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This is a fantastic game, but I wish it were a native app or ran in WebAssembly or something. spoiler alert I took my time on Stage 1, and running in the brow

This is a fantastic game, but I wish it were a native app or ran in WebAssembly or something. spoiler alert I took my time on Stage 1, and running in the browser it began to stutter a lot toward the end when lots of activity was going on at once (2B paperclips, price $400ea, 290K clips/sec, WireBuyer, AutoTourney, stock market, full quantum chips, etc). I assume it's due to garbage collection or some kind of Chrome constraints (but that's just a guess).

LVB 6y ago
An iOS version exists. It looks just like the web version, but it’s at least in an app (I was worried about browser state being lost) and I was happy to give the dev a couple bucks.
war1025 6y ago
> price $400ea I'm pretty sure I had mine priced at about a nickel for the majority of it. Did you really get them up to $400?
- bentcorner 6y ago
  IIRC I had to jack the price up because my demand was way outstripping supply. Once you get the mega auto clippers it brought my price back down to around 20 cents. It was annoying clicking the raise/lower price button that many times, as you can make this mistake without realizing the source of your problem (raising the price feels like the right thing to do). There should be a +/- 10 added at some point.
  - war1025 6y ago
    On a similar note, I accidentally converted about 250k drones back into paper clips last night. The layout moved for some reason while I was clicking. Not my favorite.
  - rkagerer 6y ago
    Agreed. Once you hit it once, you can hold ENTER to keep clicking it, but that can still take a long time.
    - war1025 6y ago
      This trick came in very handy when I came back to the game last night. I had figured I could trigger the button somehow from the keyboard, but for whatever reason I never picked up that it was the Enter key that did it. I'm sure I tried it. I think maybe it was because hitting enter doesn't trigger the button animation.
- rkagerer 6y ago
  Yep. I wanted to keep most of my production in inventory to prep for Stage 3. My Marketing was Level 24, and I was still selling more than enough to cover wire costs.

LVB 6y ago

An iOS version exists. It looks just like the web version, but it’s at least in an app (I was worried about browser state being lost) and I was happy to give the dev a couple bucks.

war1025 6y ago

> price $400ea I'm pretty sure I had mine priced at about a nickel for the majority of it. Did you really get them up to $400?

bentcorner 6y ago
IIRC I had to jack the price up because my demand was way outstripping supply. Once you get the mega auto clippers it brought my price back down to around 20 cents. It was annoying clicking the raise/lower price button that many times, as you can make this mistake without realizing the source of your problem (raising the price feels like the right thing to do). There should be a +/- 10 added at some point.
- war1025 6y ago
  On a similar note, I accidentally converted about 250k drones back into paper clips last night. The layout moved for some reason while I was clicking. Not my favorite.
- rkagerer 6y ago
  Agreed. Once you hit it once, you can hold ENTER to keep clicking it, but that can still take a long time.
  - war1025 6y ago
    This trick came in very handy when I came back to the game last night. I had figured I could trigger the button somehow from the keyboard, but for whatever reason I never picked up that it was the Enter key that did it. I'm sure I tried it. I think maybe it was because hitting enter doesn't trigger the button animation.
rkagerer 6y ago
Yep. I wanted to keep most of my production in inventory to prep for Stage 3. My Marketing was Level 24, and I was still selling more than enough to cover wire costs.