After the milestone rebalance, players with save files above the new ceiling were seeing a negative count on the "next golden form" tracker. The counter now uses the number of golden forms already collected as its starting index, skipping over any milestones the player's total has already surpassed. Players with pre-patch progress will see a correct positive count pointing to the next reachable milestone.
Description: 🤖 Auto Clock-In: now also picks the day card automatically The Auto Clock-In skill now handles the full day transition without any player input. The day card popup still appears briefly so you can see what was drawn, then confirms itself automatically. Skill description updated in all 7 languages. ⚖️ Golden forms: late-game curve rebalanced The golden form milestones were scaling too aggressively in the late game, making consecutive golden forms feel too far apart. The curve has been smoothed out so the endgame stays engaging without becoming a grind.
Bug Fixes & Improvements * Fixed workdays progressing while the game is closed. * Skill reset button is now always available. * Added new font size buttons (+ / -) and improved text readability. * Improved text colors and contrast in several UI elements. * Improved bulk purchase buttons. * Sticky notes now appear every 500 forms and grant a x10 boost for 10 seconds. * Increased booster sizes (coffee, lightning, chocolate) and added sound effects. * Fixed buff timers overlapping with news notifications. * Fixed urgent forms slightly moving the screen. * BP counters now use proper formatting (K, M, B, etc.). * Fixed final promotion event not triggering correctly after purchasing the last 3-point promotion upgrade. * Fixed workdays starting automatically without clocking in/out. * Fixed current rank/title not updating immediately after promotion. * Added a warning before the final promotion explaining it will end the game. * Players can now continue playing after finishing the game to farm achievements. * Increased “New Game” button size so text fits on one line. * Increased skill tree text and node sizes by around 30%. * Added confirmation popup before resetting skills. * Urgent and Golden forms now have the same size as normal forms. Only the background color and label change. * Fixed Coffee Machine achievement. * Fixed top-bar Skills button translation in all languages. * Removed branch labels from the skill tree and simplified upgrade flow from top to bottom. * Fixed urgent form still appearing larger than normal forms. * Fixed strange lines appearing in the forms/contracts bar. * Removed the countdown timer for the next coffee from the Coffee Machine upgrade. * Final promotion skill is now locked until every other skill has been purchased. New Features * Added sound effects for buffs. * Added multilingual achievement support.
🌠 NEW: Meteor System on the Land HUD Live meteor counter now displayed on the Land Map screen — shows remaining/total meteors for the current land at all times. Updates in real time as meteors are consumed. 🌀 NEW: Speed-Up Radial Blur Brand-new fullscreen post-process effect that triggers when you crank the time scale. Bound to X— instant, smooth, and shareable. 💸 Multiplayer Bidding Soft-Lock — FIXED Squashed a long-standing soft-lock where players could get permanently stuck on the "complete fuel bidding" tooltip across lands in multiplayer. Root cause: stray bidding broadcasts from previous lands during result-screen transitions left stale data on the client. Fix: Stale bidding entries stamped for a different land are now dropped, and the matching "ended" broadcast can recover from the previous-land race condition. 🪐 Planet Map QoL Lands completed by other players now hide automatically from your planet map -no more clicking dead entries. Clicking a bidding land entry now properly deselects, instead of locking your map to it. Land entries no longer become un-interactable when selected - you can change your mind freely. 🏙️ Town Flow Highlight Order Fixed After completing a land, the highlight now correctly steers you to Fuel Bidding first, then Land Bidding. This fixes the "where do I go next?" confusion many players hit between lands. 💰 Economy Rebalance — Cost Increases The economy has been retuned for longer, more meaningful upgrade arcs: Pipe Extraction Upgrades: Level 0: 1,250 → 1,500 Level 1: 2,500 → 3,000 Level 2: 3,750 → 5,000 Level 3: 5,000 → 7,500 Level 4: 6,250 → 10,000 Refinery Vacuum Upgrades: Level 1: 15,000 → 25,000 (+67%) Level 2: 30,000 → 50,000 (+67%) Level 3: 50,000 → 75,000 (+50%) 🚛 Vehicle Buffs — Pickup & Dump Vehicle capacity multipliers all bumped up, so the rebalanced costs above hit harder if you go wide on logistics: Level 2: 1.4× → 1.6× Level 3: 1.6× → 1.8× Level 4: 1.8× → 2.0× Level 5: 2.0× → 2.5× ⚔️ Attack Tuning Silo Lock duration: 2...
Update • Improved the candy upgrade flow in the shop. • Added buy multipliers: X1 / X10 / X50 / X100. • Total price now correctly scales per level step and includes all active discounts. • Added stricter purchase checks for better game balance. Community Don't miss Steam Discussions — news, promos, and feedback.
https://i.imgur.com/7Ygnlap.gif ・【Party Pack】added on the item store.
🎯 Bidding Overhaul Lightning Power Counter - Your active lightning strikes are now displayed live on the land bidding UI, so you always know what you're bringing to the auction. Rebalanced Lightning Costs — Lightning power upgrades now scale more meaningfully across tiers. The top end hits harder, the bottom is friendlier to newcomers. Cleaner Gold Extraction Display - Standardized description format across all bidding upgrades,no more mystery numbers. Hover Feedback - New hover effects on bidding buttons so tapping feels tactile and decisions feel weighty. Land & Gold Tuning - Adjusted bidding parameters for land and gold settings based on community pacing data. 🚛 Vehicle AI — The "Bee-Swarm" Era Is Over No more drill pile-ups - Vehicles no longer swarm empty drills like angry bees. One-click off-screen dispatch — Spawn vehicles instantly from either side of the map with new left/right spawn points. First-vehicle friendliness - Your very first vehicle is auto-assigned and set up with sensible defaults. Sell-on-arrival fix - Vehicles heading to company now actually sell instead of idling. Dispatcher reassignment - Fixed a chain of bugs where vehicles would get reassigned and stop selling or get stuck in idle states. 🎨 Visual & UI PolishNew Silo Level Materials - Your silos look the part as they climb the ranks. Rebalanced Purchasable Silos & Wallets - Progression curve refined end-to-end. Coin Exchange Min/Max Labels - Exchange rate boundaries now visible and localized in all 16 supported languages. PlanetMap refresh - Updated balance and required-land labels for clarity. Town layout - Removed the bar building and reordered the town layout for better pacing. ⚡ Lightning & Boosters Fixed booster multiplier - Lightning booster now recalculates correctly and resets at land-time end. 🗺️ Map & Resources Flood risk removed from drills - We heard you. Drill management no longer punishes you with hidden flood events. See you on the auction floor. 💰⚡
- 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
Hey drillers! 👋Want to see every single drill skin in Desktop Driller in one shot? Say no more. Desktop Driller isn't just one drill poking holes in your desktop, it's a whole cast of them, each with its own personality, colors and shape. Every collectible you uncover while digging unlocks a unique drill skin. How the skin system works10 shape templates: Classic, Hammer, Spike, Tank, Rocket, Claw, Spiral, Diamond, Mecha, Arrow Colors pulled straight from the collectible: the game reads the item's 16×16 pixel art and maps the dominant shades onto the drill (body, cabin, bit, tracks, accent) Deterministic pairing: a given collectible always produces the same drill. No RNG. No duplicates. Ruby -> deep red Spiral. Obsidian Shard -> dark Spike. Brass Compass -> warm Hammer. You get the idea. The full lineup 224 drills. 11 biomes: Surface, Volcanic, Aquifer, Cavern, Lava Chamber, Deep Ice, Upper / Mid / Lower Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core. Each with 20 collectibles, plus a handful of secrets hidden for the curious. Dig long enough, and they're all yours. Steam Market integration Rarer drills will be tradeable and sellable on the Steam Community Market at launch. Earn them by playing, swap them with other drillers, or just snipe that one specific skin you absolutely need. Haven't wishlisted yet? It really does make a difference — helps the game surface to more players, and you'll get pinged the second it's out. 👉 Wishlist Desktop Driller See you underground. ⛏️
Update • Added Steam Achievements. • New categories: Clicks, Playtime, Rebirth, Candies, Diamonds. • Achievements unlock automatically during gameplay when thresholds are reached. Community Don't miss Steam Discussions — news, promos, and feedback.
Update • Added Autoclick: automatically taps the main candy at the same pace as manual clicks while enabled (only while the game is open). • Two ways to unlock: reach 1,000,000 total clicks on the main candy, or purchase the unlock in the Shop → Misc tab with choco-diamonds. Community Don't miss Steam Discussions — news, promos, and feedback.
Update • Added 7 languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian — full in-game UI and Steam inventory names. • Shop list layout fixed: rows no longer shift when you change language or button text length. Community Don’t miss Steam Discussions — news, promos, and feedback.
Update • Added a basic anti-cheat system. • It is now harder to manually modify game progress. • We will continue improving protection in future updates. • Don’t forget to join the discussions: Steam Discussions.
If you played the Desktop Driller demo, you probably noticed the UI had a certain... intensity to it. Bright colors, sharp contrasts, everything competing for your attention in a 236×340px (or 1.5x, 2x, etc) window. It worked, technically. But it didn't feel right.A few of you told me exactly that. The feedback from demo players was clear: the game sits on your desktop for hours, it should feel comfortable to look at, not like a neon sign in the corner of your screen.So I redesigned the whole thing.A new paletteI threw out the old colors and built a new palette from scratch. 10 colors total, all with softer, warmer tones. Think less arcade cabinet, more cozy companion. The kind of thing that blends in with your desktop wallpaper instead of fighting it.I wanted something you could glance at all day without it getting on your nerves. The palette covers the whole UI (shop, prestige, collection, skill tree) and it just holds together better now. Less visual noise overall.Light and dark modeThis one was long overdue. You can now switch between a light and a dark theme. If you play during the day with a bright desktop, light mode fits right in. Late night session? Dark mode keeps things easy on the eyes.It's not just an inverted palette, I tuned both modes separately so they each feel right on their own. Same 10 colors, different balance.Why now?Honestly? Because players asked. Some of the most useful demo feedback wasn't about mechanics or progression, it was about how the game looked while sitting on screen for hours. That's the kind of thing you don't notice when you're deep in development, but it matters a lot when the game is meant to be a quiet presence on your desktop.It feels a lot better to me now, but I'm biased.Give the new look a try and tell me what you think. Does it feel better on your desktop? I'm curious to hear.And if you're enjoying the game, a rating or a comment goes a long way. It really helps other people find the project. Same goes for suggestions:...
🎯 NEW FEATURE: Bidding Button SystemA reworked bidding flow with visual highlights that guide players toward available actions.Bidding Buttons on Town Main Screen — New dedicated buttons for Fuel Bidding and Land Bidding, directly accessible from the town screen.Shiny Button Highlighter — Available bidding buttons now pulse with a shimmer effect to draw attention when an action is possible.Smart Fuel Bidding Visibility — The fuel bidding button automatically hides after the last bidding round completes, reducing UI clutter.New Play Button Assets — Updated play button visuals with active, hovered, and deactivated states.🚛 NEW FEATURE: Global Fleet DispatcherA major upgrade to vehicle coordination — trucks now think as a fleet, not individually.Coordinated Vehicle Assignment — New FleetDispatcher service assigns vehicles to drills using global scoring, preventing overlap and wasted trips.Fleet Scoring System — Vehicles are scored by distance, silo lock state, and predicted extraction rate to find the optimal match.Parked Vehicle Wake-Up — Idle vehicles now automatically wake when a silo becomes available, eliminating stale downtime.Silo Lock Detection Fix — FleetScoring now correctly detects locked silos via SiloBuildingView casting.🌍 LOCALIZATIONSimplified Land Selection Messages — Cleaner, shorter text across all 15 languages.Simplified Fuel Bidding Messages — Improved clarity across all 15 languages.
- Pulse Nodes now spawn at random locations when unlocked- Rebalanced Synapse Point (SP) rewards from offline gains
🔧 NEW FEATURE: Gear SystemThe biggest addition in this update. Gears are a brand-new collectible system that adds a layer of strategic depth to your land operations. Collect Gears on the map — Gears now spawn during land map generation. Click to collect them into your inventory. Equip Gears on Pipe Valves — Attach gears to valves to boost resource extraction. Each gear has a rarity tier with different power levels. Multiplies Amount — Gears provide bonuses: resource yield, scaling with rarity. Gear Inventory UI — New inventory panel lets you browse, select, and manage your gear collection. Visual & Audio Polish — Gear rotation animations, particle effects, ticking audio, collection/equip sound effects. Smart Equip Validation — Can't equip gears on building-connected valves (shake + red flash rejection feedback). Persistent Save/Load — Your gear inventory and equipped gears are saved and restored between sessions. 🌍 NEW FEATURE: Curved Land SystemThe foundations of planetary curvature are in. Land surfaces now curve to simulate the shape of small planetoids. Underground Environment — New textures, materials, and assets for the subsurface layer beneath the curved terrain. ⚡ IMPROVED: Lightning & Battery System Battery Discharge Effects — New visual lightning effects with particle waypoint generation, easing curves, and configurable ramp-up. Battery Charge UI Animation — Battery charge state now displays with a dedicated charge animation in the UI. Balanced Lightning Pricing — Lightning power values, pricing, and hold durations tuned for a more satisfying risk/reward curve. 🤖 IMPROVED: AI System Overhaul Utility AI for Attacks — AI opponents now use a utility-based decision system, making them smarter and more unpredictable. Reactive Attack Response — AI retaliation system has been fixed and improved. New AI Mechanics — Smarter targeting with grudge and forgiveness systems. AI Land Bidding — Reworked bidding logic for AI competitors. ⬆️ IMPROVED: Upgrade System — Auto-...
Hey Drillers! 👋 We're looking for Twitch streamers to help us test two of Desktop Driller's most exciting features: Twitch Mode and Twitch Race. 💬 What is Twitch Mode? When enabled, every message your chat sends becomes a drill hit in-game. Your viewers literally help you dig deeper. Monetary support? That gets a special in-game shoutout too. 🏁 What is Twitch Race? Multiple streamers compete in real time to see who can drill the deepest. Think of it as a community-driven race to the Earth's core. 🔍 What we're looking for: We need streamers of any size willing to try these features live, give us feedback, and help us iron out any issues before launch. Whether you have 10 viewers or 10,000, we'd love to hear from you. Interested? Drop a comment below or join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/5CmGVf6F9z Thanks for being part of the journey. Let's dig in! ⛏️
- 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 with3 new Achievements to unlockPerformance optimizationsChoose an optional Mutation during RewireAffected upgrades will reflect the active Mutation
Hi everyone!I’ve just uploaded a new update for the Desktop Driller Demo on Itch.The main focus of this update is performance.I’ve worked on improving the game so it now runs more smoothly and uses fewer system resources overall. The result should be a noticeably more fluid experience, especially during longer play sessions.This kind of optimization is particularly important for Desktop Driller, since it’s designed to stay with you while you do other things on your PC. The goal is to make it feel lighter, smoother, and more comfortable to keep running.With this update, the demo should now:feel more responsiverun more fluidlyput less strain on your systemIf you already tried the previous version, this is a great time to give it another shot and tell me how it feels on your machine.As always, feedback is hugely appreciated - especially if you notice improvements, unexpected issues, or performance differences compared to the older build.Thanks for playing and supporting the project!
- Fixed several upgrades still using outdated linear step scaling- Achievement overview now shows the actual obtainable total (200 -> 179)
We are pleased to announce that the official demo for Desktop Driller is now available for download. Along with the core gameplay, this version introduces a new feature: Twitch Mode.Twitch Mode IntegrationThis mode allows you to connect the game directly to a Twitch channel. Once connected, the drill is driven entirely by chat activity rather than local inputs.Message Impact: Every chat message translates into a hit. The strength of the hit scales with the length of the message.Community Interaction: The drill can now acknowledge viewers by displaying their names on screen.Integrated Alerts: The game includes native notifications for subscriptions, bits, and raids, removing the need for external overlays during gameplay.Development FocusDesktop Driller was designed as a background application. By adding Twitch integration, we want to provide a collaborative experience where a streamer's community can actively participate in the progression of the game.Future PlansWe are currently monitoring how communities interact with these features. Future updates may include chat-based voting for upgrades and community-driven leaderboards.The demo is available now on our Steam page. If you would like to support the project, please consider adding Desktop Driller to your Wishlist.The Desktop Driller Team
https://i.imgur.com/e9YiQMS.gif ・【Golden Egge】added on the item store.
Ever played a game and thought, "this is great, but I want to tamper with it immediately"? Maybe you wanted stronger weapons. Maybe meaner enemies. Maybe a ship that should not exist. Maybe you just saw one stat and took it personally.Well, Update 0.9.0.0 introduces mod support, so now you can poke at the game's internals without needing to politely accept the intended experience. A growing list of systems now supports mod integration, including enemies, weapons, loot, quests, ships, POIs, core upgrades, and localization. In other words, the toolbox is open. Please use it responsibly. Or don't. Honestly, I know how this goes.Update 0.9.0.1CHANGESCore upgradesAdd Socket, Drawback Remover, and Repair Equipment, now requires Command Core upgrade tooBUGSFix Save/Load not creating a new slot and overwriting previous saveFixed Node identify bugDamage floats appears in damaged ship positionAugments: no melding, add socket, drawback remover, and repairSpace station Only appears on jump 8, Sector 5 and beyondConversion credits x 0.05 = xpFixed Weapon store cardsUpdate 0.9.0.0MODS SupportMod integration for modders to play around withREADME.md text files included in mods.zip.Currently supported for mods:EnemiesWeaponsLootsQuestsShipsPOICore UpgradesLocalization/FontsNEW POI STUFFSpace Station POI Expensive services in one POI, available after Sector 4.Ordnance: Change Weapon systemIncrease/decrease weapon proficiencyCore UpgradeMarket tier 4 itemsConverter Convert Credits / XPPOI Identification now gains XP USER INTERFACE UI sfx now have separated volume sliderLocalization integration for some spanish interface & dialogsENEMY DRONESCan be targeted like regular enemy ship, dies with parent ship, orbits around parentRepair drone, repairs parentShield drone, iframe parentAssault drone, attacksDecoy drone, player cannot target parent ship while decoy is activeSalvage drone, steals your creditsNEW ENEMY TACTICSELITE/BOSS TACTICS Regain shieldBypassing shield shotReflecting damageS...
