The release date for Drop Pockets is here!

Drop Pockets will release in early access on 8/8/2025!

I hope you look forward to the full game!

• Fixed an issue where selling an equipped cue would crash the game

• Fixed slime ball info menu displaying incorrect info

• Fixed ball information for slime balls and mimics

• Fixed an issue where bridges and rack slots would cost nothing to purchase

• Fixed an issue where sinking an echoed ball into a heavenly pocket would give 1000 losses and/or crash the game

• Fixed an issue where pockets would not purchase

• Fixed an issue where the pocket tooltips did not reset

• Fixed the tooltip for big and small slime balls

• Wishing well pocket can no longer target the cue ball

• Fixed the ball info menu not properly displaying the echoed effect

• Fixed an issue where text in the stash menu did not appear

• Fixed an issue where balls would be pulled into a magnetic pocket when in a bear trap

• Fixed pocket tooltips not displaying the correct effects

• Fixed an issue where some items in the shop would take cash but not purchase

• Fixed a rare issue where the game would not end if an 8 ball sinks during the transition to shark phase

• Penrose rack price increased to $42

• Additional prize pool ball price increased to $5

• Hot pocket bonus decreased to to 5 per stack

• Hot ball bonus increased to 10 per stack

• Scratching when using Exhibition felt no longer costs a life

• Max stalls when using Exhibition felt have been reduced to 15

• Pockets now close immediately upon reaching requirement, and re-open when shark setup completes

• Magnet pockets now only effect large balls if the pocket can sink it

• Felt background colors of items when using Exhibition felt have been corrected

• Fixed an issue where the restock counter would not display properly

• Increased price of bridges

• Increased rarity of bridges

• Decreased price of rack slots

• Removed polishes that change balls into other balls

• Changed Space Cadet's difficulty to easy

• Fixed an issue where balls with temporary effects would display info incorrectly

• Fixed an issue where Oba Doba's curse effects would nullify all score

The ball info menu has been expanded into its own info card! Pressing on a ball will open a small menu, with a button to open the larger menu.

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Also, the prices for every cue has been reduced! Now creating a collection to swap between will be much cheaper!

Misc fixes:

• Fixed Bomb not returning balls from sinking pocket

• Fixed Shop ball not giving a restock coupon

• Fixed an issue where pocket tooltips would not reset even when restarting the game

• Fixed an issue where menus would break when defeating a Pool Shark at the same time as running out of lives

Children of Madness now has a discord server!

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• Ball base score buttons have been added to the rack selection screen

• During rack selection, the chosen ball will now follow your mouse

• The ball info menu now shows on hover instead of on press.

  • A full rework of the ball info menu has begun, so please look forward to that in a future update.

Misc fixes:

• Fixed the tooltips of multiple pockets

  • Ice fishing hole

  • Soda can

  • Off-road tire

  • Neck pillow

  • Broken window

• fixed an issue where pocket items would not be consumed

Ball changes

• Orange: Added solid ball scoring

• Lemon: Added solid ball scoring

• Watermelon: Added striped ball scoring

• Mars: Added solid ball scoring

• Uranus: Added frozen ball scoring

• Neptune: Added frozen ball scoring

• Pluto: Added frozen ball scoring

• Hockey puck: Added frozen ball scoring

• Basketball: Added rubber ball scoring

• Bowling ball: Added solid ball scoring

• Eyeball: Now scores an additional time in targeted pocket

Fixes

• Fixed Molehill rack

• Fixed Mt. Everest rack

• Fixed Mt. Rushmore rack

• Fixed Mt. Fuji rack

• Fixed Mt. Vesuvius

• Fixed Mt. Olympus rack

• Fixed striped ball polish not properly changing balls

• Fixed solid ball polish not properly changing balls

• Added clarification about cursed balls to Gabaghoul's boss description

• Added clarification about locking your aim to the tutorial

• Fixed a bug where the cue ball and eight ball could be deleted

• Fixed the pockets tooltips not resetting on a new run

• Updated tutorial to include stash menu, and more cue inventory details

• Fixed an issue where stash balls would sometimes remain on the table when not in the rack

• Fixed ball materials not having proper physics

• Fixed collision on ghost balls

• Fixed layering issues on glass balls

• Fixed the scratch penalty on Classic and Secondhand felts

• Added the ability to remove balls from your stash

• Added an animation to the Pool Shark selection screen

• Added an animation when a Pool Shark arrives

The stash menu is here! You can now see your current stash of balls when in the shop or selecting prize pool rewards
You may also notice a couple extra indents outside the rack there. In addition to the stash menu, I've also added the ability to expand your rack!
Rack slots can now be purchased in the shop. The rack can hold up to 18 additional slots, making for a maximum of 33 balls. Finally, all visuals for every ball have been adjusted. If I did it right, everything should look just about the same, but stutters when new balls are created will be minimal. As a result, there may be visual errors that slipped through the cracks. I hope you enjoy this update! -SkeletalGadget

• Slightly updated the tutorial
• The item menu is now accessible when in the shop or picking rewards from prize pool
• Added buttons in the stats newspaper to delete your save file in the event of persisting errors (sorry)