For the limitation that the directions should be confusing and unreliable, you certainly succeeded on that haha!
The vibes are summery, and I definitely buy your pitch of keeping cool with the right drink.
It's hard to tell if it's being glitchy or if I just have bad luck with potions, because 75% of the time I get 3 identical bottle shapes instead of different ones. One might be different in size, but none in shape, and it has seemingly no impact on the points.
With repeated trial and error, I've noticed what seems to be a repeating pattern at some points, not in bottles but in position, which let me get up to 5-6 points semi-reliably. That said, it's hard to tell whether that's a true pattern or a good run with the randomiser. If it is a pattern, I'd like there to be some hint of that somewhere. I tried scanning the background image for clues but couldn't conclude anything from it.
Thanks for making the game!