Cure ailments with alchemy in Stardew-like town sim Potion Permit

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Begone overgrown family farms, dilapidated crafting setups, and shops tragically behind on their loans. In crafting and town sim Potion Permit it's the citizens who need shoring up (and, yes, your lab too). These poor folks have a fever and the only prescription is, well, you. As the most accomplished chemist around, the town of Moonbury has summoned you to diagnose the mayor's daughter and brew up cures for everyone else in town during your stay.

Developer MassHive Media has shared a quick snippet of a Potion Permit trailer at the Wholesome Games showcase and launched a demo too. Don't mind if I do.

At this stage of Harvest Moon hopefuls and Stardew-alikes on PC, I'm always happy to see a good twist on the «new tradesperson in town» formula and an accomplished potioneer conceit will surely do it.

Rather than planting crops and selling them in a shipping bin, your top-tier chemist gathers ingredients outside town—rocks and trees, because no crafting game can deny them, but herbs and flowers too. Back at the lab, you'll toss together ingredients in a cauldron, standard equipment for witches and chemists, to brew up remedies. 

There's a grid puzzle involved in the brewing process, with different ingredients represented by certain shapes and their own properties. You're also a doctor, so you'll have to determine what your patients need, not just whip up a nice red unspecified potion of healing to solve every problem. You'll identify neck injuries and foot problems and other ailments through a different minigame that appears to involve timed button presses. 

I rather appreciate the minigame-ification of crafting that's been going around in these witch-adjacent games, so I'll be signing up for my chemist license in short