The ascension perks are reassign-able, you can click on them again to unassign, so you can respec your build every time you reset!

Ooh, last section definitely requires a bit of build crafting, especially if you're doing the purple route (unless you max it out). Some hints would be:

- make sure you're completing tasks (bottom right blinky, those give bonus xp)

- the final skill for each stage in the ascension tree is very powerful, and you'll probably need to have one equipped (depending on which route you want to go) and synergize with it to beat the final boss

- final boss activates their skill at 75%; bursting is definitely an option!

Aww tysm! I definitely tried to make it as engaging as possible while still maintaining the idle/incremental "vibe", and I'm happy you appreciate it!

I'm also still really happy that people seem to be enjoying the "good" endings. Low-key I wish more horror games have happy endings haha, I like a good spook but also a "hell yeah we did it" feeling at the end :p

AHH yeah that's totally fair! Phrasing for the part-spefific upgrades was definitely a challenge for me; couldn't quite figure out how to word the description — "install" and "attached" feel just as weird, so I kinda settled on "equipped" for the time. Definitely open to suggestions tho!

Fair enough, thanks for playing, and I'm happy that you enjoyed the art!

For autocasting, you can long hold the moves. If you want to save that between combats, the setting should be "Remember Autocast Moves". Hope this helps, and congrats on 100%-ing!

You may or may not have missed something, yes... :P

Spoilers:

In the cascade, scroll down to ascension > the protoform > amoeboid movement

You'll unlock a stat later that makes you no longer need this skill :)

Fair enough haha, thank you for playing and happy you enjoyed it!

hehe, it's meant to be a bit sinister after all :p

That's quite odd! You should be able to hard reset by clicking on the save icon > Hard Reset > Yes, Begin Anew

Could you send me a screenshot of the issue?

Oh, may I know if you're zoomed in or using a screen with a lower resolution? I'm not able to control the follow and add to collection overlay, unfortunately! I would recommend either zooming out on the page using your browser (and then hitting refresh) or using the fullscreen mode provided by itch. 

Hope this helps!

Unfortunately not, haha. I've always intended for BIOTOMATA to be several hours/days of a fun, self-contained web experience, and I'm not particularly active on social media to begin with :p 

That being said, the game *is* designed to let player imagination fill in the blanks, and it's really cool to hear that you have many ideas! If you do end up creating stuff, feel free to shoot me a link in the comments. It's always cool to read about how others interpret the plot and aftermaths :D

And ty!!! The UI was really fun to figure out how to implement when I was creating the game, I'm so happy that you appreciate it! Here's hoping you have a fun rest of the weekend with the game!

Items are passive use; their boosts are applied automatically :)

Ah, that makes sense! Yeah that one's definitely a little different from the other one haha. Thank you for playing!

Congrats!!! Which one was your last one? :0

The bad news: unfortunately you can't get your exact save back. Data is stored in localstorage and it's possible to be deleted especially on browser history clear or if there are privacy extensions :(

The somewhat good news: saves are in plaintext, and you should be able to edit them and get back some progress. In this case I'd recommend exporting the save, editing "playerBankedXp" to something high (maybe give yourself a couple more levels for the trouble? lol), and blaze through early game. For item drops, if you spec for drop rate, you should be able to reach 100% drop rate for most items. And for archives, I won't spoil too much, but there is a stage that gives you ridiculous amounts of int

Apologies for your data loss, I hope this helps!

Hard to say! As of the time I'm mostly focusing on irl stuff — still getting graduation papers sorted out, working on a portfolio etc. Basically finding some stable (and hopefully great) employment is the current priority, maybe pick up on some new skills, and after that, we'll see.

Rn, I do feel that the current game sits at a nice stopping point in terms of overall cohesion, and I do kind of want to leave it as-is plus a few QoL updates? There's definitely room to expand story-wise, and who knows? Maybe I'll be able to do something with it in the future? C:

You're delightful haha, but seriously, congrats on 100%-ing the game and thank you for playing!! :DD

It does, just very, veeeery slowly, mainly because 1cm³/sec is absolutely miniscule compared to 1m³. To be fair, you *could* theoretically wait 139 hours to travel 0.5m³ at this rate, buuut you might be better off resetting and getting the × STR × 1000 travel speed perk

If it helps, reset is designed to be not inconvenient in the game (and more as encouragement to try new builds), and there's a lot of QoL shortcuts that get unlocked as you progress, in the sense that you should be able to get back to where you were pre-reset in about 5 minutes max :)

Thank you for playing, and I'm happy that you enjoyed the design!!

The perception stat is indeed a bit of an odd one out, so fair criticism! I initially intended for it to be used as a shortcut for a couple more "puzzle" events, buuuut the ideas didn't quite fit into the development timeline / game vibe overall haha. It ended up just settling as a utility stat for item drops/damage boost. Valid comment on the crit indicator as well!

Congrats on 100% the game, and it's nice to hear that it still held your attention through it all :D

No problem, glad it worked well for you!

Aww, thank you! Gosh your comment suddenly made me nostalgic for the flash games era... All the fun, creatively themed browser games that a kid could've asked for haha. Rip flash you're still very much missed dearly <3

Thank you for playing!! Multicellular evil definitely needs a bit more luck (i.e. the 25% for 4 corrosion stacks) skill and focus on poison, which provide self-stacking poison bonuses. For future readers who missed the info section, space can also quick pause combat!

Congrats on beating most of the endings on challenge mode, and glad you enjoyed the game overall!

No secret ending 4 u, you evil, evil creature....

With the way it's currently coded, it's agnostic to whether time is or isn't passing, and is instead based on run-start clock (to prevent tab throttling/simplify offline calculations). 

I *could* do a check based on last save time as well, but I don't want to introduce more complexity to the code that could result in more bugs if needed, whereas coding a cap would be quite simple (and toggle-able, if anyone suddenly changes their mind and decides they want their offline time for the run). The game is generally balanced around having a 2x to 5x multiplier per reset atm. I could also make a configurable cap as well, now that I think about it...

Thank you for your hardworking sacrifice, lol :v

Ooo, another user did seem to share the same sentiment! Right now the  "time in run" multiplier already has a diminishing returns formula, though I could potentially add a toggle that caps the "time in run" multiplier to ~2 hours? 

Might be quite a while before I can get around to it, though! Currently still catching up with some irl commitments :p

Thank you for playing! :D

Yep, each item provides a small boost (~5%) so one individual item won't change much, but if you consider the 100 item cap, it adds up :)

Congratulations! Haha yep, it is called "challenge mode" after all, awesome job for beating it :D

You can use multiple moves at once! Also, the "correct" moves should be the basic attack and feeble hit, since they bothbscale with PWR

Yep, they are indeed passive boosts!

Congrats for beating the game! Haha yea that'd be pretty funny lol; for the anthropoid ending I mostly just like to imagine the same ending except it's some 8ft tall cryptid hunched by the fireplace just chilling and sipping tea :p

no problem! i hope you enjoy the game, and feel free to leave more comments if you ever feel stuck :D

Hi, your math isn't wrong at all when it comes to cm, but for cubic cm/cubic m, it's a little different!

To quote from another comment:

1m = 100cm

1m² = 1m x 1m = 100cm x 100cm = 10000 cm²

1m³ = 1m x 1m x 1m = 100cm x 100cm x100cm = 1000000cm³

So 219cm³ = 0.000219m³ 

This is a bit of an intended design to get players to look at  and experiment with the "ascension" tree in the cascade (which relies on mutation stage or the "limbs" part). To overcome this "wall", try rebirthing, scrolling down to "the protoform", and select amoeboid movement (which gives x1000 movement speed as long as your limbs are pseudopodia). Later on, there will be another stat unlock that allows you to drop this skill. Hope this helps!

Aww, thank you! I appreciate your appreciation of the achievement images haha

Spoilers

Hi, make sure you have ALL the perks of biogenesis, codex, and the voyager! From there, stay in human(?) form and you should be able to farm biomatter to push your int just past the limit with levelling c:

Thank you! Btw, I'm surprised number 3 is on the list, but I'm happy to hear someone enjoying that ending!

Tysm for playing and congrats for getting all the endings! :D

Lol I could see that in a way; sci-fi worlds definitely create some odd implications :v

That's entirely up to the player to decide! :D Though I do like the idea of a big pet that lives at least as long as we do...