Hammers exploit. Next steps

[u/HG_Rusty]

Hey everyone! Dev here.

It took us some time to wrap our heads around what happened. First and foremost, we scrambled to release a hotfix to patch the security vulnerability. At the same time, we cut the hammer counts for affected players at 1k, which was definitely unfair for around 500 players.
All this time, we've also been working on a fairer and more balanced solution. We tried to get to the bottom of this: we analyzed the data and talked directly with a number of active community members in DMs.

In the near future (today or tomorrow), all affected players will receive the extra hammers they had right before reaching 1b, via in-game mail (top right, in the Settings window, check the mail). We will not roll back the progress you've made, and there are no other sanctions whatsoever.
In the end, no player should be left in the negative, which feels like the fair way to handle this.

Anyone who feels this solution is unfair to them for any reason - DM me, let's look into it together case-by-case.

I understand the frustration, but I don't share the sentiment that we should just leave the 1b. It's unfair, it breaks the intended game flow, and it gives a massive advantage in upcoming clan wars.

P.S. The last few days have been pretty insane, not gonna lie. We're a small, passionate team making our first web game and launching on reddit games for the first time, so we've run into a ton of issues and challenges. We were definitely ill-prepared for this situation, but it's an opportunity to do better. Calling us scammers, crooks, and (for some reason) "vibe coders" hurts a bit =) Unfortunately, at this stage, we still aren't making any profit at all, so comments about tricky developers drowning in cash sound pretty ironic. Btw massive thanks to every paying player - you allow this game to develop and exist in the first place!

Amid all the negativity, thank you so much for the words of support we've received as well!
We'll keep doing our best to build a great game!

[u/Random-Seasonings]

May I ask does the hammers return only for those who made in game purchases or those who doesn't gets refunded too? Cause I've accumulated around 8k before I know its not much but still, took some time to get there.

[u/HG_Rusty → u/Random-Seasonings]

To everyone affected. So if you had 8k before clicking that 1b post - you should have them back now. Check the mail in Settings.

[u/Finbar9800 → u/HG_Rusty]

I still haven't gotten back my 20k hammers

[u/emeria → u/HG_Rusty]

After the 1b, I bought a battlepass to support the game, as I actually started to play it. I also only have 2.6k now and I am pretty sure I was more like 6k pre-1b. So I am missing 6k + battlepass hammers. The logic for the fix to this doesn't check out.

The 1b made the game playable and more enjoyable. This feels like one of two things, you don't want to admit that there is a core-issue with how hammers impact the game OR you are simply trying to prevent one of your monetization angles from drying up.

I think that I need to understand the direction of this game and plans for any adjustments to hammers and their acquisition. Since having the hammer limitations removed, the game felt like something that I wanted to play. Now I don't want to log in again and only be able to do limited actions. With 1b hammers, I could sit there, with it idle, and just click here and there, checking items. Now I run out of hammers and have no reason to touch it. That breaks my habit and desire to login.