wow I think I played this about 10 years ago...
I remember you had to buy a book to learn anything you wanted to make. when making potions it was quicker/easier/cheaper to buy potions from the npc and drink them to get empty bottles than it was to make bottles yourself. the best way of making money was picking flowers and selling them to an npc. and people mostly just sat at whatever spot they needed to be and harvested afk for hours. is this that game?