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Widget Idle Alpha R2Events1.9.6 The Economist's Patch
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1.9.6 The Economist's Patch

Widget Idle Alpha R2 · published 10 Sep 2026, 06:24 UTC

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  • Records:

    • Rename Income by Source to Wealth by Source. Economists of the world are no longer crying

    • Revised "By Widget" table and graph visuals, still not final

    • Updated the Records page to use the unified design tokens

  • Wishlist: A chained roll born affordable is pre-armed silently. No more toast + SFX on every still-affordable level buy

  • Narrative:

    • Introduced Operator Number 11042 and a few placeholder lines.

    • Revised Memo visuals and added procedural SFX

  • Shop: Added foundations for the coupon system

  • Cutter: Added input buffer for loose tolerance and hot press for more responsive input

  • Jukebox: Added vinyl crackles and guidance text to "Greatest Hits" when it's empty. Yes I know it's a CD.

Next up:

  • Coupon system implementation (Please provide feedback on balancing)

  • Early game narrative beats with the Operator and their shitty puns

  • Achievement phase 2 (fleshed out unlock/mystery gates)

  • More bug fixes...

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