Some feedback (minor spoilers)

[oplek]

Hey, I enjoyed the game, but I have a few thoughts.

1. When you first start, the "Explore" tab you see a background that's full of stars, but by the time you get to very high speeds, the background is almost entirely blank, with the exception of an occasional star zipping by. I think it should have more going on (much more).

2. Engineering Upgrades 14 and 15 - I've gotten to the end, but still haven't finished these. Both are too little, too late, for too much expense. Aluminium and Prestigium are major bottlenecks, and by the time you get enough to progress them, the speed difference barely registers.

3. Similar in the Solar Farm tab, the "Improve hydrogen unlock 1"... I still don't have that one. But that's mostly because by the time I was upgrading it, it's bonuses to speed barely registered.

4. The hydrogen tank size is weirdly expensive especially versus aluminum, which I still haven't maxed out yet.

5. Hydrogen tab - "Res gains are multiplied by 10" - again, too little way way too late.

The early stages seemed fairly well balanced, but the late-game things have balance issues, in short.

[strohmy98]

Having basically finished the game, I feel very much the same way.

About point 5, I feel like the amount of hydrogen pumped should increase by more when you buy higher levels of the upgrade. Inreasing it by 1 is miniscule compared to the cost it gets to.

Also I felt like I have been waiting a long time on the resistances increasing. Damage and Rad only gaining 2 per tick seems rather low, when you need to get them into the hundreds of thousands, compared to the rest of the progression.

It's a cute little game, but I agree, it would do well with some adjusted balancing.

[margottago]

I'll third this sentiment! Love the game Jarkem, seriously great work, but a bit more balancing is needed. I've been following and playing since the early itch.io days and I've appreciated the balance improvements that have come over time, so I hope further balances will come

[Arkady Duskforest]

Agree Hydrogen system needs to be redesigned it is annoying AF

[tjm5mG]

I concur. Aluminum needs a late game steroid badly.

[Super Arthritis ⁧⁧ ⁧⁧Man]

Everything you said is valid.

[Zilding]

At some point I had a 2x "bonus" to hydrogen pumped. At some point it went away. At no point was it explained why it was there or why it went away. Very annoying, but yeah. I think the entire thing could be fixed by "Improve hydrogen unlock 1" applying to the _right_ side (3x silicon upgrade) as well, or perhaps having 'hydrogen pumped' not blow up so badly on silicon requirements.