Growing My ManholeTHE FIELD GUIDE
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Start with the run loop, then work on the upgrade or card choice holding you back.

Size 13 hole consuming a crowded scene of trees, land and stars
Choose a guide for the part of your run that needs attention. Steam screenshot · © SylverDev / Gearbyte Games

No matching guide. Try hunger, upgrades, or boosters.

01 / Run loop

Runs ending too soon?

Understand Size and Hunger, read your run result, and work toward the five areas without confusing the early demo with the full game.

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02 / Upgrade decisions

What should you upgrade?

Separate a shortage of objects from a collection problem. Read the upgrade tree, compare the next purchase, and test whether it improves your run.

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03 / Booster Packs

Are your boosters helping?

Understand the Hypersonic speed-versus-range tradeoff, find the Gallery, and compare Booster Packs against the problem holding your run back.

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04 / Areas & progression

Explore the five areas

Understand the five named areas, object tiers and Size without confusing an area overview with exact unlock requirements.

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05 / Objects & results

Read your collection results

Identify the objects shown in the run result and compare collection counts, Total and Best Run without guessing item prices.

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06 / Controls & menus

Find your way around the menus

Navigate the run, upgrade tree and card menus with the pictured controls, plus browser focus and controller-selection checks.

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07 / Demo & full game

Choose the right game edition

Compare the early browser showcase, Steam demo and full Steam game, with official links and clear save-transfer boundaries.

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08 / Performance & saves

Fix lag without losing progress

Separate crowded-scene lag from Hunger endings, retry safely and understand the early demo Delete Data control.

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