Thank you for this comment! We were going to make a small tutorial but quickly ran out of time! We made this when the deadline was half over but I appreciate your thoughts!
Usually I admit I lean much more into games as an experimental art form and so I never go into any project with the expectation that it will be for everyone. That being said however, I think there is appeal to challenge games to be new even if at the cost of accessibility.
As for your other notes! The explosion was your elixirs expiring! When elixirs dont sell and sit on your shelf for too long they go bad and well...Elixirs arent exactly "stable" when that happens. If you put them too close to each other the explosion radius can even damage other elixirs close by and well...Yeah that can wipe out your inventory fast. Luckily if you pull up that wooden panel in the storage room, it doubles as a trash bin to throw old or expiring elixirs/empty boxes out.
The market indicates (essentially) which elixirs are priority to make for the coming days and what price you can set them to sell at!
Once again I thank you for the very productive comment!