Witchy Business

这游戏前期还是很上头的，画风也不错，音乐非常轻松，总体来说半价入手的话还是可以的。 基本玩法分两部分，第一部分就是开店，每天最多2min，客人下订单，交付订单，或者用道具和特殊客人互动。每天结束后可以升级小店，装饰基本都能提供一些便利或者buff，但有些装饰公用一个位置，所以需要自行取舍。之后是第二部分，可以在花园种地（花园也可以升级）&商店买素材，然后去工坊合成，按照之前的订单炼魔药/做魔杖/附魔，前中期解锁女巫工会后还可以去找可爱的女巫聊天/送礼，给他们做魔杖，好感度到一定程度可以解锁新的魔杖或者会给一些永久buff。 缺点也比较明显，和大部分模拟经营的通病一样，中后期开始重复度上来了。另外做魔药的判定会比较诡异，建议是摇到完美范围之后就缓慢持续摇动，把握好节奏基本就能稳定完美。附魔的时候鼠标移动速度不要太快，尤其是转弯处，可能会判定出线。另外我曾遇到过订单一直到过期了那个客人都没来，尤其是客人数量不够多但又有一定数量的订单的时候，如果运气不好持续刷出特殊客人，那很可能就导致订单过期。 前期钱非常紧张，建议所有升级先升钱，不用管声望，最好是先升花园后升小店。花园种地的话植物大部分时候不会缺，地开4-5块就足够了，可以先不升锄头，就每天收一次低级植物就可以稍微积攒一些植物。但是一旦开始生产新的药水就很容易缺矿石，所以等中期有一定的资金后建议开始屯矿石，避免连续几天商店连续刷新都刷不出特定的矿石。新药水不用太急着开，尤其是需要用到一些高级素材的药水，建议是高级素材屯到5个以上或者能较稳定获得高级素材再考虑做那些药水。小店升级的话可以先升摇人、招牌和左边的奖杯，稍微有钱了之后就可以把小费、八音盒、青蛙罐升了，其他的有闲钱再升。 前期钱比较紧张，所以去商店购买的话建议不要浪费太多钱在刷新上，除非你是强迫症，否则错过一两个订单问题也不大。后期升级完就完全不缺钱了。和女巫们的好感度刷的非常慢，每天只能遇到两个人，聊天+1，做魔杖第二天+2，送礼+3，12点好感度需要比较长的时间才能加满，这个就比较头疼了，如果能每天多刷出1-2个人的话会好很多。另外有些女巫给的buff其实没什么必要了，如果把好感再调整一下，buff也再调整下可能会更好。 另外遇到一个bug，吸壶在某天突然不好使了，无论吸猫还是幽灵最后都会差一块怎么都吸不了，不过重启一下就OK了。

Witchy Business is a fun spin on a magical shop sim. As usual Rogue Duck Interactive uses bright, 2D art to make a visually appealing interactive world. The game has a lot more features than I expected from it. When I first started playing I thought it was just going to be a simple, cute little shop shim but it ended up having way more to it than I anticipated. Not only do you run a shop, but you’re part of a coven, take commissions, have a little private resource garden, and make the products you sell. The game starts small with various services, mostly potion making, then expands to include several crafting based services, shop defense, and fortune reading. A lot is packed in this little game. At the time of this review they are still doing major updates every so often as well. [b][u]Negative Things:[/u][/b] [list] [*]The beginning of the game can feel really punishing. If you aren’t super careful with your materials and money then you may miss out on completing commissions. This can be really punishing early game when you barely have reputation, money, or ingredients. [*]You are thrown into the game right away. There is no tutorial. You just start your first day and are expected to figure it out. [b](Disclaimer: This is the third time I have restarted my save file and I honestly cannot remember if my very first one had a tutorial or not.)[/b] [*]Not all of the shop items have little tool tips that tell you/remind you what they do. For some players that will make it difficult to effectively use items. [*]The potion mixing minigame is unwieldy and stressful. Sometimes I get less than 5 stars for reasons I can’t figure out. [*]The shop spaces are RNG so early game you spend a lot of gold on restocking the bazaar if you don’t get all the ingredients you need from the daily restock. [*]This might just be personal preference, but I don’t like that the summon next customer item can call a thief. [*]When you save and quit it starts the next day when you reload rather than taking you back to the town screen to either finish your commissions or run other errands. You essentially have to finish preparing for the next day before saving and quitting to ensure you don’t miss out on completing commissions. [*]More of a pet peeve but, I wish the inventory would stay open while I am planting so I can look at it and know what to plant rather than having to open and close it. I have very bad working memory. [*]The tracing for cursing and charming is really unforgiving. [/list] [b][u]Positive Things:[/u][/b] [list] [*]The art is beautiful and the animation looks and feels natural even within a 2D environment. Simultaneously cute and beautiful at the same time. [*]The game offers way more than just running a shop. This gives the player plenty to do rather than stay on one static screen for all game play. [*]There is a point to visiting the coven and talking to people everyday. Raising affinity grants you special buffs at each tier and you get free ingredients each day. Plus there is a little task board that gives you money among other things for finishing tasks. [*]There are many ways to get ingredients without having to pay for them. [*]The minigames, though hard and stressful at times, are suited to their tasks and make sense for the kind of magic you’re doing. [*]There are sections in your book that name and have a little description for each customer. I thought this was a really nice touch and attention to detail. [*]The items you get from the affinity milestones make an actual difference in game play. They help significantly at higher reputation levels when you have way more customers. [*]Money and reputation not only unlock shop spots and the coven, but upgrades for your shop and sanctuary (garden). [*]The longer you play the game the more challenging it actually gets. [*]All parts of the game interact. Nothing is purely side content. It all works together to support other parts in some way. [*]The game has three difficulty settings: Cozy, Normal, and Chaos. I am a big fan of multiple difficult settings as it makes the game accessible for more people and gives each consumer a different way to experience it.