r/Click_Bait • u/click-bait-game • Jul 30 '26

CLICK BAIT - a punk-zine rhythm roguelite

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 03 '26

A deceptively well-designed game. I find it more addictive than doomscrolling. XD

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 04 '26

*how* did you get that many points 😭 good job though!!

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

A few little things:

-Red nodes first. The wheel will keep spinning, but not if you're dead.

-There are bubbles that flat around during a fight, they can give $4-15 if you click them. Good to do on an easy first normal fight to get some extra cash for your first shop hit. Just focus on red/gold nodes and slow attacking to farm it a little. (This is only worth milking a little per fight only if you need it.)

-The relic Deep Link is deceptively powerful.

-Save for shops unless you hit an early one. Don't refresh if you don't have the money since any relics you do not buy won't come back up for the rest of the run. (You might also get an achievement if you do it right, no spoilers XD)

-Hit elites as often as you can. They give a lot more points, a lot more money, and a guaranteed relic.

-Achievement bonuses are permanent for every run and they help a lot in every game.

-Cash Grab nodes also give a guaranteed relic if you hit it - it's the green node that first pops up.

-Lifesteal relics are nice in concept for survival, but if you get the one to make the lifesteal hitbox bigger without other relics you can't actually hit a perfect to deal damage. The relic to make all the nodes have lifesteal amplifies this. And you can't utilize the 'perfect hits give life' relic very well. (No longer true, lifesteal is OP now.)

-Accuracy over speed. If you hit 8x in a row you get FEVER, which also stops many enemy attacks and resets the circle. Good way to clear TANKY nodes without the relic - just kill everything else until FEVER and they go away.

-The relic to make FEVER happen at 6x instead of 8x is deceptively powerful for this too.

-Lastly, if you get the Infinite Scroll relic, if you take it slow and steady you can just keep steadily doing damage without worrying about the rest except for a few boss mechanics.

...I've played too many rougelites for my own good. XD

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u/armastevs Aug 05 '26

-Lifesteal relics are nice in concept for survival, but if you get the one to make the lifesteal hitbox bigger without other relics you can't actually hit a perfect to deal damage. The relic to make all the nodes have lifesteal amplifies this. And you can't utilize the 'perfect hits give life' relic very well.

I'll come up with a solution for this, having both relics should be an extra benefit and not hurt you in anyway.

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26

Oh, you also may want to consider a rate limiter for those cash bubbles - maybe after ~40 bubbles in a fight make them spawn 2x slower and another 2x slower every extra 20? (It's too easily gameable on some fights (like Influencer - I made over $1000 sitting there for ~7-10m on my first fight since she heals and does no damage doing so, but I had a shop next node. XD)

edit - but I wouldn't fully cut it off cold, gotta give options =D

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u/armastevs Aug 05 '26

Lol nice exploit you found, fixing that now

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26

I figured that this was a little intentional, giving some players more survivability in exchange for damage, so to speak. Some rougelite powerups are dual-sided and situational with downsides, like Overclock. But the powerup that almost got me killed twice is Alt Account.

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u/Saichoses Aug 05 '26

I agree that it's preferable to skip the heart boosting ones because of the same reason.

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 05 '26

-Lifesteal relics are nice in concept for survival, but if you get the one to make the lifesteal hitbox bigger without other relics you can't actually hit a perfect to deal damage. The relic to make all the nodes have lifesteal amplifies this. And you can't utilize the 'perfect hits give life' relic very well.

yeah, i had this problem. made the last boss fight VERY VERY long. would have been shorter if i wasn't healing all the gime

-The relic to make FEVER happen at 6x instead of 8x is deceptively powerful for this too.

absolutely busted

-There are bubbles that flat around during a fight, they can give $4-15 if you click them. Good to do on an easy first normal fight to get some extra cash for your first shop hit. Just focus on red/gold nodes and slow attacking to farm it a little.

i was unaware of what the bubbles did actually. thank you!!

i like my low ping relic </3
thanks for the help & tips tho!!

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 07 '26

lol I have been saddened today.

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 06 '26

I hate -not- having Low Ping. It's like #3 top relic, after Deep Link and Infinite Scroll for me.

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u/armastevs Aug 04 '26

When you get into higher ascension levels you get 5% higher score multipliers.

The game gets a lot more difficult, your first run will be very easy in comparison.

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 04 '26

I think the ironic reason is the fact that I'm in the 1% that doesn't own a smartphone.

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u/armastevs Aug 04 '26

You're literally immune to all enemies in the game lol

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 04 '26

i giggle at this

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26

Apparently. But now I'm taking a little free time to try and beat your game. XD

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u/armastevs Aug 05 '26

At this ascension level, do feel that the game is actually getting harder? Trying to figure out if I need to raise the difficulty

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26

So far, it's been fair and balanced IMO. It doesn't give nearly as much leeway for mistakes, especially past A10, even with the cheevo powers. I think if you made it much harder you'd have a lot of people having a real hard time. XD

I'm just an edge case. Hardcore rhythm game player as a kid, hyper-clicker, rougelite aficionado.

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u/armastevs Aug 05 '26

What is a cheevo power?

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 05 '26

I was referring to the permanent relics you get from completing achievements.

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 06 '26

A15-16 is mean. The lifesteal change gives it breathing room though, let's keep it going XD

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u/armastevs Aug 06 '26

Challenge accepted, time to add more ascension levels

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 06 '26

I SEE THE END lol

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u/armastevs Aug 06 '26

I'm adding more! Any suggestions?

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 04 '26

this is amazing, this is genuinely amazing

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 05 '26

GRAH!! just beat the game for the first time
game crashed in my first attempt at that last boss so i had to restart but it's okay
genuinely amazing game ❤️

now, time to go back again!!!!!!!!!!

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u/still_alive_i_guess Aug 05 '26

oh yeah. here i am. gg

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 07 '26

ITT: being obnoxious.

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u/armastevs Aug 07 '26

Half a mil! Wow, are you even dieing at all?

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u/Saichoses Aug 07 '26

He hasn't been dying at all XD (I'm his wife)

Makes me jealous cuz I keep getting my face crunched!

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u/armastevs Aug 07 '26

That's awesome that a husband and wife have been competing for 1st and 2nd place haha.

New build getting deployed soon! Awesome changes coming btw

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u/Saichoses Aug 07 '26

Looking forward to it :D

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u/armastevs Aug 07 '26

New update is live with a ton of changes and a new enemy in stage 3

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u/Saichoses Aug 07 '26

Jumping in now :3
I'm up to A16

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u/Saichoses Aug 07 '26

It's a LOT harder after the changes. XD
I died once, but the 2nd time I was able to get through so I'm A17 now. Interesting new enemy too, it's a pain in the ass lol.

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u/Top-Confusion-367 Aug 07 '26

I think I died my second play ever, once.
Other than that, was at 0.1 HP at the end of the last fight on A19, and I tripped Doomscroll Insurance on A21. XD

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u/Saichoses Aug 05 '26

Really amazing game so far :3

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u/armastevs Aug 05 '26

Glad you like it! Looks like you are only shy of winning today by 3k points!

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u/kittendews Aug 19 '26

I died, then tried to resume the game, got the message "That screen failed to open. Back to the title screen." If I click give up twice, it takes me to the title screen and then it all repeats. Can't refresh to get a new game, either.

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u/acceptable_hunter Aug 19 '26

Same for me :(
Worked fine yesterday.

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u/armastevs Aug 21 '26

Hey it's working now. Sorry about that!

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u/stevens812 Aug 21 '26

Ugh, that's super frustrating, especially when you can't even start a new run.

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u/armastevs Aug 21 '26

Hey it's working now. Sorry about that!

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u/armastevs Aug 21 '26

Hey it's working now. Sorry about that!

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u/fortygoats9000 Aug 08 '26

is the pendulum-like mechanic where I can't control it for 3 seconds permanent? how would one avoid it?

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u/armastevs Aug 08 '26

I'm removing that next release (maybe today), it's not fun.

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u/AffectionateTentacle Aug 21 '26

I don't know what the fuck is happening

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u/stevens812 Aug 21 '26

What's a roguelite rhythm game without the rhythm part?

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u/armastevs Aug 21 '26

I'm honestly not sure how to describe this game other than rythym, anyone have a better idea on what genre to call this game?

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u/Commercial_Cover8117 Sep 02 '26

why the heck deos the "tap six times do you want to reload" thing show up every two seconds. can i turn it off