On Wednesday (22/6), Indonesian Game developer MassHive Media and UK-based game publisher PQube announced that their latest game Potion Permit will be released on September 22, 2022. The game itself will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

The Steam page of Potion Permit describes the game as an “open-ended sim RPG”. The player will play as a chemist who has to heal the daughter of Moonbury Town’s mayor. The player also has to build a relationship with the other townfolks because the people of Moonbury don’t trust modern alchemy and rely on their traditional way of healing. Gain their trust and take care of every sick people in the town as the only chemist in the town.

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Here’s the list of Potion Permit‘s features on their Steam page:

  • Take care of residents. Moonbury has around 30 unique inhabitants who will occasionally fall ill and call for your aid. Sick residents will have their schedules interrupted while they recuperate in bed.
  • Diagnose symptoms and find a cure! Hmm… a low heart rate and a bloated liver. Shoulder cramps, perhaps? No, these are sure signs of burning lungs. This patient has been consuming too much gelatin! Easily remedied; you’ll just need to craft some Minty Goblet.
  • Gather ingredients out in the world. Once you’ve decided on a potion, ointment, or salve, gather ingredients from the surrounding environment using your tools. Upgrade your hammer, axe, and sickle for new swings and attacks to help with your day-to-day tasks. Watch out for changing weather conditions! You may find yourself caught out in the rain, a freezing blizzard, or even the baking heat of a desert.
  • Confront nasty monsters for their materials. Sometimes you won’t be able to gather the materials you need as easily as harvesting a berry bush, and you’ll need to turn your trusty tools into weapons to collect materials from the monsters prowling the nearby wilderness. Combat is in real-time and, since you’re a chemist, you’ll be able to brew various concoctions to buff yourself or inflict status ailments on your adversaries, as well as various tools to aid you.
  • Brew remedies in your cauldron. The ingredients you gather can be mixed in your cauldron to brew medicine, vitamins, and more. As you become more experienced, higher-level recipes will become available, requiring more ingredients but bestowing stronger effects. Enhance your cauldron to concoct more ingredients into your recipes for these more advanced remedies.
  • Build relationships with the townsfolk. It’ll take a little while, but your patients’ health will be much better thanks to your efforts. Your reputation with them will increase, and they’ll open up to you a little more. You may even find yourself growing particularly close to certain bachelors or bachelorettes.
  • Upgrade the town and surrounding areas. Building relationships with townsfolk increase your approval rating allowing you to improve the area by improving public buildings and expanding the explorable areas around the town. You can also craft and buy new furniture to give your home a personal touch!
  • Enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside. In the downtime between treating the community’s ailments, you’ll be able to freely explore and around Moonbury. Get to know the inhabitants a little better, take a rest in the tavern, or go fishing to catch something for dinner. Moonbury is a delightfully charming location where time seems a little slower and life is just a little more relaxed than in the big city. While the lighting will change throughout the day, with the bright sun streaking across the meadows in the morning and street lamps illuminating the town in the early evening, there are no time limits for game objectives. You are free to go at your own pace and take it easy.
  • Spend time with a faithful companion. You didn’t relocate to Moonbury alone! With you, every step of the way is your loyal dog companion. Your pet can help you locate hidden items and point you in the direction of residents as they go about their day.

Established in early 2014, MassHive Media is an indie game developer based in Bandung, Indonesia. Before the development of Potion Permit, the studio was also known for developing Azure Saga: Pathfinder on PC, Nintendo Switch, and iOS. For Potion Permit project, MassHive Media collaborates with PQube, who published Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 with another Indonesian Game Studio Agate.

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