5/5 for offering 26 choices for how to display numbers! According to my calculations, that's 23 (or about two imperial drams) more than any other idle game I've played.
@williamjonathon1 You need to beat the levels with "bonus mode" on before the bonus levels unlock.
@KorbinGamin, you can right-click the game to pause it and give you time to get the mouse to the next platform.
Seeing the rainbow-colored blocks indicated to me that I could interact with them no matter what color I was, but it also gave me the idea that I might encounter blocks that were purely-colored that would only hold me up if I was the right color. Just a thought for "Chrome 2"...
@acapfer, the way I beat it was to race a line of collectors out to the west, to pick up two upgrades (power generation and fire rate), then fall back. Two blasters on the bridge and a mortar to 'trap' the creeper at the north pool. Then a SAM turret to protect the rear area (it's okay if a spore lands in the front line, the blasters will handle it), then a drone so I can hit the pool where the emitters are. Then build reactors one by one, turning off construction when ammo starts to get low. Another mortar to suppress the eastern valley and another SAM so you can shoot down all three spores. Be patient, here it is at 15 minutes: https://i.imgur.com/rTM2Ey9.png but eventually you will get enough power to get a couple more drones, and you can use them on the southeast pool and the big pool at the same time and pick up a lot of ground. I finished in ~45 minutes, could have done it a little faster but I wanted to show that creeper who's boss: https://i.imgur.com/yuCe6iM.png
It would be nice to be able to jump right into the Gauntlet from the start menu once you've beaten level 7. Instead of going down to level 1, you could take a staircase from the corner and go into an extended shop, where you get 50 coins or something to upgrade your deck as you'd like it.
After making friends with some factions by making enemies of others in the first game, it's neat to see how I'm having to get support from all of them in this one.
To beat the last level, I had the top/bottom paddles just a hair to the right of the rightmost dark stripe, and the left/right paddles just a hair "north of the equator". That's a position where the ball will just bounce between the north and south paddles forever, with no movement.
@drseitenbach: I built a couple of Guppies and used them to fly out to the islands with the pods. They deposit some packets, the pods fly away, and then you siege your way out at your leisure.