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back to gameDemo#2 June 2, 2026
Major demo update.
Thanks to your feedback, we've gained a clearer picture of the direction the game should take — which required rethinking and reworking quite a few things. This version of the demo implements a part of that. Thank you for your feedback!
Key changes:
- Backgrounds now grant bonuses, they need to be unlocked and can be selected.
- More chests (now 6), rarity distribution across chests has been rebalanced.
- Collection rewards reworked — stat bonuses removed, all rarities now unlock mechanics instead.
- Objectives replaced with Achievements, tracking functionality is preserved.
New mechanics:
- Once you complete your first collection, duplicates of that item will lower its drop chance — passively increasing the odds of finding new and rarer items.
- Auto-opening for unchosen chests, at half speed and without the ability to receive new items.
- Active abilities that grant a timed bonus, activated at a resource cost.
- Copy synergy — if 2+ identical items drop from a single chest, they combine and multiply the item's reward (e.g. 3 copies = ×9 reward).
New upgrades:
- Guaranteed lucky chest every X openings.
- Chance to receive an extra item per copy (after unlock Copy synergy).
- Ability duration.
More:
- Full rebalance of upgrades and costs, Storage rebalanced.
- Added option to show the resource cost of upgrades.
- Added option for chest drop sound volume.
- UI improvements.
This is a significant overhaul of the core gameplay loop, so unfortunately save progress from the previous Demo version could not be carried over.