After a huge update (global upgrades, more languages, buff cards, two currencies and so on) and our first closed beta we launch the open Steam Playtest now!

Official PlinkIdle Steam Playtest Trailer:

We sure hope not. The biggest next feedback we'd like to address is the same-ness of the stages. We have ideas, but the stuff above was more urgent. We're hoping that we can soon add mechanics like:

• Special temporary stages (like the treasure ship in mario 3).

• Stage mechanics in several or all stages, like...things are slower and frozen in winter, and you can use heat to thaw it. Gravity is weird in space, so you can invest in gravity to fix it. Things like that.

• More exciting ball and peg variety.

• Collectibles.

• Let us know if there are any specific things you'd love to see in the game.

Black Heart Games is a little indie studio and they need all the support they can get until we launch this game for real.

• Share the game with streamers and friends who might like this type of game! That's the easiest way.

• Wishlisting on Steam helps us get attention.  

• Feedback is always so helpful, either on the main page, or here: https://forms.clickup.com/90151800262/f/2kyqeke6-1195/NJ1S0AAHSZJ5KO5JJK

• or discord!

Thanks for reading, thanks for playing, and we look forward to hearing from you!

There are now two forms of currency, instead of just one. Formerly (and in the current itch build), you can only spend coins on upgrades. With our next update, you can also spend balls. Some upgrades are stage based and cost balls, and other upgrades are global and cost coins.

Some examples:

The wheel will still be there to add a random chance element as an extra reward for achievements and prestige. But progressing through stages will now offer a "choose your reward" moment where you pick from up to 3 buffs. The buffs now have a varied wide variety of rarity (common-to-legendary) as well -- so if you're lucky, you'll get a legendary offering that will boost the game significantly.

We got a lot of feedback that it's sad when there isn't an upgrade for every stage, so now there's an upgrade for every stage! Some are really impactful, and some are just a helpful boost, like making active or passive play stronger over time.

If you want to see these changes in action, there will be an official Steam playtest that you can sign up for here:

https://www.brokenworm.com/playtest-plinkidle

or join our discord here https://discord.gg/5DC2UQvhzh

Wishlist here: 

https://eo.steamhost.cc/app/3684530/PlinkIdle/

Let us know what else you'd like to see.
Thanks so much for checking out PlinkIdle!