The art is great and there's good potential here! I had trouble figuring out how to brew potions though, like how to set process each herb. Clearer instructions (like a tutorial picture with the steps) and more feedback from the game (like an error sound when you do something wrong, or a pop up saying what you did wrong) would help. Keep it up!
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Go to the alchemy table in the house, use WASD to highlight ingredients/elements, press J to select one (you need to pick 3 total, a box will appear around the ingredient/element when you select it), then press k to brew. As far as I can tell, the ingredients for what each potion needs is listed on the top in the same column as the potion (e.g. health potion needs mint and healer's leaf), but it's up to you to figure out the cooking method. Good luck!
the ingredients on top being in the correct column explains, why there are two mint slots.
i think, that i have it figured brewing out, but it just isnt working. for healing potions, it is clear, that i need mint, healers leaf and to boil it, but no matter what order i set, pressing k does nothing. i have legit spent half an hour trying out every possible combination of items and elements and orders for every potion, yet nothing worked. is there something you need to do before being able to brew potions? does your cursor need to be in a specific spot to brew? im starting to think that the game is broken.
random thing i found while pressing every key in hopes of finding a different keybind for brewing, as k seems to be broken is, that g dismissed all your active quests.