La Botica de Almar
Thirty days to grow the apothecary.
In development: no release date yet
Fact sheet
| Developer | Lopand Game Studio |
|---|---|
| Company | Lopand Solutions S.A. de C.V. |
| Based in | Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Status | In development (2026), no release date yet |
| Platforms | Android, first in Mexico only |
| Price | Free to play, with in-game purchases and optional ads; the full story is free |
| Genre | Cozy shop management |
| Audience | Everyone |
| Languages | Mexican Spanish |
| Screen | Landscape |
| Website | https://lopandgamestudio.com/en/games/la-botica-de-almar |
| Press contact | soporte@lopandsolutions.com |
Description
La Botica de Almar is a cozy pixel-art potion game: run the Brezo apothecary for 30 days, brew in the alembic and grow the shop, before the adventure of El Aprendiz de Almar.
La Botica de Almar is Lopand Game Studio's fourth game, in development for Android. Master Orbel, the alchemist of Brezo, goes away for a month and leaves his apothecary with his apprentices, the twins Enna and Tiago. For 30 days they gather ingredients, brew potions and serve the village's neighbors until he returns.
It's a cozy, front-view pixel-art shop management game: each day has its morning (the garden, the woods and Mother Sauce's cart), its workshop (the alembic), its afternoon (the counter) and its night (upgrades and decorating). It takes place before El Aprendiz de Almar and spoils nothing of its story.
History
La Botica de Almar was born alongside El Aprendiz de Almar with one idea: to introduce Brezo and its people in a calm game, so players recognize them when the adventure begins. Four pillars guide every decision: brewing is the heart, there's always something free, Brezo before Almar, and a warm, local game.
It uses the same alembic and the same recipes as El Aprendiz de Almar, with its own cheerful, village-fair music. Art and design are by Romina López. It's built step by step, with automated tests on every change, and it's already playable from start to finish in the studio.
Features
- Almar's alembic: grind, mix in order and mind the fire; quality sets the price, the tip and your reputation.
- A 30-day story in five chapters, with 20 recipes that open up little by little.
- Twelve neighbors with stories who each come back three or four times.
- A day in four moments: garden and woods, workshop, counter and night, 8 to 12 minutes long.
- The shop grows: six upgrades and decorations to make it yours.
- Daily and weekly missions, a visit streak and Mother Sauce's cart (which can be haggled with).
- Free to play: the full story is free, ads only if you want them (up to 5 a day) and no loot boxes.
- For everyone, without asking for data: progress is saved on the phone.
- Art and design by Romina López; its own music, made in-house with recorded instruments.
Video
Images
Key art at 1920 × 1080 (PNG), made with the game's pixel art. Screenshots will come closer to release.
Logo
The game icon will come with the store listing.
The studio
Lopand Game Studio is the video game studio of Lopand Solutions, a software development agency from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. It makes mobile games with no ads that interrupt you and without collecting more data than needed. Its first game is Rail Critters (2026); Lumbre, la última luz, El Aprendiz de Almar and La Botica de Almar are in development.
More about the studio in its press kit.
Credits
| Paulo Andrade | Direction, game design and development |
|---|---|
| Romina López | Art and design |
| Ulises Cabrera | Testing and marketing |
| Sound effects and music | Made in-house: its own village-fair music, played with recorded instruments |
| Engine | Flutter and Flame |
Contact
Press, creators and interviews: soporte@lopandsolutions.com. The game page: La Botica de Almar.