The game is really fun! It's nice to have a game respect you as a player and expect you to be competent enough to figure out how it works. Even beyond the simple concept the gameplay was fun until the end where it has a Noita-like puzzle that I cannot solve even with the hints you've given in other comments involving a mechanic not so much as alluded to in the game. The balance is wonky near the end with the research walling you and making potions not really mattering, but it was pretty perfectly balanced, until the point it wasn't, if that makes sense. The game is thoroughly unique in both concept and execution and it also hits the theme perfectly. Overall despite my few hang ups, this is easily the holistically best jam game this time around!