Fracture Field

i just cleared my browser history ( for no reason ) but now all my progress has been wiped and i have to start at square 1 again....which i am NOT doing.

I have been playing since the new update, and must say.
Really love your game.
I think the active gameplay in the early stages transitions fantasticly in more idle gameplay in the end.
In the end it does feel like it slows down quite a lot for no cool new meaningfull upgrades, not in a bad way, but in a natural way where a second prestige mechanic or layer could be implemented.

The drone hub is awesome. But i must admit, im a bit lazy. And there is not really a way to know how effective wich drone is really. Execept for "oeh buff makes drone fly faster 8)" and "upgrade makes circle slightly bigger"
Everything breaks so fast except for the highest layer or second highes layer in late game.
I cant tell if my sentry drone is better than 4 of my hammer drones. Or maybe it doesn't feel like it is and have no way to know until some one not as lazy as me is gonna test it.

In conclustion, fantastic game with a bright future.

Ps: To the guy saying he'll never get the iron pickaxe again. I just got it after 3 days of playing. So the nerf cant be that bad :)

all in all, i think the balance is quite good, even if it slows down considerably at silver, because you can still upgrade a lot of things to help you get through the tougher rocks

sentry drones do not become transparent when they run out of power

The earning nerf makes the game so slow now

I bounced off this one, mostly because of how slow the start is. Quit shortly after breaking my fourth clay rock.
Main frustrations:
Initially each rock gives you 5 resources and takes 7.5s to fracture, only after it's gone do you get to wait 1-2s for the next rock to appear. You need 100 resources to be allowed to have a 2nd rock on the field. I clearly went for drones too early because they were practically useless until I was close to unlocking the next layer.
Drone targeting is random, it's quite annoying to watch them amble their way across the screen past several other rocks. Drones need an option for targeting (closest, least health, most health, highest value...).
Oh yeah, clay. Much longer to fracture (sure), much longer to wait for respawn (why God why?).
After unlocking clay you get infinite bombs - nice. They're on a long refresh time and initially don't even take half the health of clay - not nice.
The upgrades are as would be expected, (damage, crit, attack speed) but only 10% at a time? And 0.5% for crit chance?
The rock stats show the "yield" but not for the first resource (sand?). Kind of irritating that you have to have the quarry menu open to see rock stats, it would work better as a tooltip.
Smaller frustrations:
The light source for the interactive rocks doesn't match the rest of the game, their shading implies the light is on the left, not the right. (I presume the art is where gen-ai is involved?)
Similarly it's a bit jarring having a mix of pixel art resolutions. Almost feels like watching the moment in Dragon Ball when a part of a cliff is about to be destroyed.
Having the mouse change to a pointer when there isn't anything to click on. (e.g. Between the panels)
Major concern:
You're collecting analytics without even informing the player. That's almost certainly a big no-no. Especially if you're collecting any identifiable information (IP address, device info...). I only knew the game was trying because I like to open developer mode and I saw a bunch of failed requests thanks to my adblocker. I haven't checked the legality personally, (I'm not a lawyer) but I'm pretty sure some regions (e.g. the EU) require the game to inform the user about analytics and provide the ability to opt-out.
How I would progress:
I can see the vision. It's a bit hazy, but I can see an outline.
0. Look in the Unity docs for any information about analytics privacy and consent. Act on it if necessary.
1. Sitting around waiting to be allowed to do something is the worst. All rocks should respawn instantly.
2. Drones: Targeting as mentioned earlier, display their battery and let me click on them to recharge. Start them off with their own base damage and have +% click damage as a future upgrade.
3. Bombs: Rather than a third separate "upgrade damage 10% at a time" mechanic, how about they instead deal % of max health? (e.g. 20% base, hardcap at 50%) Keeps them easily relevant forever and could be really satisfying to hit multiple high level rocks at once.
4. Upgrades: Too many % based upgrades in the early game. That first 'resource purity' upgrade doesn't even pay for itself until you've fractured 16 rocks. Even worse for future upgrades because the increase is additive instead of multiplicative. I'd scale the game to be more click focussed in the first couple of stages, then transition to more of a drone-micromanagement game. e.g. The starting click upgrades are much better (2/3/4x click power, 2/3/4x click speed...) and you unlock drones in the clay stage (or maybe bombs in clay, drones in the stage after that).
5. Resources: Starting off with 2 independent resources is a little confusing, especially when the stats don't tell you that the rocks also drop sand. I'd look at adding a 'stage 0' where you click on a large pile of sand or something. Then use sand to unlock the base rock.
Final remark
I know this comes across as really critical - because it is - but I promise it's not malicious. Making a game isn't easy, even with dedicated tools, (Unity etc.) and this is just an MVP after all. <3

I wish drones had the option to target random ores instead of only one type

Been playing from the start and your updates to the game continue to be really great!
Small idea if you add any more drones, maybe a bomb drone that drops your bombs for you? As we progress we unlock more automation features and the bomb very quickly starts to feel like a dead feature, so that would be a good way to make it worth spending dust on the bombs. Could also be a replacement or upgrade to the shatter drone since that's already the "Artillery drone".

Fun game. Surprised of the low rating.

So I like the idea of drones "running out of battery" as I see it when they go grey every 30 seconds. It seems they stay down for about 10 seconds before powering back up. I'd keep this mechanic, but I would like to see two upgrades available for drones -- battery life and repair speed in order to increase battery life and decrease time needed for repairs. A little "health bar" on each drone could be a neat little touch also.