Dopaminer news & patch notes

- Added Login Streak to the Stats Overview

- Fixed Auto-Collector cursor visuals persisting during Rewire

- Improved several upgrade descriptions for better clarity

- Optimized late-game performance

- Pulse Nodes now spawn at random locations when unlocked

- Rebalanced Synapse Point (SP) rewards from offline gains

- Rebalanced Phasic spawn frequency for better pacing and feel

- Fixed an issue where free upgrade floating text could merge with other messages

Introducing Mutations Mutations are special run modifiers that change how you play. Each run, you can select one mutation that applies for the duration of that run.

• 11 new Mutations to experiment with

• 3 new Achievements to unlock

• Performance optimizations

Choose an optional Mutation during Rewire

Affected upgrades will reflect the active Mutation

- Fixed several upgrades still using outdated linear step scaling

- Achievement overview now shows the actual obtainable total (200 -> 179)

- Improved overall performance

- During Rewire, only the Meta tab is now accessible (other upgrade tabs are locked)

- Fixed an issue where maxed-out upgrades were not always hidden in the Meta tab when the filter was enabled

- Fixed progress overview not displaying 100% correctly

- Rebalanced the Value upgrade (again!)

- Tweaked the visual "splat" effect when collecting bits

- Tweaked auto-collect cursor behavior

- Implemented a Normalized Exponential Decay model for upgrade scaling, replacing the previous linear progression. This makes early upgrade levels feel more impactful while maintaining smoother long-term balance.

• Improved upgrade preview text clarity across all upgrades

• Added a small chance for upgrades to be completely free!

• Boosted Value upgrade

• Boosted Spawn Speed upgrade

• Boosted Lifetime upgrade

• Boosted Spawn Burst Size upgrade

• Boosted Focused Tap upgrade

• Boosted Fresh Start upgrade

• Boosted Offline Gain upgrade

• Boosted various Meta upgrades

• Fixed toast message filter positioning

- Improved readability of Meta tab price labels

- Rebalanced Neuroglimmer rewards

- Increased effectiveness of Value (Multiplier) upgrade

- Increased effectiveness of Focused Tap upgrade

- Spawn Burst Size upgrade has been improved for better scaling and impact

- Offline progress now has a built-in baseline, so you’ll always earn while away

- Auto-Collector is now available earlier (Tier 0) to reduce early-game clicking

- Tonic – Value (Rarity) now unlocks at Tier 1

- SP hits now reward the bit’s Dopamine value as well

- Improved playtime tracking in Achievements overview

- Clarified Passive Floor tooltip

- Boosted several Meta upgrades

• Fixed an issue where the Tier 10 (“Beyond the Threshold”) achievement did not unlock correctly on Steam

• Fixed overlapping icons in the Achievements panel

Quality-of-life improvements and clarity updates:

• Improved CX handling for new saves.

• Added a warning to clarify that the Meta Shop is only available during a Rewire.

• Fixed an issue where Auto-Collector cursors could block player input.

• Startup issue fixed.