Chop Chains News

After the demo, Steam Next Fest, and over 26,000 wishlists... the big day is almost here. 🪓🌲

If you haven't wishlisted the game yet, now is the time — it helps us more than you know!
👉 Wishlist Chop Chains on Steam

[h2]❤️ A huge thank you[/h2]
We honestly never expected things to grow this fast. When we launched the first demo on Itch.io, we had no idea where this journey would take us. Seeing the community grow, reading your feedback, watching you share the game with your friends... it means everything to us.

Every wishlist, every kind word, every bug report, all of it helped shape Chop Chains into what it is today. You are part of this game.

Steam Next Fest was a milestone we'll never forget. Over 3,000 wishlists in a single week, players climbing the leaderboards, and so much positive energy from the community.

Now, April 10th is just around the corner. We've been working hard to make sure the full release is everything you've been waiting for, and we can't wait for you to experience it. 🌲🪓

Thank you for being part of this forest from the very beginning.

Alexis & Clarisse 🌿

Hey everyone!

Here's a roundup of everything that's changed since the last Steam post!

I'll be honest — I have a hard time keeping up with patch notes on Steam. If you want to follow updates in real time, I'm much more active on Discord: https://discord.gg/hWZjjxpTmG

🌲 Patch 0.1.5

✨ NEW
• Added a retry button for Time Attack
• Convert popup background now closes when clicked

🔧 UPDATE
• Reduced Forest wood generation (50 → 20 per cycle)
• Increased Trials 1 difficulty
• Balanced ultimate demo trials
• Slime Axe passive is now disabled in Trials
• Updated Void Skills descriptions to clarify which Tree or Axe upgrades they unlock

🐛 BUG FIXES
• Fixed convert popup fade when Trials or Control popup is active
• Fixed Prestige achievement in-game translations
• Fixed Russian tab scaling issue

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🌲 Patch 0.1.6

✨ NEW
• Some skills now require a minimum star rating in Trials to be unlocked

🔧 UPDATE
• Updated Prestige reset translation in Skill Tree
• Updated Time Attack achievements descriptions

🐛 BUG FIXES
• Fixed Cancel button sending an error
• Fixed Spanish and German translations
• Fixed "can buy axe" indicator

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🌲 Patch 0.1.7

✨ NEW
• Hold Shift to buy all instant upgrades at once

🔧 UPDATE
• Reworked leaderboard saving and score uploading
• Trees in Time Attack now grant points based on type, better trees = more points:
Normal → 1 pt
Super → 2 pts
Chest → 3 pts
Slime → 3 pts
Mini Slime → 1 pt
Balloon → 8 pts
Teleport → 16 pts
Dark → 32 pts
Ghost → 64 pts
Clone → 128 pts
Defense → 256 pts

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🌲 Patch 0.1.8

✨ NEW
• Added a Review button in menu, settings and end screen

🔧 UPDATE
• Updated converter rate (10:1 → 5:1) — ratio stays at 5:1 when converting to a higher tier wood
• Updated Forest prices to support big integers (removes int overflow)
• Reduced Forest price exponent

🐛 BUG FIXES
• Fix water animation around the island
• Fixed Forest level not resetting on Prestige
• Fixed soft lock when switching tabs (1 2 3 4 5) while a popup is active
• Fixed "Add restart wood" void skill now instantly gives wood when purchased
• Fixed auto-swipe cursor continuing when window loses focus or alt-tabbing
• Fixed total skills bought / total stats display

Thanks for all the feedback and reports — it helps a lot! ❤️

Next Fest was incredible. Seriously — thank you. We didn't expect that kind of response and it means everything to us.

Now it's time to finish the job. 🪓

The full game drops on April 10th, and to celebrate we're doing a 20% launch week discount:

• Launch week: $4.79 / €4.79
• After that: $5.99 / €5.99

We're in the final stretch — polishing, fixing, chopping bugs. Almost there.

Join the Discord if you want to follow the last few days before launch. See you on April 10th! 🌲

[p]Hey everyone![/p][p]Hotfix 0.1.4 is out — sorry for the quick follow-up patch, I may have added a few too many useful tools combined with a massive Forest boost in 0.1.3 😅[/p][p]✨ NEW[/p][p]• Added icons for all skills in game[/p][p]🔧 UPDATE[/p][p]• Reduced Forest wood generation (100 → 20 per cycle)[/p][p]• Reduced conversion ratio for higher wood to lower wood (10:1 → 100:1)[/p][p]🐛 BUG FIXES[/p][p]• Fixed Infinite Chains void upgrade buying loop[/p][p]• Fixed Slime and Axe Slime achievements not triggering correctly[/p][p]• Fixed Russian UI title display issue[/p][p]• Fixed Steam achievement names in demo[/p][p]• Fixed Mini Slime Army and Time Attack achievements not unlocking[/p][p]Thanks for the reports and for your patience! ❤️[/p]

[p]Hey everyone![/p][p]Patch 0.1.3 is out! Here's what's new:[/p][p]✨ NEW[/p][p]• Added a wood converter — useful early on to turn excess wood into what you actually need[/p][p]• Added auto-swipe to prevent arm fatigue (H key) — speed & amplitude adjustable in settings[/p][p]• Added achievements for the full game and some for the demo, now integrated with Steam[/p][p]• Added a new skill for the full game: Full Island Spawn via Prestige[/p][p]🔧 UPDATE[/p][p]• Balanced tree HP, skill costs and trials[/p][p]• Double Resource Tree now has a yellow outline[/p][p]• Forest generation increased (10 → 100 per cycle), base speed reduced (15s → 10s)[/p][p]• "Start with wood" augment value increased (100 → 250 per level)[/p][p]• Slime Axe has a slightly different skin[/p][p]• Updated Storm interval and Mole descriptions[/p][p]• Added all new tree skins and axes for the full game[/p][p]🐛 BUG FIXES[/p][p]• Fixed Dark Tree behavior[/p][p]• Fixed Control Panel being active during Time Attack mode[/p][p]• Removed line and island damage (was causing lag and visual issues)[/p][p]• Fixed some full game bugs[/p][p]Thanks for playing and for all the feedback — it helps a lot! ❤️[/p]