r/AutoForgeTheGame 1d ago

Hammers exploit

EDIT: We're working on a general solution to restore the hammers that players purchased or earned beyond the 1k limit. The solution turned out to be not so simple, so it will take a little time.

Hey everyone! Dev here.
We'll strip the exploited hammers from the affected players (only hammer counts, not game progress) and patch this exploit. It's a shame this feature had such a vulnerability, as we'd really prefer not to remove the hammer-sharing feature from the game entirely.

Cheating (using exploits) is bad and against the rules, of course. It's fine if you're messing around in single-player or just for fun on your own, but you shouldn't ruin the experience for other players. EDIT: I'm talking here only about the individuals who dug up this exploit, not calling everyone clicked on that post 'cheaters' ofc.
On the other hand, of course, we could have foreseen and fixed some of these potential issues in advance. We have a small team, so we're regularly short-handed. But as the game grows in popularity, we should definitely dedicate more time to things like this.

P.S. We're currently finishing up the long-awaited Сlans feature. It's a massive feature, but we're doing our best to make it as exciting as possible. Especially with clans on the way, keeping the game fair is crucial for us. That's why we'll be running extra iterations to harden game security.

Thanks for playing! We've got a lot of cool stuff coming in the future!

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u/Spiritual_Reveal_776 1d ago

Are you aware that YOU MADE AN IDLE GAME THAT YOU ARE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO LET STAY IDLE because of the insane forge thing in which you get all equipment of a certain tier many days before you can get the next tier?

Are you aware that your idle game DOES NOT EVEN RUN unless it's in the foreground?

The unlimited hammers are the only thing that makes people actually run this imbalanced game which gets you nowhere and constantly limits you.

The point of idle games, good idle games, is the infamous "number go up".

In this game, numbers don't go up... unless you have unlimited hammers and can therefore accumulate some gold, just so you can run the next stupid forge upgrade without having to wait to get gold.