3digitdev / idle-ant

Idle Clicker TUI Game. With Ants.

idle-ant

Idle Clicker TUI Game. With Ants.

INSTALLATION/USAGE

• Requires Python 3.12 Can get with brew install [email protected] on mac
• Create a virtual environment: python3.12 -m venv venv
• Activate the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate
• Install the requirements: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run the game: textual run src/main.py

DEBUG SPEED-INCREASE

• In src/game/game_state.py, change the DEBUG_MULTIPLIER variable to a number greater than 1.0 to speed up the game
• This is useful for testing the game without waiting for the slow production rates
• This will also multiply how many resources each click gets you

TODOs

• Need an "info box" that can be used to display long text, better than a tooltip
• Need deprecation system laid out in code
• Need to add "Folding" system to deprecate old resources
• Need to give Upgrades more hierarchy
  • Upgrades that unlock new Producers should only be available after the other Upgrades are purchased

IDEAS

Click food Food buys Ants Ants gather food First upgrade: Queen (unlocks Workers [Food], 2x Ants production) Workers gather Sticks Sticks buy upgrades: Stilts (unlocks Haulers [Food + Sticks]) Pack Frame (2x Ants/Workers production [Sticks]) Stilts unlock purchasing Haulers (Food + Sticks) Haulers gather Stones Stones buy upgrades: Wheels (2x Workers/Haulers production [Food + Sticks + Stones]) -- EXPENSIVE Clubs (unlocks Soldiers [Food + Sticks + Stones] [Sticks + Stones]) Soldiers gather Land (mm of land) Land buys upgrades: Farming (2x Ants production [Food + Land]) Quarry (2x Haulers production [Sticks + Stones + Land]) Outposts (2x Soldiers production [Food + Sticks + Land]) Mining (unlocks Miners [Sticks + Stones + Land]) Miners gather Metal Metal buys upgrades: Metal Tools (2x Ants/Haulers/Miners production [Food + Sticks + Metal]) Metal Weapons (2x Soldiers production [Food + Sticks + Metal]) Industrial Revolution (unlocks Engineers [Food + Land + Metal])

Ore Processing (Folds Haulers into Miners) Engineers gather Energy Energy buys upgrades: Steam Power (2x Soldiers production [Food + Metal + Energy])

Industrial Farming (Folds Ants into Soldiers)

"Folding"

This is a way to deprecate old Resources/Producers.

You can purchase an Upgrade for a newer Producer. This consumes all the Producers of the older Resource to, and uses up all the old Resource they produced for a temporary boost to the new Producer

NOTE: If any upgrades remain with the old Resource in their cost, that resource is removed

TODO: What rate do we convert old Resource to "Boosts" for?

• Popup toast message each time something is unlocked
  • Might need a queue of messages so a large group of unlocks doesn't spam the screen
• "Prestige" is colonization of new planet. Old planet(s) are "shipping" food to the new planet, providing the prestige multiplier

Balance Notes

• Need land-based upgrade for Worker
• Less sticks cost for Quarry (3-4k)
• Swap costs of Wheel and Club
• Orange color for Producer names

Cookie Clicker Notes

0.15x scaling on costs Upgrade scaling 1->5->10->100

Clicker: 0.1 cps Grandma: 1 cps Farm: 8 cps Mine: 47 cps Factory: 260 cps Bank: 1400 cps Temple: 7800 cps Wizard Tower: 44000 cps Shipment: 260000 cps Alchemy Lab: 1600000 cps Portal: 10000000 cps Time Machine: 65000000 cps Antimatter Condenser: 430000000 cps Prism: 2900000000 cps Chancemaker: 21000000000 cps Fractal Engine: 150000000000 cps Javascript Console: 1100000000000 cps Idleverse: 8300000000000 cps

Cost of first building:

Cursor: 15 Grandma: 100 Farm: 1100 Mine: 12000 Factory: 130000 Bank: 1400000 Temple: 20000000 Wizard Tower: 330000000 Shipment: 5100000000 Alchemy Lab: 75000000000 Portal: 1000000000000 Time Machine: 14000000000000 Antimatter Condenser: 170000000000000 Prism: 2100000000000000 Chancemaker: 26000000000000000 Fractal Engine: 310000000000000000 Javascript Console: 7100000000000000000 Idleverse: 120000000000000000000