So I really wanted to keep playing this game, I tried both the uploaded version and the pre-jam version and both I encountered bugs which is really unfortunately because I was having a great time with it.
In the currently uploaded version after getting to the ingredient section I think I died? I didn't know I was supposed to go back to the van (I think?) and then when I got there I was being told to make a greater lemonade again but the book had switched to other stuff and the recipe wasn't there so I didn't know what to do.
After I read the game page/submission page and noted the previous version with a fix I tried that but due to the issue with the caulron I couldn't grab my potions out (even after hiding my task bar).
So unfortunate I couldn't get very far in the game but let me chat about what I did get to play and my experience with it.
So I love the graphics and the aesthetic, I love the limited colour pallete and the style. It's consistent and great throughout the game. I'm not a huge fan of the way the camera swings left and right during the potion/shop phase it kinda goes really fast sometimes and makes it difficult to move stuff around. This is especially irritating when trying to wave the fan to keep the heat at a certain level.
I love the ingredient system and the processing of it all it's super cute and well done. I wish the stirring was a bit more...haptic? Maybe with a stir/metal scraping sound and a sound or counter that indicates when a successful stir rotation has been completed.
It would be cool if the recipe book was more visual in the future maybe showing the ingredients with little pictures because as far as I could tell there were no actual labels on the ingredients and I just guessed. It wasn't a big deal cos obviously the thing with root in it's name looks like a root and the lotus flower looks like a lotus flower.
The ingredient/combat stage was really cool I was having a good time wandering around and I assumed I just had to wait out the timer but was mistaken and died! If the game told me this I totally missed it and that's on me but if not that should probably be addressed. I hope there's more to it later or you continue to develop that section because it was super cool.
Overall my experience was cut short cos of the bugs/issues but there's massive potential in this game and I would love to return to it once these are addressed in the future you've got a real gem of a game here.