest, you can collect plants by pressing E when Luna is nearby and move with the WASD keys.

You can take a look at your inventory (I) and orders that you have (O). To find out where are the plants to collect you can take a look at the plant guide book (L) and if you need the recipe for potions you can search for them in the potion guide book (P).

When you get all the needed items, you can fulfill them via the menu for your customers in the guide book by pressing the send button.

There is no need to remember all the shortcuts since all the content of the book can be accessed by clicking on the book icon in the upper right corner and navigating through the different chapters by clicking the bookmarks on the side of the book.

A compass in the upper left corner as well as a basic map in the Guidebook will help you to navigate the forest and to find your way back home.

All the necessary information is available in the in-game tutorial.

Key controllers:

Moving the character	W/A/S/D
Inventory	I
Orders	O
Plant Guide Book	L
Potion Guide Book	P
Collect plants	E
Interact with phone, exits, bed, alchemy pot	E

Embark on your journey into the mystical forest, where adventure awaits amidst the tranquil beauty of Botanical Alchemy. Relax, explore, and indulge in some relaxing potion-making.

Developers:

Natalie Ille - art and game design

Vlada Prikhodchenko - programming and game design

Samuel Thys - programming and game design

Blanca Dejuan - programming and game design

Maxime Pellichero - programming and game design