Before the matters

description

The start of hell itself, the start of the eternal suffering. Before the matters is a short incremental made for suki's game jam 2026 about the main character going through his way to rejuvenate (or recover) the old memories.

(This game was made when i was still referred to as "e^2")

generative ai disclosure

For the TRUTH tab, i used a bit of AI to make that little sequence. But, other than that, the sentences used were made by me

latest update

Balancing and quality of life fixes v1.1 • 2026/06/16 June 16, 2026

This update aims to fix some issues with before the matters

i) You can now buy-max rejuvenation upgrades. However, they are now capped at 100k for the sake of optimization. Also, rejuvenation upgrade's cost scaling is different

ii) Challenge 1's debuff is now reduced from /3 --> /2. But, you no longer unlock relics from it

iii) Relics are now unlocked from the 1st entropy upgrade, and the autobuyer for rejuvenation upgrades is moved from one of the last ones to the 1st one!

iv) Scaling of relics is changed from a base of e5 and increasing by +5 ooms to a base of e53 and increased by ^2 per heavenly sigil

v) Void's display for the boost now shows that it boosts time

vi) Theory of implication's costs has been changed to be actually balanced and fixed a typo in the 4th proof (ascended alpha --> proven alpha). Theory of implication should also be working on mobile as intended!

vii) Proven alpha's cost scaling has been HEAVENLY (yes, heavenly) reduced to be more fair

viii) Fixed a typo in the degeneration phase (forogot --> forgot) and balanced it properly

ix) Added settings with the following options:
Notation settings (scientific, normal and engineering). Do note that they don't save on reloading

Saving! You may now export your save and store it somewhere

As for the convert save to base64, you should use this if your save is from before this update as i've changed the saving system a tad bit.

Hopefully these balance changes and additions make before the matters a better experience. See you in beyond the limits!!