Gameplay instructions

Hit the button at the back of the room to start.
Then hit the button on the big table to get your ingredient — it will spawn next to you on the table.

Take it and put it in the pot to receive your rewards.
When you get your reward, you will have coins you can spend on the shelf to buy more ingredients.

Keep putting more ingredients into the pot until you feel like it might explode soon.
Then hit the button from the start to end the run and convert your TempRP to RP (Research Points) — or have your pot explode and only get half the TempRP as a penalty.

Just click to interact, and when you buy from the shelf, hovering over the items will show what they are and how much they cost.