Release The Hypnodrones
This is an idle game inspired by and in certain regards similar to Universal Paperclips, focusing more on the "hypnodrones" part. It doesn't have any direct relation to that game otherwise, and you don't need to have played UP to play this.
The major theme of this game is dronification, in fact this is the only real theme it has. The general loop of the game is to capture drones and accumulate various resources, with which you can then purchase upgrades.
There is, in addition to the two Idle Game modes, a mode that is more of an RPG game. It is bigger in size comparatively to the two Idle modes, and is very different in terms of gameplay.
The game is "finished" in the sense that it can be played to the end and the intended content is all there. In the future however there may be more content added to the game with different progression paths, maybe leading to different endings.
If the text is underlined it has a tooltip, please read them, they contain useful information.
Development log
- 1.3.2, Dreams51 days ago
- 1.3.0, The Other Side55 days ago
- 1.2.0, getting personalOct 23, 2023
- 1.1.0, the marine updateMar 29, 2023
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Found a bug in the country take over game, office route. sometimes upgrades just vanish without me purchasing them. I was soft-locked with my drone cap hit, but some categories not filled out. IE: 19900 police/firefighter/etc out of 20000, 500 out of 50000 blanks, etc.
no option on how to continue either.
You probably have too many of other type of drone.
The upgrades might be disappearing because you go below the required drone amount, as some of them require a particular amount of particular type.
You could try converting the blanks to fill out all the city professions, which should unlock the last few upgrades.
Hey I got a bug to report, I had a Fail Ad campaign event and my screen doesnt have any options other than changing outfit.
Could you please upload the save file somewhere? This seems strange, I cannot figure out why that could happen.
https://file.io/O9FY5YyuCT1i
I think this will work?
Sorry.. One more time please, I did’t think it would be deleted right after I tried to download it the first time.
https://file.io/p4aM3VgsNPMJ
Thank you. I have uploaded the fix, this should not happen anymore.
Here is the fixed savefile as well: https://file.io/JdAkdXL9vHiI
They are not from your country specifically. You may just happen to live in the country they are from.
Can you please make it possible to switch between the 3 game modes without resetting everything?
After thinking how best to approach it, I have implemented a way to switch modes and allowed resetting them separately. However, due to technical limitations, the idle game parts do not run while you are in another mode. I am yet to figure out if it is at all possible with how the game is made.
Thanks, that's great!
For me it's enough to focus on one mode at a time.
export the save file, then import it when you want to return to it
Is it possible to reach Drone Level 5 in the new path? I see there are checks that ask for it, but I am at the end of the current content and still haven't reached level 5.
It is not possible as of yet.
Once it says "get more drones" in the upgrades tab, how many do you need? I raised the max cap to 100k and unlocked all Police, Nurse, Scientist and Firefighter already
10 thousand of each of those. Some of them have a 1 thousand upgrade as well.
The feed says there was an update? any fixes or changes added?
If there is any new content, it will be a separate post. All the fixes will be in the latest features post. The latest update was the latest entry in the changelog, it was a bug fix.
It mentioned 3 friends in the game but I only found 2, is that a future addition?
You probably missed the latex enthusiast friend. To find them, you need to reach at least level 4 in the Latex fetish, own a latex suit, and trigger the Chance encounter at home.
Another one is the coworker who appears starting from the third level of work as a chance encounter as well.
Actually those are the 2 I have
Interesting. I understand now why you did not get the third one, this will be fixed in the next patch. The normal friend only appears when you do not have any friends at all, which is the wrong thing to check for.
UPD: The next patch is now available.
Loved what was set out for the other side. Personally I'd love some petplay themed droning
Hey Tevazi. I went ahead and sent you an email containing details on a larger script plan. Same tevazi@airmail.cc email as before. It contains some join links to some microsoft documents. Hope it helps and let me know if you got it!
-Kale
Had to switch to a google doc for security reasons. Doc link should be attached.
I want to download the game! When is an official windows version available?
You can download it using the itch.io app. You can also download it from the TFGS page (links on the left). Both should contain the exact same files.
Do you need some help? I learning JavaScript rn and decided I can learn it while helping to create something fun + I can do writing
Hey. Mostly writing help needed now. If you up to do that, please send me some contact details via email to tevazi at airmail dot cc. Or just shoot me an email from some address I can respond to, if you are comfortable communicating via email.
Hello, sorry for late response, can you please write at persuade6789@gmail.com if we would talk via email? Kinda confused what a airmail.cc is, and their blank website aren't helping
I have sent the email.
Hey sorry if I've been a bit inactive. School's been kicking my rear so I'm just about back on my feet.
🫡
what do dolphin drones do they say they do research but im not getting any research
It adds a multiplier to the research you already do. The multiplier is 500 dolphin drones = +1x research, if you have less than 500 it’ll be a smaller multiplier but it still counts, e.g. 250 is +0.5x
Hello again, having sent the email I think I might also start working on designs. I'll keep you posted if I come up with anything interesting.
Thank you.
Also on that note do you have somewhere else where I can potentially send contributions? like maybe a discord or a dropbox?
I shall send details on this via email.
Sounds good.
Sent. I do hope messages do actually send correctly.
I've been analyzing this game and I think I really like the sterile environment that the personal version adds, how we are able to show how a person's day to day live changes so drastically as we intervene. I think it would be cool to have some kind of opposing force that you'd have to manage that would try to slow you down. I'll probably keep looking for similar idle games like the one you've created.
An update is currently in the works for another mode that is a little different in gameplay and less of an idle game, but still focused on a more personal view of the situation. Might be a while until it comes out, though, because the scope is much bigger and it’s just 2 people who do not always have time to do that much writing. It will, hopefully, feature multiple things that hinder your progress and require management.
Sounds Cool! I don't know how, but if you need any help I could help around somewhere. Best of luck!
The help needed is mostly writing. The idea is for it to be a world with options to choose, so the more writing and ideas there is, the better. If you think this is something you could competently do, feel free to send me contact details via email to tevazi at airmail dot cc.
Got it.
If you do, please reply here that you sent it just in case. I’m still not sure if mail arrives to that inbox.
Very impressive paperclips engine-like. I enjoyed it. I struggled to figure out the mechanics of how contract value was calculated until the end, so I had a huge slump in the middle where I was sleeping on getting bees and dolphins, making it take longer than it should have. Otherwise, enjoyed the perfect snappy length and good writing.
it'd be neat to have an alternate to the null in the personal one, maybe a nymphodrone/sextoy alternative.... could be interesting to explore
is it normal to get edging like 8 times in 10 activities? lol
Pretty much. It’s random chance, so it can happen. You’re lucky if that happens, since that means you get more resources at that time.
Hey, I have to ask do you have any ideas for updates for the country part of the game or are you going to be focusing on the personal part of the game, and if you are going to update the country part of the game what ideas do you have?
Currently do not have any strong ideas for new updates (only thoughts of what could be interesting), unfortunately. I’d love to do another country update, but that would probably require new art to match which is the biggest limiting factor. The personal part was really an idea I got because I could do that without finding or comissioning art (and I’d rather not comission art for the game myself since I am not making any profit from this).
Ah, ok that is understandable, but I do hope you can find something in the future and must say good luck. Another thing, have you thought about asking for help finding artwork?
I am open to suggestions and/or collaboration, though I have not specifically seeked anyone out myself. I try to find things I myself would like first and foremost and sometimes it’s tricky.
When you take the submission route in the personal game mode, you get to choose later on between robots or tentacles. Are these 2 options different in the dominant route? And if the two options are the same, os there any difference in the text?
It only changes a few upgrade flavor texts to match the names and roles to the route you chose
How are Dolphin drones supposed to work? The text indicates they're supposed to help with research, but they don't seem to contribute to passive research, nor do they affect research rewards from contracts.
EDIT: Playing around some more, I think I get it now. Rather than contribute research points directly, they seem to multiply the research provided by blank drones.
Yes, that is the case. I am planning to clarify it at some point in the future.
I can't change my drones at the beginning to blank drones and can't in turn get research.
I don't know why but I can't make pr drones, I can't use blanks.
You need 100 materials to reshape. If you are at the drone cap, you’ll need to reshape one into a blank one and discard it. After that you should be able to capture a PR one (if you hover over the use blank button it will tell you that you need to have captured one manually before to use a blank).
It does not give me the option to capture.
If you hover the mouse over the capture button it should say why.
What is the difference between the robot and tentacle route? I played both but they seemed identical
Just the flavour text, whatever you like more. Same as dom/sub. Could become more at some point, but it’s not much different as of now.
The Tentacle path currently has, at least in the entry I was on, the wrong flavor text
Sorry, the upgrade’s text checked for an old value that I changed. It should have the correct text now.
Sometimes the idle activity when finished in personal mode will stay stuck at idle done and not move to the next activity. It can take several minutes or only take a few activities after the last pause for this freeze to occur. It seems to happen most frequently when the next activity is to play videogames or watch porn. changing the speed to 1 or 2x speed seems to fix it, but sometimes you have to wait a second after switching it.
I'm having the same issue as well. It's really game breaking at the moment - there are sometimes long waits between upgrades being available and not being able to go to a different tab or leave the PC for more than a minute or so before it freezes unfortunately defeats the point of an idle game.
This should be fixed now. There were some typos in action names, sorry.
Find some bugs, I can't upgrade anything in personal route even if I have enough latex.
Test a few time to find out if you export and import the file will cause this bug.
Should be fixed now. It was a really strange issue, and your report really helped figure out why it was happening.
enjoying the personal run, however after about an hour or 2 of letting it run, it gets stuck on an idle cycle and won't respond until the game is refreshed.
It happened shortly after getting the Latex Fetish upgrade, while doing the sub route.
If this happens again, please open the browser console (F12) and tell me what the error there is (I’ve updated the build here so it should show proper error messages in the console).
app.d73aac26.js:1 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'money')
at Proxy.randomConsideringMoney (app.d73aac26.js:1:51005)
at Proxy.update (app.d73aac26.js:1:51820)
at chunk-vendors.62d45632.js:27:16783
at Worker.<anonymous> (chunk-vendors.62d45632.js:27:15826)
This should be fixed now. Sorry, there were some typos in action names.
does the save system not work or is it just me
If you’re playing in private browsing mode, it might not work properly in some browsers, because the block local storage/indexed db.
i dont think i am though
What browser are you having issues with? In general some privacy addon may be blocking it, too.
i play on edge
It seems to be working fine on the latest version of edge for me. Reloading the page or restarting the browser loads the game correctly.
Hey, are still working on this or just taking a break?
There may be an update at some point, but I’m kind of out of ideas for a theme for an update at the moment, that would work both art- and gameplay-wise.
how about an airline update
No download? Anyone can play a downloaded Html.
I don't waste time playing anything without a download because playing in browser online means that all saves get deleted with every update.
I'm not gonna play until there is a download, good luck though.
2 months late but if you have the itch desktop client, you can actually download the html file from this page.
How do I get more drones if all my places for drones are full? I can't progress any further atm it feels like.
You probably didn’t capture every kind of drone you researched. You need to capture every one manually at least once for it to show up in the list.
I think I may have found a bug, then. I had researched 4 of the 5 types and left after closing the game for a bit, and when I came back one of the drone types had vanished without my knowing. "Scientists," apparently?
Edit: Nevermind, I'm just an idiot lol, figured it out
Even though it’s not designed for mobile use, the only thing it doesn’t allow me to see are the tooltips. Everything else works fine so far - and I’m almost at the full conversion of the original route.
That’s great to hear. The tooltips are mostly tidbits that show prices or little suggestions of what things do, so not that important.
Indeed. Still, not bad for a little game, and makes me want to see how things go when you decide to go above and beyond just a country of 100k drones, but decide to go further than that…
I have some plans for continuation of the story from that point where the paths converge, but nothing concrete. It might happen eventually.
And managed to do both of the full conversion routes. The first time, I mistook what the final button would do, and ended up as a Bee drone, but the second time I knew what it does, and thus managed to select to become a Shark Drone.
If you managed to run out of research exactly and didn't have any blank drones active, you can no longer perform research manually until you get blank drones for research points again.
happy to see the update been enjoying this a lot =w=
is a chame you cant enlarge the tekst
its hard to read
Use your browser scaling/zoom to enlare the page to 110% or so, should be fine then. It’s a problem specific to itch that I’m not sure how to fix.
game doesn't seem to work, and theres no download, I'd like to play, but i understand if you dont want to update it.
The game might not work in private browsing mode if you’re using that. An update is coming, but it will likely not fix this particular issue.
In case this doesn’t help, you can download the game here (all the versions are listed on the left): https://www.tfgames.site/index.php?module=viewgame&id=2823
oh, alright then. have a good one
need more
A bit thin on content when played actively. <3h if played well and has some boring stretches during that. So i tried to speed running it: 2h26min13secs [1] It is not enjoyable to speed run.
[1] Time stamps from memory. <20 min to penal <25 min to recognized as work 47 min to not sure anymore, maybe 1000 bee or 10 fox holes 95 min to not sure, maybe 100 fox hole tech 125 min to 100 fox holes 146 min to finish
I spent about 8 hours but was able to make everyone an OwO drone
I added the fox drone database, now what?
As the Upgrade column says: capture more of them.
I can't, it said I need more drones.
Keep trying it, it doesn’t always succeed.
OBEY.