Hey dev! I’m working on my first game now and had a similar crisis. That it would be faster but I wouldn’t feel good about it because there is a passion and art to game dev (even coding). I look forward to your next human crafted games. I will be right behind you!

It's different to anything I have ever played, I enjoyed the demo.

Looks sick! Going to try the demo today!

the entire game is learning, that's the fun. i recommend just jumping into 3, getting on the discord, and learning strategies from other people.

I saw this series on steam and was interested, but I wasn't sure how much of a commitment it would be to get into one of the games. How long does it take to learn?

Game has a demo. Hitting ai with a sledgehammer is very therapeutic.

That attitude from a dev is as likely to win me over as the game itself these days

There was another indie game that posted about early beta release (a Sid Meier’s Pirates! type game) and someone found weird shit in the release notes.

I really want to like this game, but so far it hasn't clicked with me yet. I'll have to give it another go.

So you reskinned LibrARian?

I hope so too. It would be a shame if this community would be flooded with slop-games only a few days after it was created.

Gotta say the skip level design is extremely similar to Librarian, but this looks beautiful. I hope the suspicions of some in these comments, that this is an AI rip-off of Wand & Order, are proven to be incorrect. Would love to support this if genuine!

Dude, that one fucking sent me lol

I for one have not. Hbu

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Such a gem in every way. 🥰

Also, this is a new account that posted this right after signing up. Twice, for some reason, I removed the duplicated post. Plus, the social media profiles and the Steam page place too much emphasis on the fact that this game is 'NO AI.'

I suspect this might be an AI rip-off of the game you mentioned, but I'm not entirely sure.

Looks like "collectothon" is a genre and witch/alchemy/potion store is a popular version. See also: "Shelve the Potions!" for another example of the same setup.

The potion version/setup seems to be recent (the 3 found examples being 2025 or newer).

Edit: found a 4th (Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop) released in 2026.

Has anyone checked the release notes for weird anti-circumcision anti-feminist messages?

May i ask what engine you used to make this? The lighting looks pretty :)

This looks incredible! It seems very inspired from potion craft, I love it

Ha I bought my wife several of your games in the most recent sale. She 100% all of them I’m pretty sure.

Edit: wait. Looking at this now, game looks the exact same as Wand & Order, even with the same overlays, yet you are seemingly a different publisher and developer. What’s going on here?

I feel like there is going to be a whole explosion of micro games with a whole lot of charm and detail that come together in a way that AI just never will. A whole cottage industry of people who want to play beautiful lush games full of interesting things made by real people

Wishlisted!

Very cool concept. My brain loves the satisfaction of sorting.