I got sucked into this one! I love a good incremental game, and this one had the cool twist of having a bunch of different incrementals going on at the same time and interacting with each other; very cool take! I love that not only did the number blow up, but the number of things I could do at any moment also blew up as I got more nodes. Really cool.
The graphics and sound design are subtle, but really tasteful. Really chill vibes. The background shader is kind of mesmerizing, and of course it's satisfying to watch the molecule grow. The little "bloop" when an automaton clicks for you is also really nice; it's subtle but noticeable and satisfying. The music loop is maybe a touch on the short side, but it fits and it's minimalist enough that it doesn't feel too repetitive even after a while (though more variety might have been nice). It's easy to get sucked in and just sit with this one for a long time.
A couple of QoL things I would have hoped for:
- The ability to free-pan around the space just to get a better view of things (I like that I can rotate, but panning without needing to click on individual nodes would be nice, too).
- An ability to cycle through the nodes quickly (ideally with the camera snapping to each one). When I want to do a scan to see which nodes have upgrades available, it's a little tedious to have to click around through them and remember which ones I've already viewed, etc.
I also had a couple of minor graphical issues. The text in the upper left corner didn't render properly in the web build (see below), and the "Interact with Node N" text overflowed the box it was in (noticeable at two digits but especially when you get into the hundreds).
I had a great time with this. Fantastic work!