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Be prepared for a whole essay FYI, or you can just play the game and come back here when stuck.
Basic Mechanics
Knowledge
Knowledge is used to unlock other upgrades, a core important resource generated by clicking
Mood
Mood affects how fast your bars move, along with if it's very bad, stops you from generating more knowledge (It's recommended to get the mood bar). So if you can't generate knowledge/wisdom check your mood.
Inventions
Technically you can call them upgrades, but anyway their requirements to unlock are hidden! Some take knowledge/wisdom (BUT NEVER BONUSES!) or levels of bars. Since the 0.50.0 update, there can be multi requirements or costs
If you're ever stuck and no upgrades are visible, you can click the find a random unlock (if you have enough) and it'll say a random unlock requirements in the story page.
Specific tip: This game unfolds as you go. There is a lot of content that unlocks. Sometimes you may feel lost, and that's ok.
The point of this game is to carve your own personal path. You may miss an upgrade or something, but that's the exact point. Discover something hella cool your personal own way.
Advanced Mechanics
The Pit
Throw your knowledge and wisdom into it to potientally recieve stuff back or nothing. Wisdom is better to throw FYI
Bonuses (+0)
Bonuses are the numbers next to your resources. Gotten only from the pit, it's not taxed by mood and only used when you cannot normally afford an upgrade. Is not thrown into the pit aswell
Magic
Many people say to me that they don't know what it does, but you must find out! (Hint: level it up)
Matter/Creation
The creation bar gives you +1 matter every time it levels up. While active, it makes your mood capacity be able to take 1/2 as much as normal.
Potions
Potions are given by dealers, and each have their own effects, hinted by the name. A higher tier potion (ex: II is higher than I) does more and lasts longer opposed to a lower tier.
Potions also stack. Using a potion individually is much less superior to stacking different potion tiers at once, as they MULTIPLY each other. (if II gives 3x boost, III gives 4x boost, together they give a 12x, not 7x)
Dealers
When getting potions, there are individual dealers. Each dealer can give you better potions if they're lucky, or scam you. If you feel unlucky, simply switch dealers!
Each dealer also has a different cooldown for purchasing potions, so take that in mind. Switching dealers also has a 5 min cooldown
You DIED!
Message Log
Saving...
Knowledge: Wisdom: 0Matter: 0
Day: Age:
Mood:
0/100
Basic
Health
Magic
The pit will take your resources you throw into it and MIGHT give you something back if you're nice. Something good.
Time until reset:
Throw Knowledge into the pit
Throw Wisdom into the pit
Goop: 0
Gloop: 0
Energy: 0
Time left:
Current Dealer:
Time Left:
Saving/Loading
If you're having issues saving or loading, press these buttons
WARNING! Earlier saves may get corrupted, so you may have to start a new save(as the way it works, saves layer over, so you might get incorrect old variables)