I’m honestly not aware of what ads im getting, i don’t look.
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So I have reached what I like to call the “max profitability point”.
When I bought my first space telescope, I unlocked the LCRT (as per usual). The “time until” LCRT was over a year. Slowly but surely I have been buying more Space Telescopes, eventually I got to 38. By then I had reduced the time to LCRT to 72 days 23 hours.
I just bought my 39th space telescope, and the time until LCRT went UP instead of down. From now on, every time I spend money on a lower technology, the time until I reach my goal will increase instead of decrease. At least until I reach the 50 space telescope mark and get the doubling bonus, and perhaps for a few purchases after that the time will decrease again, but eventually I’ll reach another tipping point.
I don’t foresee myself playing for 73 days’ worth of income without spending anything, so my only hope is to push for 50 and the doubling bonus, and not let the increasing time get me down. I live for seeing the clock get less and less, so it hurts so much to see it go up again…
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Welcome to my world…every “upgrade” you do is a penalty in your next run. therefore your first 2 runs are basically it until you get to the point where you start going backwards
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Thats crazy numbers. Thanks for pushing through and testing it so vigorously. I’m adding in a lot of stuff that you can all go ‘ham’ on and find the next tipping point, but I want to add a lot and see what happens.
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As I sit down to continue working I just had a thought that when I decided to put the app out to testing I had in my head that I’d put it out, people would try things, I would change things, I’d wipe the app and repeat. But the one thing that’s happened is that everyone has worked so hard to get their ‘balances’ that I’m very careful with what I do with the ‘saving’ code, not to wipe anyone’s stuff. It’s given me practice for when it’s live and I add things… Don’t delete their progress!!
Just something that popped in my head 
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I’ve reached the point where I Need to upgrade, but now I am waiting for 25k before pressing that button
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The pitchforks will come after you 
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I have to say I really love this game. And normally a mobile game grabs me for 2 days and then meh with this I log in everyday Soo well @Entity this is awesome
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Thank you. I’m glad you like it.
I’m sorry I’m taking so long to put out an update for you all but the things I’m putting in are going to shake things up a bit. I’m very interested to see what you all do with all this new power. Interested… more like worried. I’ve tried to excel as much as I can but with so many variables in play I don’t actually know how it’s going to play out. I’m almost done so I should be able to put it out in the next day or two.
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He’s bringing the update…
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i just upgraded 
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Yeah but he runs to you forever, will it ever happen?
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Seems like he got there quite quickly actually. An update has just gone live on the Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=main.idleobs. Leave it to auto update otherwise update directly from the store.
Idle Observatory v0.10 changelog:
- Added second phase of upgrades - A lot more upgrades have been added. More of the same from phase one but also new different ones. This is again to see how the functionality works in preparation for more types in the future.
- Swopped the SKA and VLT positions as it was discovered that the SKA would actually cost a lot more than the VLT.
- There have been a few visual tweaks to align and adjust things that were found.
- Added the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy links to the About page and also on the first opening page.
- Added countdown timers to all of the upgrade displays.
That is all for now. A lot has changed in the background code wise hence the long time it took to release. Please note that some tweaks and balancing may occur as as much as I simulate and spreadsheet all the values there are just too many variables now to see fully how everything will be affected. I have a general idea but you all prove me wrong more often than not
Thank you again for taking the time to play and also to report issues or share your progress. I enjoy seeing it all.
Please see the Trello for constant updates on progress. Trello
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Looking good. I need to find a way to put all the data in once screen so it’s easier to screenshot/share.
Edit: It’s interesting how even the Alpha Beta symbols change to your font. Yes they are just text, but still.
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Yea normally my phone will let me do an extended shot but weirdly now it wont let me - it is as if each section is seen as a page
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more things i can upgrade 
more need more !
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