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Steam News25 June 20265d ago

Artificially Extending Playtime - Patch 1

The best way to extend a citizen's working life is to increase the cost of living which is why i'm doing the same with skills costs and spread better the pacing, playtime (from CHAD to END) went from about 47mn to 58mn

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions20 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
changedNew Skill:Shark Thunder: shark now use THUNDER
addedQoL changes:Added hide pollution setting
addedQoL changes:Added resolution setting when not fullscreen
changedQoL changes:Improved reduced trash animation setting
addedQoL changes:Moved "Add +1 Pipe" skill earlier in the skill tree + cost cheaper
changedThe balance changes:Super Pollution
Chad skill3m4mChad skill increased, buffDying Dog4m6.25mDying Dog increased, buffTank40m66mTank increased, buffAura Rats income450k720kAura Rats income increased, buff

The best way to extend a citizen's working life is to increase the cost of living which is why i'm doing the same with skills costs and spread better the pacing, playtime (from CHAD to END) went from about 47mn to 58mn (a 11mn total increase!) which brings us closer to the 2h threshold of refunding a steam game

New Skill:

  • Shark Thunder: shark now use THUNDER

QoL changes:

  • Added hide pollution setting

  • Added resolution setting when not fullscreen

  • Improved reduced trash animation setting

  • Angels go now all the way to the left

  • Moved "Add +1 Pipe" skill earlier in the skill tree + cost cheaper

  • Flashing effect of thunder lowered

The balance changes:

Super Pollution

  • Chad skill from 3m → 4m (+33.3%)

  • Dying Dog from 4m → 6.25m (+56.3%)

  • Tank from 40m → 66m (+65.0%)

  • ??? from 7b → 11b (+57.1%)

Others

  • Aura Rats income from 450k → 720k (+60.0%)

  • Aura Radius from 900k → 540k (-40.0%)

  • Police Speed from 8.5m → 9.5m (+11.8%)

  • Police Cooldown from 5m → 43m (+760.0%)

Sea Part

  • Sea Area from 18b → 50b (+177.8%)

  • Bubblegum Car from 425t → 750t (+76.5%)

  • Unlock Seabird from 750b → 1.75t (+133.3%)

  • Unlock Fan from 1.3t → 725b (-44.2%)

  • Unlock Golden Whale from 5qa → 20qa (+300.0%)

All those changes were aimed to slow down a tiny bit the parts where pacing was too fast

i'd appreciate any feedbacks, also thank you for 2k sales! I'd have never thought we would even reach that milestones, thank you so much for the support. please stay tuned for the content update

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Steam News / 25 June 2026

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