Alpha 1.0 Launch!

🧬 DNA Crafter Alpha 1.0 — Dev Log

Welcome to the first Alpha release of DNA Crafter!
This is a reboot of an older project, rebuilt from scratch with a cleaner UI, better systems, and long-term progression in mind. Expect bugs, placeholders, and polish passes in future builds!

✅ What’s Implemented in Alpha 1.0:

⚙️ Core Gameplay

• Human DNA creation system: DNA is produced every few seconds and stored.

• Manual sell system: Choose how many DNA to sell (x1, x10, x25, x50, x100, All).

• Sell price upgrade: Increases the value of each DNA sold.

• DNA Creation Time upgrade: Reduces the time between DNA generation.

• Storage upgrade: Increases DNA storage capacity (up to 2500 in Alpha).

• Caps and level logic: All upgrades are capped and follow increasing costs.

• Autosell (locked): Feature Not Yet implemented 

🔒 Progression & Scaling

• Upgrade costs scale dynamically based on level and importance (Storage > Time > Sell Price).

• Balanced scaling for all 3 core upgrades.

• UI updates based on current stats, level, and cost.

💾 Save & Load System

• 3 save slots + autosave every 45 seconds if no slot is selected.

• Manual Save/Load with visual feedback using icon animations.

• Bug fix for persistent global variable conflict on web build.

• Fully working local save system using C2’s native save/load functions.

🐛 Reporting & Feedback

• In-game Bug Report and Feedback buttons:

  • Sends players to external Google Forms for direct reporting and feedback.

• Buttons styled and placed clearly in top-left corner for visibility.

💡 UI/UX

• Completely redesigned visual interface:

  • Styled green terminal aesthetic.

  • Responsive upgrade buttons with locks and animated transitions.

• Sin wave hover effect on save icon.

• Manual save icon changes color (grey ➝ green) on click for feedback.

• Current save slot shown visually by icon highlight.

🛠 Additional Features

• Exported to both HTML5 (itch.io) and Windows executable (NW.js).

• Icons created and added to executable version.

🧪 Known Issues / In Progress

• Evolution system is visible but not yet implemented.

• Hard reset button planned but not functional yet.

• Some polish and animation passes still to come.

• No tutorial or onboarding—players are expected to explore and experiment.

🙏 Thanks for Testing!

This is a passion project in active development. Feedback and bug reports are appreciated and will directly impact development.

Stay tuned for updates, evolutions, and more DNA crafting!