🎯 Goal
Build a DJ empire. Generate energy with booths, boost it with laptops, sell it for cash, and upgrade your way to legendary status.
🔁 Core Loop
- Buy DJ Booths — produce energy automatically on a timer
- Place Laptops nearby — boost booth output with multipliers
- Energy flows straight into your inventory as it's generated
- Sell energy to Sellers for Cash + XP (25% / 50% / ALL)
- Buy upgrades, buffs, and stronger gear from the Shop
- Expand into bigger areas with more space
⚡ Key Systems
- Booths — core producers; bigger tiers = more energy per cycle
- Laptops — boost stations; place close to booths for the multiplier
- Space Slots — each item costs slots; areas have limits; manage wisely
- Manage Mode — sell items for 70% back, store them, or reposition freely
- Record Shop — buy temp buffs and permanent upgrades for massive gains
- Festivals — timed events scored by your empire's power; big rewards await
🎪 Festivals
- Earn Fans 🎤 by selling energy (unlocks at Level 4)
- Enter festivals — pay a cash fee and fan requirement
- Crowd Hype builds during the event based on your booth + laptop setup
- Hit Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum thresholds for bigger rewards
- Rare drops: buff tapes, upgrade shards, event tokens
💡 Tips
- Cluster booths together for up to +20% combo bonus
- Always keep a laptop in range — even basic 1.0x is better than nothing
- A full inventory pauses production — sell regularly
- Buy Crowd Igniter buff before a festival for a huge hype boost
- Prestige at Level 10+ for a permanent +20% income multiplier
LATEST
Frontstage Menu Update
v0.4.0
Full Start Screen overhaul with Red Smoke Core visuals — animated smoke layers, pulsing red glow, spark particles, Info tab, and in-game patch notes. Gives the game a proper front door and better onboarding.
✅ v0.4.0 Added
- Full Start Screen with Red Smoke Core theme
- Play button with fade-out transition to gameplay
- Info tab — comprehensive How to Play guide
- Updates tab — in-game versioned patch notes
- Animated layered smoke + radial glow + vignette
- Light sweep, floating spark particles, equalizer bars
- Title pulse + flicker glow effect
- Tab switching system with Back button
🎪 v0.3.0 — Headliner Expansion
- Festivals tab with 6 event tiers (Backyard → World Headliner)
- Fans currency — earned from selling energy
- Crowd Hype system — your empire power scores events
- Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum grading
- Rare drops: buff tapes, upgrade shards, event tokens
- VIP Event Shop (unlocks after 3 festival runs)
- Auto-Event system for passive late-game income
- 7 Event Upgrades + 4 Permanent Event Buffs tab
🏗️ v0.2.0 — Space Management
- Slot system — items cost 1–4 slots, areas have caps
- Manage Mode — sell (70% back), store, or reposition items
- Storage panel — 5 slots, upgradeable via Storage Expansion
- 3-button sell system: 25% / 50% / ALL
- Item context menu with exact refund preview
⚡ v0.1.0 — Core Game
- DJ Booths auto-generate energy into inventory
- Laptops as boost stations (not containers)
- Record Shop with temp buffs + permanent upgrades
- Crew system, prestige, 7 areas, auto-sell
🚀 Coming Next
- Settings tab + audio controls
- Stats screen and player history
- Save / load system
- Skin system for booths and laptops
- Special limited-time festival events