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why is touching the falling spikes from the top deadly

and more importantly

wtf is the physics??

it's acceptable, but running speed should be increased and can the goober not continue walking after i stop pressing the movement key?

also why do you HAVE to jump to eat fruits next to you? that makes it so unnecessarily frustrating

also make it so the eating button can eat fruits even behind you so no turning frustration either

i have several issues with the new format, i prefer the previous one, but i can see this one working too, most of my issues are about the execution and not the concept though

first, the balancing related parts, it feels way too fast in the first 5 ish eras, and like a slog at the last one

stage progression should be slower at every era til era 7, right now the start is too fast to take a moment to appreciate what you have done

ability to start at highest/second highest completed stage is not optional, it needs to be added, right now it's a slog to through 13 stages just to get sent to the upgrade screen instantly

needing to damage down buildings should be something that actually slows you down, instead of always having more than enough damage to destroy >90% of buildings in the path going full speed

also some upgrades like movement speed should take more gold to cap, so they remain relevant upgrades for longer

stamina also very quickly becomes way too abundant, the numbers on it were clearly not adjusted for the complete overhaul

second, the aesthetics

starting as a baby and growing to adult was fun, i don't like that it's been removed

having a giant boss that keeps up with you shoved constantly doesn't mesh well with the player character being a large and very destructive dragon, because it makes you feel small, like, what typa steroids is that Trex on??, the boss being a large and stationary building is a lot more realistic and doesn't make you feel small, my solution would be to make bosses not be unrealistically huge, and to put more emphasis on the other parts of stages, or make it more of a building

third, general design

stages should generally be slower and have more depth in player decision (seeing as it's less automated than before)

traps and powerups should scale with the stage rather than your stats, it would help make higher stats not be as invulnerable and lower stats to be more usable

also stats scale a little too much compared to the aesthetics in my opinion, though just making the earlier stages less impressive looking would solve this

skills should be more manual

movement with mouse should be toggleable in settings, if accidentally move your mouse when you wanna use keyboard

bosses should have a smaller emphasis, and regular enemies need to be more interesting to fight

skills should display base damage

side note: i have not yet beaten 8th era at time of writing, and don't yet know what's after it, currently slogging through the last stage having to repeat over a dozen stages that are pure time wasters every run

regular enemies need a HUGE buff, they should be at least as strong as the boss of the previous tier, rn they just get spawncamped essentially

also should make boss kill requirements lower but you manually send bosses

make one of the legacy upgrades start you with wisdom

and also would like to get a 4th training slot at some point

not much here and it isn't well done either

first, acceleration is too slow, top speed is decent, would recommend significantly increasing acceleration

second, make the spawn have pebbles around

third, make the fire hydrants not be an instant win, and add a stepping stone so you are actually fire hydrant size

fourth, generally needs more content

as a followup, i figured out how to freeze the timer with cheat engine, played through it with that (and broke some stuff later)

i would say it is 3 stars without the timer, closer to 4 than to 2 but i may be biased for this genre

i do have a few followup problems and suggestions besides what i stated earlier

problem 1: growth feels kinda flat, the earlier objects are the ones that provide the most growth/effort, yet remain too sufficient, 

and speed doesn't scale with size, size also scales heavily with points

resulting in growth feeling more flat than exponential

problem 2: speed is too high early and too low late, animation also doesn't fit

suggestions:

1 make objects give points and growth proportionalish with their actual mass, and make growth costs also scale a lot more, so it feels like you are moving to bigger objects rather than just getting more options

2 reduce running speed (optional), and make speed increase with size (linear or square root either can work), also make the animation's speed more accurate with the movement speed relative to size

3 (minor) make the hedges around those houses either edible earlier, or easier to walk over (they are hella annoying in the middle and later parts)

needs better balancing (seems like even if maxed there isn't enough time)

also fix the infinite free money from repeatedly tapping the +50 gold in upgrades menu

and most importantly, needs to tell you your size at any given time

2 stars for now

EDIT: needs a hard reset function too, i wanna replay the pre upgrades part too after exploiting my way to max, i also think i ate everything but the bar isn't full, 3 stars now though, could be improved but better than before and seems like eating everything is very much doable now

i would've played through this and gave maybe 3 stars if there wasn't a timer, the timer just makes the super awkward (almost) tank controls way worse, and ruins the growth fantasy

upgrades tab freezes if opened mid run

also imo should be a bit slower pace with more challenge to make upgrades meaningful, reaching the very end without them is trivial

a lot of the text is just too small, can't recommend at the moment

also most of the game felt about resource gathering rather than growing, which seemed like the premise intially

i think some upgrades should be removed from level 4 content with the remaining ones being stronger

or just move some mineral and wood costs to mass cause that feels meaningless at this stage

could also just make ability slots more accessible so that abilities like enzyme surge feel more worth it earlier

Yoo aiming actually feels worth it outside of just arena, very dope

just gotta expand the existing systems like arenas, items, maybe upgrades and you'd have a good semi-short game for like at least 15-20 stages

currently the main issue is running out of content a lil too early

add wasd support with mouse to throw bombs

and make it so that if you hold the throw button early then it starts charging the instant you reload

and it will be so much better

also make stat upgrades stronger while making later stages harder, and make them give more money

IT'S YOU!

YOU TRICKED ME INTO FEEDING YOU!!

the tale of the very hungry cate-

catfish

stuck on the first level at 4/5, no idea what you need for the final joypower, needs to be more clear in terms of what to do

dunno which games you were playing, but the vast majority of the ones i played never had anything resembling this

yes

How do I join the v8 beta?

• iOS: Join the TestFlight and install it with the TestFlight app.,
• Android: Press the button to join the beta on Mindustry's app store page.,
• Steam: Right-click Mindustry in your library, select Properties -> Betas and select the v8 beta branch in the drop-down menu.,
• Other platforms (itch): Download the beta files instead of the standard release files.,

it's beta updates, google play has updates, you need to join the beta to access them however

makes sense, still enjoyed it tho

WHY IS THE DOWNLOAD FILE SO BIG WTH!?!?!

it says virus detected so can't download

i saw you advertize it on another game's comments and decided FU, not like the game is good anyway

very little visible mechanics, the camera and stuff is a mess, no easy accessible tutorial, stats can't be seen so can't know how much an upgrade does, and so on, 

overall, trash game, 1 star, got more flaws than easily visible features

i beat the final level with only 1 tower down, i maxed out, used multicrit with archer tower and coin cannon to defend the swarms and boss

you can right click the upgrade to remove it, but i agree, it should be toggleable in game

WHY IS IT VERTICAL WHEN IT IS NOT A MOBILE GAME!?!??!

yes, i did max out the upgrade tree

and no, i did not even get close enough in the process for it to feel remotely winnable

you have to constantly kill the small enemies and collect the orbs or else you die in 10 secs and 

you also have to avoid both the boss and the trail or else you get one shotted, even if the trail is already fading it still one shots, 

and a hard to see one-shot combined with extreme fast pace and precision demanded makes the boss fight feel very unfair

why does the boss one shot you even with max defenses? kinda unfair tbh

1 it's possible to win with gatling and reg battery by holding on the boss

2 railgun can ignore stuff and win in 12 or under secs

reminder that grinding all the multipliers is the main way to power up your moths for the earlier segments of the game, after lvl 10 farm them til the moths can fully keep up with the lights frequency

you are not meant to rely much on the upgrades, farming multipliers is the main way you get stronger early on, then spam resetting becomes the gameplay loop

oh yeah why was it on my default?

tho i'll admit it was just so ugly i had no patience

why is there this weird graphical effect? it just puts completely unnecessary strain on the eyes and makes the pixelated texts even harder to read

smack the cities and don't space bar, easy

i thought i'd actually get to play with auto fishing but...

the trick that worked for me is aggressively gather wood in waves 1-3 spamming towers around the town at first then building a few of em at the big enemies along with a single wall, it's very easy to have hundreds of excess wood

the cpu bounce up upgrade is too insignificant for a one time purchase, it's just an additional level of bounce up rebranded

should make it clearer that this game is just a short chose your story one