Beginner Guide Part II: Layout

Welcome to Swords & Potions! an online shop management game in which your goal is to become the greatest shopkeeper of Tomagar by taking care of all kinds of customers in an RPG-like world. Indeed, you will meet Knights, Healers, and many more, browsing through your store and willing to buy your valuables to make their quest expeditions easier.

In this second part, we will introduce you to the layout of the game.

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The main screen
Take a look at the picture: this is where you'll spend most time while playing Swords & Potions. Click it to enlarge to full size.

1: Sorceress's working area

2: Blacksmith's working area

3: Tailor's working area

4: Carpenter's working area

5: Available tokens and related possibilities

6: HUB. Will be detailed below

7: Interactive items. Will also be detailed below

8: Remaining days and daytime (clicking the sun will pause / resume the game).

9: Current change

10: Current production, research, and covert operations

11: Reputation, also called Level

12: Inventory

13: Resource bins

14: Positive and negative effects affecting your shop and/or employees

15: Customer waiting area

Detailed HUB
1: News feed: Gives various info, mainly from guild members and thugs

2: Inbox: Standard mail box, also stores achievement rewards.

3: Chat: Pretty obvious. Unlike the the news and inbox, it doesn't pause the game

4: Settings: Customize volume, game speed and visual settings there. If you don't like the blurry effect, uncheck the "Use pixel filter" box and refresh the game

5: Fullscreen: Only available on Edgebee's website (and some other sites)

6: Quit: Close your game session. Only available on Edgebee's website

Interactive items
Some of them are explained in the in-game hints, which you should always read, as you reach level 5. I'll mainly explain the ones that aren't.

1: Guild Banner: Opens the Guild menu

2: Scrolls: Your last 5 gamedays reports

3: Leaderboards: Shows top 10 rankings and yours ("Nearby")

4: Recipe book: Quick overview of your available recipes and current stocks

5: Chest: Allows you to buy improvements

6: Trophy: Check the basic achievements there, and those you already got

7: Map: Allows you to move your shop to various places

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