Potion Stand Story

You and your friend Elly are finally going to WitchCon, for sure this year! There's just one problem... you're both totally broke witches, and it's going to take at least 4000G to pay for the tickets. (And transportation. And an inn room. And food.) Not to worry, though, Elly has a plan: set up shop outside the local dungeon and sell healing potions to passing adventurers. Through hard work, patience, and friendship, surely a couple of scrappy spellcasters like yourselves can turn 100 gold into enough cash to buy your tickets!

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I made this game to learn ins and outs of Ren'py before starting on larger projects. It was supposed to just be a simple fantasy-themed re-imagining of the classic Apple II game Lemonade Stand with visual novel elements, and then I accidentally spilled some actual feelings on it. Now it's a fantasy-themed visual novel game with Lemonade Stand elements. See if you can get all the endings! ✧ (Hints below.)

✪ Playtime: Depends a lot on your reading speed and playstyle, but most people seem to complete their first run in about 45 minutes. I'm guesstimating ~2 hours to see all the endings.

✪ How To Play
✧ Click "Help" in the main menu to see controls.
✧ Potions sell for 10G. Each day, you'll get a chance to stop by the store in the morning and buy ingredients.  Once you get to your potion stand, decide how many potions you would like to brew based on the intel from passing adventurers.  
✧ At the end of each day (and each week), Elly will assess your sales performance.
✧ If you make a mistake, it can usually be un-done by scrolling the mouse wheel up.
✧ On replays, you can skip seen text by using the "skip" button in the quick menu at the bottom of the screen, or hold ctrl to fast forward.

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ENDINGS GUIDE

♡ Ending A-1 - A Wonderful Friend
Reach Day 22 with less than 2000G.

♡ Ending A-2 - A Truly Wonderful Friend
Reach Day 22 with at least 2000G, but less than 4000G.

✧ Ending B - A Wonderful WitchCon
Hit or exceed the 4000G goal. Hint: You have to spend money to make money! Don't be shy with your gold, especially early on.

✦ Ending C - Neon Genesis Evangellyon
Hint: Purposefully brew 0 potions every day.

✲ Ending D - A Wonderful Windfall
Hint: Try to complete Ending C twice.

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Click to show the Advanced Gameplay Guide (spoils mechanics, but not story! rec'd only if you're really struggling.)

Each day, the monsters will be "sleepy," "aggressive," or "bloodthirsty."

Early on, you'll want to be turning as much gold as you can into more materials so that you can take maximum advantage of good sales days. Don't forget: you get unused bottles back, and you can undo mistakes and misclicks by scrolling up with the scroll wheel.

SLEEPY DAYS: If you make 20 potions or less, you'll always sell out. If you make more than 20 potions, you still have a low chance of selling out, and a much higher chance of selling either 25% or 50% of your potions.

AGGRESSIVE DAYS: The purest dice roll day. No matter how many potions you put up for sale, you have a pretty equal chance of having either bad sales, good sales, or selling completely out. If you already have a lot of money and plenty of time left, it's worth it to sell the max number of potions on these days. If you're coming up on day 21 and still too short, you might want to meet it halfway and sell ~50 potions.

BLOODTHIRSTY DAYS: These days are your money makers. You can easily turn 100G into 1000G on Bloodthirsty days. It's a 50/50 chance of either selling completely out, or selling 85% of what you made, so you should try to make as many potions as you can on these days.

FRIDAY THE 13TH: If you have less than 10 bottles in your inventory (after brewing potions) you have nothing to worry about, but if you have more than that, some will break!

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CREDITS
Characters built in VRoid Studio and posed in VRM Posing Desktop
Made with Ren'py, the free visual novel game engine
Music from Incompetech , FreePD , and OpenGameArt
Licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0
"Frost Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod
"Magistar" by Kevin MacLeod
"Fretless" by Kevin MacLeod
"Rumination" by Kevin MacLeod
"Gregorian Chant" by Kevin MacLeod
"Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod
"Music For Funeral Home - Part 11" by Kevin MacLeod
"Master of the Feast" by Bryan Teoh
"All's Fair In Love" by Bryan Teoh
"Victory 2" by jkfite01
"Their Spears Fell Like Rain" by request
Sound Effects from ZapSplat and the Sound Effects Lab

Playtested by my wonderful friends Jeremy, Shift, HikaTamika, and Crepe!
Big thanks to ZandraVandra for French pointers!
Shoutout to kokoronis for finding a silly bug you can still see in the screenshots LOL
A hearty shoutout to NomNomNami for great Ren'py chosts!

You can see full credits by opening the game, finding "About" in the menu, and clicking "See Credits."

No solo dev is truly solo! Thank you to everyone who puts free-to-use creative resources, tips, and help online, whether it's fully-detailed guide on your website or a one-line reddit post. ♡

Made With Love & Hyperfocus for NaNoRenO 2024!

♡ If you enjoy this free game, please consider supporting me or buying the artbook! ♡