of course anything that can go wrong will go wrong. if you have played #belowishell yesterday, PLEASE give it another look today - i accidentally uploaded an old test build :(

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finally out! my second game release this year: BELOW IS HELL is a micro- #RTS for the #pico8.

Build your base, manage unit specializations, harvest sparks and survive waves of red bugs clawing their way up from below!

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unfortunately there are some bugs still to squash - here: stuck on campaign mode. tomorrow then!
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this is the last feature i'm adding before the release. if todays test runs well, i'll release tomorrow!
added memory - see here how to build a unit detector that can be reset
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more testing, balancing, fixing and polishing. just a few days ago it ways too easy, today it was a real challenge.
i think tomorrow might be the day!
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balancing and introducing limits: unit cap, fracking only at faults, building costs increase with count, etc. to make the game a bit more challenging
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clock chip and more complex circuit wired with leds
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added logic gates - each can set a type and can wire 2 inputs and outputs to build a circuit
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is it worth spending hours and valuable code size obsessing over key input feel? i added a key acceleration today - first key slow, then 0.6s medium, then fast. bottom right you see my scary reality: 8192 of 8192 tokens used!
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after an excruciating day of code golf i managed to free enough tokens to put a few more features in, here: sandbox mode - ✦500, no FOW, no techtree, no enemies, no objectives, just chill
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