☝ Touch shortcuts. Hold an empty cell to build from a ring around your thumb. Drag up on a tower to upgrade it, sideways to change its target, down between waves to sell. Two fingers = Focus; pinch = speed. Every one of these is also a button on the bar.
🏰 Hold the Mark. Each glitch that slips past dims the star. Lose all 8 integrity and you regroup — no harm done.
🗼 Build with the brand. Tap a tower, then tap an open tile. Mint Ring slows, Cream M peppers, Amber Star splashes, Navy Bastion hits hard.
🧘 Focus is your superpower. Focus charges during waves — faster when you pause between decisions instead of tapping rapidly. At 100%, tap FOCUS for six seconds of Thinking Time.
⚡ The Wave Director is watching. Cruise through a wave and it raises the stakes mid-wave. Struggle, and it eases the pace.
✴️ Utilities are finite. Flares, washes and patches don't refill mid-level. Spend them wisely.