my beginner advice as of version 1.0
1) focus on getting HR and contractors in R+D first (after getting 5 bikes) and then produce. getting R+D as you go. find a rhythm that works for you.
2) Reset when you get a few acumen. you can do more but id say 5 is good. use them up to get bonuses do NOT use them for automation (yet)
3) trains use staff to make carriages (as well as upgrade them. you do not lose carriages but you do use lesser ones up to make better ones worth more) and also trains to move those carriages (one you make them they stay until you reset)
4) (99% sure this will be patched/nerfed) when you start to get to synergies, vans and ships are EXTREMELY powerful. focus on multiplying van speed and money, and ship speed. dont buff ship money.
5) portals send your workers on a 'permanent vacation' in exchange for some valuables. put them in portals near the end of your run when you get to that point in your resets (doesnt have to be in your first or second reset)
the only thing i would change is to make it harder to read everything! challenges, gem abilities, etc. are damn near impossible to read unless theyre orange or red, and even then its just the abilities. not kill count, description, etc.
i've got 2 solutions for the comments on this page.
dont die, you wont get a white screen.
learn to play, you'll be able to beat the hippos. (you cant just stand there and punch them like the horses)
anyone know what the green upgrade is? i cant find a 'heal bar' in the controls, and spacebar definitely isnt it. :/ i dont wanna upgrade it unless i can find out what it does and somehow use it (and even then its gotta be worth it)
for a game thats almost 10 years old, this is awesome. it may have been stolen, but since everything about the game has been shut down and discontinued, the author is probably just gonna be happy that people still like the game. i think there should be high scores though, idk if its kong or the 'publisher' to add that feature.
i made it to 10 billion dollars and then accidentally deleted my cookies. it was a good run though. takes a hell of a long time to idle your way into the high scores though! alt+tab and enter REALLY helps with the stocks. you can blow through a few hundred thousand at 1 and sell them for 150 or more the next day. just check your computer once or twice a day and youre set.
it would be very nice if they moved away instead of fighting to the death when you KNOW its better for them. and it would be awesome if they had common sense and cut corners, instead of sticking to the roads 100%. and if they had brains, and knew that if theyre already AT an abandoned castle, they can just take it over, instead of takin their sweet ass time heading back to the road first, then doubling back.
i died a couple of days ago (kind of. now im a zombie) and im still being eaten, im flailing around on the ground! these zombies sure can run, but they cant eat very quickly xD
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