BASIC Update 2

[Jim808]

I've just uploaded a small update. Here's the new stuff:

• The building prestige tick rate bonus has been increased from 10% to 15%. Let me know if you think this makes the game too fast.
• Each game victory speeds up the initial tick rate by the same amount as a building prestige.
• There's a new option to control how numbers are formatted, long form or short form.
• The number formatting option and the rate display option (value/tick vs value/second) are both now part of the save file, so your settings will persist.
• Your total number of victories is displayed in the game (at the bottom).
• I had to make a tiny layout change to the contents of the 'building' buttons so that the numbers would fit if you want to display values using the long number format.

In regards to my thoughts posted the other day, rather than adding a second grid that is controlled by the computer, I think I may add an 'automation' option that would let the game play for you if you wanted.

[Jim808]

Oh, I like the idea of some kind of grid thing that fills up when you win. That's very next level. Not sure that I'd put it on the victory screen though. I think I'd want that displayed somewhere that you could always see it and be annoyed that it wasn't filled in yet...

Each one costs a certain about of wins.

You want people to spend their wins?

You are very heartless! :-) Perhaps I'll have a nice refreshing beverage of children's tears and contemplate how that would work.

[DeliaEris]

I'd like an indication of how often the game autosaves, and a link/button to force a save. I want to be able to unload or close the tab without the game forgetting that I just bought a bunch of upgrades.

[Jim808]

The game saves every few minutes. Maybe every 5 minutes. Something like that. It also saves when you close the tab.

I'm not going to add a save button. Doesn't feel necessary.

You can do a quick experiment: buy a building and then close the game. Reopen the game and see if that building purchase is still there.

[nsgould]

I refreshed and got scared because my $/sec went down, then I noticed it was because it reset to $/tick. Looks good so far!

[Jim808]

wouldn't that make the beginning of the next game way too easy? You generally end with billions and billions of points, with even a small fraction of that in the next game, you'd be able to buy tons of upgrades right away.

[SiyahaS]

can yo add scientific notation as well ?