Thank you for your feedback
I totally agree with every point. Especially about game balance. For some reason this is a common problem of mine. I should focus on this more.
And the lack of a tutorial. This is something I only remembered on the last day. I've done some things to nudge the player in the right direction, but it's clearly not enough.
And I failed to show how much potions help. (If you will replay, just start spamming blank potions as soon as you unlock their recipe.)
(And also, due to randomness, you might be unlucky and it might take you a long time to unlock your first potion. One more problem)
+ You found a bug I didn't know about.
Thank you for playing. Next time I will try to address my mistakes