BubbleByte

Very cute game, love the art and the music. The silly cat names are a lot of fun (and relevant to the function of the cats). I've played many incremental games and this one stands out with a unique style and features. There are a lot of options to customize the look and graphics, and it seems like the dev really listens to feedback.

A very enjoyable, short but creative incremental. Took less than 2 days to finish overall; but that's a good thing. I had a lot of fun, and now I can move on with my life. Gameplay structure is a bit different from usual. There are distinct 'levels' to reach in the game, which offer different benefits in terms of unique cats. There are several different types of cats you can buy, each with different 'powers'. You can place the cats where you like, creating the possibility of interesting synergies between them. (Although for the most part these are fairly obvious, but the trade-offs when you have more cats than space is pretty interesting.) There are different discreet prestige levels too; each prestige level seems to have a set number of prestige points associated to it, rather than those increasing depending on in-game currency (not 100% sure about that though). Each overnight idle session jumped me up through multiple prestige levels. Itself a new idea. Giving a small amount of strategy if you are playing actively: you can either wait it out and reach those new levels in the current run, or prestige and hope to get back where you are now even faster. It's sometimes not clear which is better. I'm really not entirely sure how the entire thing maps onto the usual kind of prestige in incremental games. Maybe it just doesn't. As another reviewer has commented, this one doesn't fall into the trap of making each prestige artificially further and further apart. It just ups the tempo over and over. Increasing the speed and complexity ever faster. Incre-asing the speed. Incre-mental. Got that, everyone out there developing "incremental" games? I'm a bit disappointed in a way that it was so short. But given how the pace just gets so stupidly silly so fast, I think this was inevitable. This is a universe collapsing to a point, unlike most incremental games which are a point in space exploding to infinite size. As it were. Also, would my life have been significantly different if it had taken weeks or months or more of pointless CPU cycles to get to the same ending? No. This isn't the same as most incremental or idle games (I've played dozens, maybe over a hundred by this point). And that's not because it's themed on bubbles and cats. It is a genuinely creative new look at the genre, with some clever ideas and almost flawless execution. And for that it can only be given the highest praise possible.

Delightful bubble-shooter game with charming pixel art graphics and relaxing gameplay. The physics are satisfying, and the soundtrack is soothing. Simple yet addictive, it’s perfect for casual gamers looking for a stress-relieving experience.

I just finished unlocking the final shrine on the game, and I have to say I wound up loving it. I find a lot of incremental games have the problem where they turn into the slog in the late game, as the upgrades become so prohibitively expensive to purchase. I prefer games where the late game hits the gas instead. I like games where you have a sudden moment where everything clicks and suddenly you are getting dopamine mainlined into your veins with big numbers and ridiculous particle effects, and BubbleByte is that type of game. I enjoyed the start of the game, but the late game was unbelievably satisfying, once everything clicked. The game took me about 5 hours of active play, with about 17 hours of the game idling and light interaction in between. There are many more objectives in the game that I could pursue in the late game, with a multitude of achievements available. The game is also graphically extremely chaotic which may be appealing to some, but off-putting to others. If the chaos of the graphics are off-putting, just know that there are a ton of accessibility features in the settings to modify the appearance of the game. I received my key from the developer to check out the game, and I was really impressed with their openness and passion about the game. If you look in the steam community for the game, you can see that they are really listening to feedback for the game, and pumping out updates, trying to ensure this is the best experience for fans of the genre. All in all, if you like games where you can automate numbers getting bigger, and building/maximizing synergies to get them to grow as large as possible, you will likely enjoy this game.

This is one of those games that catches you off guard.... seems silly at first but without realizing it you have been looking at bubbles and cats for the past 30 minutes. I'm playing it in a more relaxing way while catching up on some videos I wanted to watch and it is the perfect way to keep my brain occupied. Have not reached late game so I cannot comment on it, but so far the balance seems good

This game is a godsend during boring meetings. I'm also impressed by the performance and little usage of resources, you can tell the game is optimized well. I just think that this kind of game would work better for mobile phones, but oh well

I have a cat so I felt obligated to try this game. So far, not disappointed, it's quite easy to pick up and the progression feels satisfying. If you leave it open you can accumulate a lot of money, but it still requires your attention to place new cats and perform upgrades, so it's a nice balance between active and idle. The screen can get cluttered at times and I lose my cursor sometimes, maybe that can be improved in the future