Update #11 Balancing

TLDR: I made some changes, and I need feedback I think writing software is a bit like art, you spend hours on it, making changes, checking your references, adding to it again, playing with ideas.. But then you have to step back a few paces and look at it, or with digital art, you mirror flip it, and see all sorts of issues because you've been too close to it. I feel too close to know what's right for the game at the minute, this update has been worked on for a couple of months aside from the last update. Seems when I play my dev build, I can't tell what's wrong or right with it. Please if I've done anything to screw up the fun, let me know and I'll jump on it. If something feels too fast/slow, or feels impossible, let me know. And as always, if there's something you think that would make the game more fun, post it in the discussions. I think there will be further tweaks required, but I can't "see" them on my several test playthroughs. Do you think there should be a clicker element to the game early on? Changelog

Balancing

• Milestone rewards were a bit too generous, so I cut some of the payouts down.

• A few of the milestones now give a small permanent income boost instead: fill every printer slot for +3%, unlock all the rooms for +2%, and hit 100 reputation for another +3%.

• Fancy filaments were OP, so now they take longer to print. PETG is a touch slower, and it ramps up from there to Carbon Fiber taking about 60% longer than plain PLA. Nylon and Carbon Fiber also cost more per spool.

• Workers cost more when they're busy: $15/hr base, plus $2/hr for every printer they've got running in their room.

• Printers get expensive a little quicker now.

• You can only push your reputation up to 40 by selling stock now, so you actually have to complete orders to get the rep achievements.

• The CAD Designer unlocks a new item once a day (24 real minutes)

Prestige

• Added a Prestige system. Once you've earned $1M over your lifetime you can wipe everything for a permanent income boost and unlock the speed-up button (1st prestige = 2x, 2nd = 3x, 3rd = 4x).

• The prestige bonus scales as you go: the first $1M is +10%, $4M gets you +20%, and so on. It applies to both order payouts and anything you sell from your inventory.

Quality of life stuff

• Added printer sort, pause, speed, and help buttons.

• Quit lives in the Settings sidebar now instead of the General tab.

• Fixed the worker setup guide popping back up after a worker got let go for not being paid.

• Hiring a worker fee is put towards their first 5 hours, so $75 worker is basically free for 5 hours and you won't go broke if you've spent your last $75 on a worker..