The Herbalist

Moonworks

About this game

"The Herbalist" is a smooth and meditative game from the creators of "Everlasting Summer". You'll need to recreate some recipes of ancient potions with Slavya. In this game you'll find vivid anime graphics, enjoyable soft soundtrack and spicy plot events.
Game features:

- Gather herbs and berries with Slavya in the forest.
- Cook and mix potions in different proportions. Some combinations will work, the others won’t. Sometimes you might get an unexpected effect.
- Go to the barn every day to find useful things
- Don’t forget to feed Slavya, and give some attention to her lovely cat.
- The game contains episodes with partially nude character and is not intended for minors.

STORY:

A girl called Slavyana lives with her cat in a little hut at the edge of the forest. One day, while she was sorting through some old stuff, she discovered an ancient manuscript about magic potions. Slavya has always been a very curious girl, so she decided to learn the ancient craft. Once Slavya learns all the potions she'll become a Potion Master, and you will follow her through all the adventures that alchemy will lead her to.

CONTACTS:

Community VK.com: http://vk.com/moonworks
Community Google+: https://www.google.com/+MoonworksRus

Ratings and reviews

It's kind of confusing at first with what you are supposed to be doing. Only figured out that you can combine basic potions by accident. The game lacks variety and environment. This game would benefit from more plant options maybe some more rare than others, an over world map to travel to locations like the shop, and more getting rid of the runic language (it's cool, but doesn't add anything except confusion). Once you figure it out, you can beat the game in 2 hours tops. No micro-transactions.

A decent game, but could have more to it. Once you figure out what plants are safe to use, it gets tedious figuring out what potions you have and haven't made, since the potion book doesn't remain on the page you were on when you left, which is a minor but annoying detail for me. In addition, I wish there were more to do with the potions themselves. They don't do anything but sell for varying amounts of money and I wish there was some more nuance to it. Again, good, but could be better for sure.

Great little game, once you puzzle out the mechanics. Definitely geared toward guys... You CAN get ahead with your income, but it takes an investment. I would love to see a part II with perhaps a combination of the cooking and alchemy mechanics, and/or a little more variety/complexity in the ingredient foraging, e.g. seasonal herbs and different parts of the forest (stream bank, meadow, coppice, swamp, old growth...).

What's new

Fixed save file corruption.