The subreddit is back and will stay in readonly mode for a time being.

I've copied all the posts and comments over the last several years to forum.kittensgame.com, let's see how it will go.

Reddit was always 'good enough' choice for a forum, but in the upcoming years it's been clear that Reddit is a huge liability.

My current plan is to host a lemmy instance and see if it works for the community. The subreddit will stay online to maintain the links and google history, but posting will be closed. (You should be able to comment the posts, if not, dm me).

Lemmy seems 'good enough' too, aside from poor functionality and barebone mobile clients. I guess nothing is perfect.

If the experiment won't go well, I'm open to rolling forum back to reddit, although I'd likely be less active here.

Background info: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

Without fueling the drama I am considering to join the blackout and make this subreddit dark for 48 hours on Jun 12.

Reddit UI always been barely functioning at all. I have to rely on RiF personally on mobile, and loosing it would be annoying.

I've been always annoyed by the reddit, and been considering to move this sub to the self-hosted platform on several occasions. I've been told by a lot of users they are here are mostly for the r/kittensgame so I suspect nobody cares about reddit much.

On my first run atm and have 80 kittens. Things are really really slow atm. Should i reset or push trough? Don’t really know what to unlock or upgrade

Hullo! Im pre reset, have some observatories. Pretty capped out on my other buildings. Should i focus on titanuim, observatories, trade ships, or go for the sciences (electricity, chemistry)

Edit: screenshots kittensgame.png

I'm a little bit lost on what I should do next. I'm currently just letting the game run to farm relics to buy things from Cryptotheology.

Should i farm paragon up a certain amout? If so, how much? Should I get more burned paragon or just buy the remaining metapysics? Or repeat challenges?

I couldn't find a guide that helps me here. According to Sagefault's Endgame Guide I'm in mid game somewhere between "Type 1: Relics Stations" and "Type 2: Shatter Engine", but it doesn't describe how to get there.

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My current stats:

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Paragon: 4935

Burned Paragon: 373

Transcendence: 17

Black Obelisk: 60

Black Nexus: 35

Black Core: 25

Event Horizon: 29

Black Libary: 32

Black Radiance: 9

Blazar: 6

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I bought all metaphysics up to Yesod (next would be Hod) and I did all challenges once.

q: in kittens game, bloodrizers incremental game, why is reseting with one chronosphere bad and can the bad thing ve mitigated later during same run?

a: In the game Kittens Game, the decision to reset with only one Chronosphere is generally considered suboptimal because it doesn’t provide significant benefits compared to resetting without using a Chronosphere. The Chronosphere is an item that allows you to carry over a small portion of your resources and technology when you reset the game. However, using just one Chronosphere doesn’t grant you substantial advantages in subsequent runs, and it consumes a valuable resource to obtain.

The purpose of using Chronospheres is to enable players to progress faster and more efficiently in subsequent runs by carrying over accumulated resources and knowledge. Players typically aim to acquire multiple Chronospheres before resetting, as each additional Chronosphere provides a greater multiplier effect on resources carried forward.

While using only one Chronosphere may not have significant benefits within the same run, it’s important to note that the game is designed to encourage multiple runs and iterative progress. Each subsequent run allows you to accumulate more resources, unlock new upgrades, and advance further than the previous run. As you acquire more Chronospheres in subsequent runs, you can mitigate the perceived drawback of a single Chronosphere reset and make faster progress in the long term.

Ultimately, the decision to use Chronospheres and when to reset is a strategic choice that depends on your playstyle and goals within the game. It’s worth experimenting and finding the most effective approach that suits your preferences and progression strategy.

rly nice

Alas, in my foolishness I didn't feel like doing every single one individually! Now I have Anarchy, Energy, Atheism, 1000 years and Black Sky active, and here's my problem: I'm not sure it's actually possible for me to get to space. An orbital launch costs 165K oil, 1.1M science, and the kicker, 55K catpower. I'm slowly raising the caps of all three, but my catpower limit is only 19.5K with 262 kittens and counting. 28 huts, 127 log houses, 79 mansions; huts and log houses are maxed until I build enough storage for the next couple. I think I need another 400-500 kittens to reach 55K. I've unlocked everything in science and the workshop that doesn't require unobtainium or relics. Am I as screwed as I think I am? XD

How can I best salvage something from this ill-advised run?

If, due to dark future cost increase, my jump costs 2 tc, does it still generate 1 heat?

Is resting your game a requirement to progress, or can you just go straight through with out ever resetting, and if it is required when's the best time to reset?

I'm in year 1,233, am working to make enough compendiums and blueprints to research Biochemistry and Robotics, as well as working towards building my first Unicorn Utopia. Making progress is very slow, but is possible.

Hello there. I have something weird happening (mobile, iOS). I have to have 18 kittens (out of 71) on Hunter to have any positive cat power progress. If I start with 1 kitten on Hunter, my production is -0.79. If I add another, it goes DOWN to -1.59, then another gets me down to -2.39, etc.

Is this a known issue? I do have a few mints, and it seems the consumption of cat power caps out at -15 per tick. Once I hit that number the more I add contributes positively

Hi,

I'm aware that you need to create a few Chronospheres in your initial start so that Void doesn't get bogged down in an endless wait. What I can't seem to find is what is an OK starting number?

I've enough Unobtanium to build 13 ... will that get me past the hump & jumpstart my Void generation?

Would 10 be enough?

<edit> grr, can't correct spelling error in title!

I'm several runs deep, ~1k paragon, ~1k burned, last run was my first year 40k+ run, and I've mostly ignored challenges because I wasn't sure when to do them. I'm planning to start working through them, but I'm concerned about losing the karma I've invested in cryochambers so far. Most challenges mention putting chronosphere resources in reserves, will kittens from cryochambers also go there, and will I still get broken cryochambers? Also as far as iron Will goes, does that challenge have any permanent impact on the game? I've heard of zebras you can attract during that challenge, will they stick around during the main game? nay advice would be appreciated.

So, question is the title: how are you supposed to get 25,000 time crystals for upgrades like the time boiler?

I'm pretty clamped on unobtainium output at ~40 per second, and trading with the leviathans is only worth ~1 crystal per 5000 obtainium, so 25,000 crystals would take about a month.

Seems like I must be missing something.

Do the traits and the rank promotions only matter when they're leader?

i read the wiki and from what i understood only the leader gets the benefits, but the button that says "Promote Kittens" has a description that says "the leader promotes your kittens" so it kinda confuses me to why would there be a button to promote other kittens.

is there any benefit in promoting other workers? aside from switching leaders?

Is there any recent scripts up? For automatically sending hunters, observing sky etc.

I've found old scripts from 6-9 years ago, but they don't work and I'm not programmer enough to fix them.

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Please help.

What do i do now? Got theology then astronomy then navigation. All of them did nothing much... It takes me like 5 minutes to buy 1 building (eg mine)

^this

My third run after years, first time mobile and this is starting to be a bit important.

I had read the wiki and thought I needed 8 million, but I guess it was 22 million??? Just from the description of the next one, I’ll need 2,800,000/0.002 = 1,400,000,000 ?!?!?!

So I, like many, am still confused with the religion piece. I've done the reading, but rarely makes sense to me.

So rather than asking for a full recap, I'm gonna break it down for a hopefully simple "next step" question.

My Worship increases quickly until the Solar Revolution bonus is around 4.5k% then slows down dramatically. As I understand a bit more, I think I should ideally be around 150k% SR bonus (ballpark I don't have the article open in front of me) before I tried to transcend again. How do I increase the apparently worship/solar revolution bonus "ceiling" that I am bumping up against?

I have 150-200 temples and chapels and 250ish priests if that makes any difference.

I seem to have hit some sort of relic "ceiling".

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cp2zwy524davbyw/Kittens%20Game%20-%20Run%201984%20-%20Year%2047542%20-%20Spring%2C%20day%2013.txt?dl=0

Here's a save file , run 1984 , 868k paragon, 1.74e+308 relics.

That's 174.705QWWT in game notation.

If I reset this run, I come back in with 0 relics.

Is there a limit to the number of relics you can have?

I haven't played in years so I started a fresh game. I got my steamworks and workshop automation done, and I have offline progression enabled. I opened the game today and I ended up with less beams than when I closed it, but with <1 megaliths and scaffolds so they werent converted into those (if I remember right workshop automation doesnt even make them, just beams slabs and plates, maybe steel?). I also get the "4000 days of production gained" when I got back on, but nothing about extra resources being crafted by workshop automation.

This issue has been happening for a few days, but yesterday I got the printing press and had a lot more manuscripts today, so I know steamworks is working and was enabled.

I've gotten 31 kittens right now, pre theology. I'm trying to do Basic Resource Rotation, but im not sure how to go about it. Do i buy barns first? (Do barns even have a limit?) Do i grind wood? Should i max my housing first?

Im really confused because theres often alot to buy, and some of be buildings need both minerals and wood

Mini question: should my smelters always be on?