Hover over the aliens (or click if autoclick is turned off) to earn resources and XP. Every level will grant you a Research Point that you can use to buy Researches. Plan carefully what researches are you going to buy. At what point you buy them may have a big impact on your income. Percentage based researches will autoupdate but multipliers will multiply your current number affected by sequences and more. Research wisely! You can export/import your game in the menu. In case of wipe there^a

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