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It's a cool game. It ran well, despite large numbers of dropped items, and looked good. But I think the balance is not there.

What is the intent behind energy and days? Since refreshing energy is free, and the only cost that it advances the day, I vaguely tried to minimize the days to see if that would matter at all. I beat the game in 4 in-game days. All it ended up doing is deny me the "reach day 10" achievement. If we do not care about days, most energy upgrades seem irrelevant.

I put off buying the temporary buffs, since the currency for them seemed finite, but towards the end of the giant tree stage I realized that it was the only way to get some sort of area of effect to clear the trees in a timely manner. Plus I had so much currency by then. Then just buying "domino effect", and if I felt like making energy extra irrelevant, that one that does that, quickly gave me all the money to buy out every gold upgrade. With no upgrades to look forward to, I stacked the chain lightning with my other bonuses and the game was quickly over.

I did have to search for the last tree while the progress read "100.0%" so I wondered for a bit if it simply bugged our, but I did end up finding it.

I guess I would have preferred for all the crazy, temporary upgrades to be permanent, gradually-upgraded upgrades.

Aside from that, I think many of the costs mean upgrades come a little miss-timed to be relevant at times. I can't say much helpful about that, it is just a matter of tweaking.

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Thanks for the feedback

You’re right about the energy and day mechanics. They were meant for speedrun but lost their purpose along the way, so I’ll rework the system and adjust that achievement.

for temporary buffs: they’re there for players who want chaotic, explosive gameplay, but some prefer a slower pace, chopping trees one by one without buffs. To keep that playstyle intact, I won’t make those effects permanent (maybe heavily scaled down versions at most). The Steam release will include a Skill Tree for upgrading drones, buffs, and other abilities more effectively.

I’ll also fix the progress showing 100.0% before the last tree is cut

Tip for your next run: prioritize drones early. You’ll gather tons of alien scrap and can spam buffs almost endlessly.