I quit after unlocking processing and reaching around 20k earnings. I was expecting a game that asks me to make the most efficient network with limited capacity. Instead the game made me connect a line of nodes together and wait. But it also artificially forced me to keep paying attention because Bugs with a negative effect spawn.
I expected a game where you keep fiddling with your network to optimize it, not waiting for upgrades while looking for randomly spawning reward critters.
Totally understood and yah it’s fair review, but you know it’s an idler I tried to improve the engagement by adding the bugs and make the updates not that expensive but still the game is like buy updates optimize grid grow and start over.
The full game might have more things to do like research lab and HR center that might break that wait and collect a little bit but you know after all it’s still idler 🙂
yeah... The whole point is that idlers are not meant to be engaging. If I feel like I can't leave this for a few hours while I go do something else, its not an idler.
yah you know I designed the game to be flexible, for example the Bugs spawning rate is dynamic, if the game active in front the bugs spawns in a normal rate if the game in the BG the game spawn a Bug around every hour, that and other small tweaks like that I made to make the game suitable for both active and idle play style but it’s still idle game.
I only quit after the game broke and didn't give me anymore money, even though my counter was at +4m per second. My temperature did raise to 81°, but that didn't seem to influence it.
I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed the game!
Regarding the temperature, it actually does influence the game, but in stages! The game features a Heat System that directly scales your production multiplier based on temperature.
When you were at 81°, you were still within the ‘Safe’ zone (which spans from 20° up to 100°). In this zone, the multiplier is exactly 1.0x, meaning your earnings progress normally—which is why you didn’t notice a change!
Here is how the system breaks down:
Over 100°: The game enters a Warning state, and your earnings drop to 70% (0.7x).
Exceeding Max Temp: It triggers an Overload, punishing your income down to just 20% (0.2x).
Below 0° (Sub-zero): This is where the magic happens! Freezing your system boosts your profits. If you manage to drop it all the way to absolute zero (-273°), you get a massive 4.0x multiplier!
And that is exactly what the Fan is for! Using the fan to cool things down into sub-zero temperatures is the key to unlocking those massive revenue boosts.
about the production rate not changing, you should make sure there is no nodes that make a bottleneck to the production or simply buy new production nodes (internet & power) or simply preform a prestige so the Ai chips improve your total production.
I hope that helps
Best of luck happy production
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A nice idea, but the idle requirement lost me.
I quit after unlocking processing and reaching around 20k earnings. I was expecting a game that asks me to make the most efficient network with limited capacity. Instead the game made me connect a line of nodes together and wait. But it also artificially forced me to keep paying attention because Bugs with a negative effect spawn.
I expected a game where you keep fiddling with your network to optimize it, not waiting for upgrades while looking for randomly spawning reward critters.
Totally understood and yah it’s fair review, but you know it’s an idler I tried to improve the engagement by adding the bugs and make the updates not that expensive but still the game is like buy updates optimize grid grow and start over. The full game might have more things to do like research lab and HR center that might break that wait and collect a little bit but you know after all it’s still idler 🙂
yeah... The whole point is that idlers are not meant to be engaging. If I feel like I can't leave this for a few hours while I go do something else, its not an idler.
yah you know I designed the game to be flexible, for example the Bugs spawning rate is dynamic, if the game active in front the bugs spawns in a normal rate if the game in the BG the game spawn a Bug around every hour, that and other small tweaks like that I made to make the game suitable for both active and idle play style but it’s still idle game.
It was really fun!
I only quit after the game broke and didn't give me anymore money, even though my counter was at +4m per second. My temperature did raise to 81°, but that didn't seem to influence it.
I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed the game!
Regarding the temperature, it actually does influence the game, but in stages! The game features a Heat System that directly scales your production multiplier based on temperature.
When you were at 81°, you were still within the ‘Safe’ zone (which spans from 20° up to 100°). In this zone, the multiplier is exactly 1.0x, meaning your earnings progress normally—which is why you didn’t notice a change!
Here is how the system breaks down:
Over 100°: The game enters a Warning state, and your earnings drop to 70% (0.7x).
Exceeding Max Temp: It triggers an Overload, punishing your income down to just 20% (0.2x).
Below 0° (Sub-zero): This is where the magic happens! Freezing your system boosts your profits. If you manage to drop it all the way to absolute zero (-273°), you get a massive 4.0x multiplier!
And that is exactly what the Fan is for! Using the fan to cool things down into sub-zero temperatures is the key to unlocking those massive revenue boosts.
about the production rate not changing, you should make sure there is no nodes that make a bottleneck to the production or simply buy new production nodes (internet & power) or simply preform a prestige so the Ai chips improve your total production. I hope that helps Best of luck happy production