Universal Paperclips

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1. ^The game's closing credits read “a game by Frank Lantz” and “combat programming by Bennett Foddy”.CodeUniversal Paperclips main.js
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   displayMessage("a game by Frank Lantz"); … displayMessage("combat programming by Bennett Foddy");

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2. ^Universal Paperclips came out on 9 October 2017.WikidataWikidata
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   +2017-10-09T00:00:00Z

   The quote matches our archived copy.

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3. ^ abThe first AutoClipper costs $5; with $n$ owned, the next costs ${1.1}^n+5$ dollars. The flat 5 is most of the price until the 18th, when ${1.1}^{17}$ passes 5.CodeUniversal Paperclips globals.js · Universal Paperclips main.js
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   var clipperCost = 5;

   clipperCost = (Math.pow(1.1,clipmakerLevel)+5);

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4. ^The first MegaClipper costs $500; with $n$ owned, the next costs $\mathrm{1,000}\times {1.07}^n$ dollars, so the second costs $1,070.CodeUniversal Paperclips globals.js · Universal Paperclips main.js
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   var megaClipperCost = 500;

   megaClipperCost = (Math.pow(1.07,megaClipperLevel)*1000);

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5. ^Marketing starts at $100 and doubles with each level bought.CodeUniversal Paperclips globals.js · Universal Paperclips main.js
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   var adCost = 100;

   adCost = Math.floor(adCost * 2);

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6. ^ abClip factories start at 10⁸ clips, and each one built multiplies the next price by a factor that falls: ×10, ×9, … ×4 for the 1st–7th, ×2 for the 8th–12th, ×1.5 for the 13th–19th, ×1.25 for the 20th–38th, ×1.15 for the 39th–78th, and ×1.1 after.CodeUniversal Paperclips globals.js · Universal Paperclips main.js
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   var factoryCost = 100000000;

   fcmod = 11 - factoryLevel; … factoryCost = factoryCost * fcmod;

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7. ^ abHarvester and Wire Drones are priced by a power of the count, not a ratio: with $n$ owned, the next costs ${10}^6{(n+1)}^{2.25}$ clips.CodeUniversal Paperclips globals.js · Universal Paperclips main.js
   How we know

   var harvesterCost = 1000000;

   harvesterCost = Math.pow((harvesterLevel+1),2.25)*1000000;

   wireDroneCost = Math.pow((wireDroneLevel+1),2.25)*1000000;

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8. ^The drone panel prices 10, 100, and 1,000 drones as the exact sum of their single prices, and a purchase pays each drone's price in turn.CodeUniversal Paperclips main.js
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   p10h = p10h + Math.pow(h,2.25)*1000000;

   for (x=0; x<amount; x++){

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9. ^ abAfter accepting the offer to start over in a new universe (project 147, Accept), the player can restart in “The Universe Next Door” for 300,000 operations or “The Universe Within” for 300,000 creativity; each restart adds 10% to demand or to creativity speed, and the counts survive the reset.CodeUniversal Paperclips projects.js · Universal Paperclips main.jsrevised
   How we know

   description: "Escape into a nearby universe where Earth starts with a stronger appetite for paperclips. (Restart with 10% boost to demand) ",

   cost: function(){return creativity>=300000},

   demand = demand + ((demand/10)*prestigeU);

   var ss = creativitySpeed+(creativitySpeed*s);

   prestigeU = loadPrestige.prestigeU;

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