Upgrade Points: Growth, Demo Limits and Progress

How are upgrade points earned?

In response to a demo player, plankapkangames says the tutorial should make it clearer that growing hyphae is the way to get points. The player describes additional tendrils from an existing node continuing to award them. This supports checking growth as a progression action, not an exact points-per-branch formula.

Why does progress seem to stop in the demo?

October feedback includes players reaching the available upgrade limit and seeing locked options. The developer describes the demo as a very shortened version and mentions more mushrooms, animals above and below ground and different soil levels for the full game. Those comments describe development scope, not a complete launch unlock tree.

Should you follow a fixed point-farming route?

Not from these reports alone. They concern an October demo before Demo 2.0 explicitly changed balance. Observe the current reward, resource cost and available upgrades together. A claim of infinite free points or a universally fastest grind would require stronger current-build evidence than the discussion supplies.

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