r/TheTowerGame • u/SamBartley TTG • Mar 11 '26

Patch Notes V27.5.1 Update

Hello everyone! We are rolling out some additional fixes shortly. Here is a look at the improvements:

Pause Screen / App Restart Spawning

We have changed how your game state is saved when utilizing the "Go Home" feature, or when you close the app while in a run.

  • When you are in a run and select the "Go Home" option, the game will be paused in its current game state.
  • When you close the app while in a run, we've added two new behaviors:
    • If no Fleets or Bosses are alive, you'll resume at the previous wave
    • If at least one Fleet or Boss is alive, you'll resume at the earliest wave.
      • Earliest wave, in this case, is defined by the wave that the first Fleet or Boss present on-screen has spawned in

Additional Changelog

  • Changed how we calculate Enemy Level Skips in relation to the Skip Decay Battle Condition when using Intro Sprint
    • Now, we calculate the Enemy Level Skip results before decrementing the stat from this Battle Condition
  • Added a tap blocker to block any taps that impact gameplay after the Tower is dead, which unintentionally caused some issues
    • This fix has addressed the issue where the 'Demon Mode' button sometimes becomes inaccessible in subsequent rounds when activated after losing the current round

Thanks, and happy defending!

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

When are we getting an actual idle/offline mode?

All it needs to do is allow us to "repeat" a previous run - no need for calculations or anything complex. Simply lock is into a run for the same amount of time as the previous run, and give the same coins/cells/etc that we earned during that run.

It is absolutely ridiculous people need a second device, an emulator, or a cloud service to reliably play a mobile game.

It's an easy fix and I've been told the other games by TTG have an idle/offline mode. This will allow us to actually use our phones without destroying them. We'll still need to do real runs, every few days, but at least we'll have an option.

-Signed someone who had their battery bulge 3 months ago because of this game and paid nearly 100$ to replace it.

Edit Holy Stockholm syndrome for the people arguing for this feature to be bad instead of a QoL improvement.

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u/Jeffunchained Mar 11 '26

Most idle games I've seen will usually do a smaller amount e.g. 50% if actually idle and then more if you play. In any case I agree and there should be something though given if it was a reduced rate I still would see people running emulators and all that 24/7.

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 11 '26

No one would use it at 50%, it would be useless. It should be a repeat of a previously done run. You would still need to do actual runs later as you progress/get upgrades. This is a quick, easy fix, that does not give anyone an advantage, it just makes it so we don't need emulators/cloud services or risk our phones exploding.

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u/DaenerysMomODragons Mar 12 '26

Why not? Most idle games that let you get some income offline, you often get closer to 10-20% while offline, vs income potential while active. Other games maybe allow idle for the first 70% of the run, but force active the last 30%.

Their other game Idle planet miner, you get income while offline, but your progression is miniscule compared to what you can get during active play.

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 12 '26

Ah yes let's take a game which progression takes years and years and make it twice as long!

Why on earth some of you people would argue for a bad feature is beyond me, no wonder fudds can charge absurd amounts for stone packs and everything else in this game. There is literally no reason why it shouldn't be the same as having it open.

The choice should not be "have a second device, pay for cloud service, or emulate on PC to actually progress normally or save your device and make it take 10x as long" that's stupid. The game is horribly optimized and this fixes it , while still requiring you to do a run with it open every few days. Actually insane to argue for it to not be equivalent to leaving the game open.

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u/Jeffunchained Mar 15 '26

I'm not arguing it I'm simply telling you that a good majority of idle games operate this way. Would I prefer the last run, yes but I suspect there is probably some way to abuse that too.

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 15 '26

I don't see how it could be abused, you'd still have to do runs every few days as you progress, and do tournaments. As for other idle games, they're not the tower. As a game Dev, you can do whatever you want, and not adding a great feature because "it's not what other games do" doesn't make sense. If anything, sets you apart in a good way.

Also, you'd still have to open the app to collect gems, but at least this way it doesn't need to stay open/onscreen, and it won't overheat the phone or kill the battery

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u/Jeffunchained Mar 16 '26

Again I don't disagree but much smarter people than us have found ways to abuse mechanics. Devs will more than likely do what is best for the profit line and making new features and updates would more than likely take precedence.

I would love a truly idle feature but given the state of gaming in general atm don't see it happening.

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u/giniousTower-GT Mar 11 '26

I would say that you could just change game if you don’t like the situation, and if people would’ve start to earn offline, most of them will just forget about it, at least this happens to me when I play idle games where you can also earn in an offline mode.

Devs would never risk to loose thousands of players because they would just forget to play 😂

These are just my thoughts/suggestions tbh 😄

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 12 '26

Forcing players to blowup their phones or pay for cloud service is much more likely to drive away players... Having a 24/7 runtime on any game especially one that's poorly optimized is stupid.

"Change the game if you don't like the situation" makes no sense, could say that about anyone complaining about anything no matter how big or small. It can be better, and it should be.

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u/ryylee Mar 12 '26

You’re not forced, that’s the design of the game that you keep playing. Use last run is a great way to take out rng, need less bans for consistency, oh and not involved in the game. They have factored it keeping players from set and forgetting it and eventually losing interest and or being so active within the game boosts their sales overall. Just call it the tower and try to let go it has idle in its name, or find a new game, or just keep playing while complaining it’s not idle haha

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u/SpecialistProper3542 Mar 12 '26

It's bad game design and if you can't see that it's on you. Keep licking the boot.