✨ Visual Effects, UI Improvements, Economy Expansion & Hatch Fixes ✨ | v4.5.05

✨ Visual Effects, UI Improvements, Economy Expansion & Hatch Fixes ✨ | v4.5.05

Following the Auto Clicker Fleet update, this patch focuses on visual polish, progression feedback, economy tracking, leaderboard improvements, bug fixes, and making rewards feel more impactful than ever.

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🏆 Leaderboard Improvements

The leaderboard system has received a major backend upgrade.

• Removed in-game max integer limitations • Leaderboards now pull directly from database values • Improved leaderboard accuracy and reliability • Better support for extremely large numbers

Please note:

Steam leaderboards still have their own maximum value limitations. While in-game leaderboards now support much larger values, Steam's system remains constrained by Steam platform limits.

Additional leaderboard improvements are planned.

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🤖 Auto Clicker Improvements

Several improvements have been made to the new Auto Clicker Fleet system.

• Added Puzzle Piece drop rates directly to Auto Clicker unlock descriptions • Added a "Click Me" hint to the Auto Clicker skin button to improve discoverability • Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause selected Auto Clicker skins to revert • Improved Auto Clicker onboarding and clarity

Reminder:

Auto Clicker skins are cosmetic only.

All unlocked Auto Clickers remain active at all times while Auto Clickers are enabled in your settings. Selecting a skin only changes the visual appearance used for click effects and cursor feedback.

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📊 Economy & Statistics Expansion

The Economy Panel has received a significant upgrade with expanded tracking and live statistics.

New tracked values include:

💰 Coins • Current Coins • Total Coins Earned • Total Coins Spent

⭐ Experience • Current XP • Total XP Earned • Lifetime XP Tracking

🐾 Pets • Global Pet Tier Distribution • Tier-Based Collection Statistics

🧩 Puzzle Pieces • Fixed global Puzzle Piece quantity reporting • Improved economy visibility and tracking accuracy

📈 Live Rolling 24-Hour Tracking

All economy statistics now feature live rolling 24-hour change indicators.

The economy panel now makes it significantly easier to monitor community progression, economic activity, and long-term growth trends.

This system lays the groundwork for future economy features, analytics, and progression systems. More display formatting coming.

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🐛 Special Case Bug Fixes

Several rare edge-case bugs have been identified and fixed.

This includes fixes related to player submissions occasionally becoming stuck or temporarily locked out under specific conditions.

Idle play is a core part of Community Button, and interruptions should never happen. I'm working hard to ensure that any issues automatically recover so you don't return to disrupted gameplay. Thank you for your patience while these systems continue to stabilize.

Thank you to everyone who reported issues and for your patience while I tracked these down.

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🧩 Enhanced Drop Animations

Drops throughout the game have received a substantial visual upgrade.

Puzzle Pieces, rewards, and collectibles now feature:

• Improved animations • Quantity-based effects • New reward banners • Custom celebrations • Enhanced visual feedback

Large quantity rewards now create significantly larger splash effects on-screen.

Common Puzzle Pieces, shards, and other bulk rewards should now feel much more impactful when earned. More tweaks/enhancements coming soon. Personalization Options are coming as well.

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🎉 Dynamic Reward Celebrations

Rewards now celebrate themselves based on rarity and quantity.

The larger or rarer the reward:

✨ The bigger the animation ✨ The bigger the celebration ✨ The greater the visual impact

Many reward types now feature custom celebration effects, with additional variations planned for future updates.

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📬 Emoji Support

Emoji support has officially arrived!

The initial rollout focuses primarily on mailbox messages, allowing rewards, announcements, and event messages to be more expressive and visually engaging.

Additional emoji support across other areas of Community Button is planned for future updates.

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💰 Coin & Click Shower Effects

Submitting clicks now triggers visual reward showers.

Coins and clicks burst onto the screen when submitting, with the size of the effect scaling based on your submission size.

The bigger the submit...

The bigger the celebration. 🎉

More enhancements coming soon!