Cauldron & Corner: Alchemy Sim

Cauldron & Corner is a roguelike alchemy shop simulation. Every run, the recipes are randomly generated — the combinations you mastered last game mean nothing now. Experiment, learn, profit… and if you die, you lose everything.

Start with nothing but a street corner stall and a worn-out cauldron. Uncover ingredient traits through tasting, crushing and boiling. Rediscover the recipes from scratch each run. Brew potions from Common to Exceptional, set your prices, and weigh every choice — because in this game, choices are permanent.

🧪 BREW & DISCOVER — DIFFERENT EVERY RUN
Recipes are procedurally generated each new game. Nothing is labelled, nothing carries over, everything must be learned again. Get a brew wrong and you lose the whole batch. Knowledge is the real currency — and you'll pay for it.

💀 PERMADEATH
Death is the end. Your shop, your gold, your hard-won recipe knowledge — gone. Every trip into the wild, every risky brew, every unpaid rent day is a decision that can cost you the run.

🌿 GATHER IN THE WILD
Forage the Meadow, Forest, Swamp and beyond. The deeper you go, the rarer the find — and the greater the danger with every passing hour. Push your luck for one more ingredient, or bank what you have and head home. Choose wisely. Or don't come home at all.

🏪 RUN YOUR SHOP
Customers arrive in real time throughout the day. Price too low and you bleed gold. Price too high and they walk. Read the market, work your regulars, and climb from street stall to grand emporium — if you live that long.

📜 QUESTS & REPUTATION
Take quests from townsfolk across 10 reputation levels. High standing brings more customers and better prices. Neglect it, and watch it decay.

⚗️ UPGRADE YOUR EQUIPMENT
11 unique items to earn. Better gear means higher brew success, rarer finds and sharper trait discovery — worth every coin, until the run ends.

📅 A LIVING WORLD
Daily events, rumours, challenges and named regulars who tip well when kept happy. Sleep to end the day — but pay your rent first. This world doesn't wait for you.

FEATURES

Procedurally generated recipes — every run is a new puzzle
Permadeath: die and lose everything
Retro text-driven gameplay in classic handheld style
Deep ingredient trait discovery — no hand-holding
Real-time customer sales throughout the day
Risk-reward foraging with escalating danger
Rent, reputation decay and consequences that stick
Quest system with rewards and penalties
Customer loyalty with named regulars
Auto-save — one life, always saved, never safe

Every run tells a different story. Most of them end badly. Make yours a legend.