diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 90ceb71..833471c 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ Date.now/Math.random inside sim).
   tailnet Ollama when it's back if more are needed).
 
 ## Roadmap (agreed with John 2026-08-01)
-M1 art-forward Tier-1 slice (current) → M2 homelab tier + platform-decay
-treadmill (model tiers force retraining) → M3 VC mandates + hazards.
+✅ M1 art-forward Tier-1 slice (save/load, naming, SFX)
+✅ M2 platform-decay treadmill: platformAdapt rises per publish, throttles all
+   view rates (up to 85%), tier-up grants relief — verified loop: publish →
+   squeeze → train → relief. Infra: 20A sub-panel (+1500W), fiber uplink
+   (1Gbps/8 ports), Cash Furnace (burns $1.5/s for +40% views; John's idea,
+   keep it — endgame R&D tree should have a literal cash-conveyor upgrade).
+→ M3: VC mandates + rival CEO event system (fictional archetypes: Doom
+   Prophet, Hype Bro, Open-Weights Zealot, Legacy Giant) + hazards.
+Design pillars (John-approved framing): Throughput, Allocation, Attention,
+Capital, Expansion. Macro layer (Tier 4-5) = strategic map, NOT city-builder.
 Cut until earned: Tiers 3–5, immersion cooling, offshore ships, lobbying.
diff --git a/public/assets/gen/breaker_panel.png b/public/assets/gen/breaker_panel.png
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diff --git a/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem.png b/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem.png
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diff --git a/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem_cut.png b/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem_cut.png
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diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e25dce5..f36eb72 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ async function boot() {
   const el = document.getElementById("app")!;
   const loaded = loadState();
   const state = loaded ?? createState();
+  let wiped = false;
   const scene = new Scene();
   await scene.init(el);
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ async function boot() {
       hud.setWireActive(wireMode);
     },
     onAlloc: (v) => { state.allocTraining = v; },
-    onNewGame: () => { clearSave(); location.reload(); },
+    onNewGame: () => { wiped = true; clearSave(); location.reload(); },
   });
   hud.bindBreaker(state);
 
@@ -136,17 +137,19 @@ async function boot() {
   }
   requestAnimationFrame(loop);
 
-  // autosave
-  setInterval(() => saveState(state), 10_000);
-  window.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => saveState(state));
+  // autosave (suppressed after a New Game wipe so the wipe actually sticks)
+  setInterval(() => { if (!wiped) saveState(state); }, 10_000);
+  window.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => { if (!wiped) saveState(state); });
   document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => {
-    if (document.visibilityState === "hidden") saveState(state);
+    if (document.visibilityState === "hidden" && !wiped) saveState(state);
   });
 
   // debug/automation handle
   (window as never as Record<string, unknown>).__giga = {
     state, scene, place: (id: string, x: number, y: number) => place(state, id, x, y),
     wire: (a: number, b: number) => wire(state, a, b),
+    stepN: (n: number) => { for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) step(state); },
+    newGame: () => { wiped = true; clearSave(); location.reload(); },
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sim/balance.ts b/src/sim/balance.ts
index 2f92c5c..de710c8 100644
--- a/src/sim/balance.ts
+++ b/src/sim/balance.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@ export const BAL = {
   VIRAL_MULT_MAX: 25,
   CPM: 2.4, // $ per 1000 views
 
+  // Platform adaptation treadmill: every published video teaches the platforms'
+  // spam filters; wariness throttles ALL view rates until you train a fresh model.
+  ADAPT_PER_VIDEO: 0.03, // wariness gained per publish (soft-capped toward 1)
+  ADAPT_DECAY_S: 0.0005, // passive wariness loss per second (platforms drift)
+  ADAPT_MAX_PENALTY: 0.85, // at 100% wariness, views are cut by this fraction
+  ADAPT_TIER_RELIEF: 0.35, // wariness is multiplied by this on tier-up
+
   // Training / model tiers: tokens required to reach tier i+1, revenue multiplier per tier
   TIERS: [
     { name: "SlopLM-1B", mult: 1 },
-    { name: "SlopLM-7B", mult: 2.2, tokens: 6_000 },
+    { name: "SlopLM-7B", mult: 2.2, tokens: 4_000 },
     { name: "SlopLM-70B", mult: 5, tokens: 40_000 },
     { name: "SlopMoE-8x70B", mult: 12, tokens: 250_000 },
   ],
diff --git a/src/sim/catalog.ts b/src/sim/catalog.ts
index 7636c60..f798d68 100644
--- a/src/sim/catalog.ts
+++ b/src/sim/catalog.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export interface DeviceDef {
   coolRate?: number; // heat units/s removed (AC)
   fan?: boolean; // spreads heat (diffusion bonus)
   uplinkMbps?: number; // router-class device
+  ports?: number; // wired-device capacity for router-class (default 4)
+  circuitBonus?: number; // extra breaker watts (electrical infrastructure)
+  burnRate?: number; // $/s consumed while running (cash furnace)
+  hypeMult?: number; // bonus view multiplier while burning (stacks multiplicatively)
   wallOnly?: boolean;
   footprint: { w: number; h: number };
   sprite: string; // key in assets/gen/<sprite>_cut.png
@@ -60,12 +64,33 @@ export const CATALOG: DeviceDef[] = [
     coolRate: 14, wallOnly: true, footprint: { w: 1, h: 1 },
     sprite: "window_ac", unlockAt: 150,
   },
+  {
+    id: "breaker_panel", name: "20A Sub-Panel", cost: 350,
+    desc: "A real electrician? In this economy? +1500W circuit capacity.",
+    wattsIdle: 0, wattsLoad: 0, tokRate: 0, heatOut: 0,
+    circuitBonus: 1500, wallOnly: true, footprint: { w: 1, h: 1 },
+    sprite: "breaker_panel", unlockAt: 300,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "fiber_modem", name: "Fiber Uplink", cost: 600,
+    desc: "1 Gbps of pure slop throughput. 8 ports. The ISP guy asked no questions.",
+    wattsIdle: 25, wattsLoad: 25, tokRate: 0, heatOut: 0.4,
+    uplinkMbps: 1000, ports: 8, footprint: { w: 1, h: 1 },
+    sprite: "fiber_modem", unlockAt: 500,
+  },
   {
     id: "server_rack_mini", name: "Half Rack", cost: 1800,
     desc: "eBay special. 120 tok/s. Your breaker is already crying.",
     wattsIdle: 200, wattsLoad: 2000, tokRate: 120, heatOut: 20,
     footprint: { w: 2, h: 2 }, sprite: "server_rack_mini", unlockAt: 900,
   },
+  {
+    id: "cash_furnace", name: "Cash Furnace", cost: 2500,
+    desc: "Burns $1.50/s. Views +40% while lit. Marketing, technically. Works during blackouts.",
+    wattsIdle: 0, wattsLoad: 0, tokRate: 0, heatOut: 6,
+    burnRate: 1.5, hypeMult: 0.4, footprint: { w: 1, h: 1 },
+    sprite: "cash_furnace", unlockAt: 5000,
+  },
 ];
 
 export const DEF = Object.fromEntries(CATALOG.map((d) => [d.id, d]));
diff --git a/src/sim/sim.ts b/src/sim/sim.ts
index 596e08c..2ab7a2d 100644
--- a/src/sim/sim.ts
+++ b/src/sim/sim.ts
@@ -75,18 +75,17 @@ export function sell(s: SimState, uid: number) {
   pushEvent(s, `Sold ${def.name} (+$${Math.round(def.cost * 0.5)})`, "info");
 }
 
-export const ROUTER_PORTS = 4;
-
 export function wire(s: SimState, deviceUid: number, routerUid: number): string | null {
   const dev = s.devices.find((d) => d.uid === deviceUid);
   const rt = s.devices.find((d) => d.uid === routerUid);
   if (!dev || !rt) return "missing device";
   if (!DEF[dev.defId].tokRate) return "nothing to wire there";
   if (!DEF[rt.defId].uplinkMbps) return "that's not a router";
+  const ports = DEF[rt.defId].ports ?? 4;
   const used = s.devices.filter((d) => d.wiredTo === routerUid).length;
-  if (used >= ROUTER_PORTS) return "router ports full (4)";
+  if (used >= ports) return `router ports full (${ports})`;
   dev.wiredTo = routerUid;
-  pushEvent(s, `Wired ${DEF[dev.defId].name} to router`, "info");
+  pushEvent(s, `Wired ${DEF[dev.defId].name} to ${DEF[rt.defId].name}`, "info");
   return null;
 }
 
@@ -96,8 +95,12 @@ export function resetBreaker(s: SimState) {
 }
 
 export function breakerLimit(s: SimState): number {
-  const strips = s.devices.filter((d) => d.defId === "power_strip").length;
-  return BAL.BREAKER_WATTS + strips * 200;
+  let limit = BAL.BREAKER_WATTS;
+  for (const d of s.devices) {
+    if (d.defId === "power_strip") limit += 200;
+    limit += DEF[d.defId].circuitBonus ?? 0;
+  }
+  return limit;
 }
 
 function tierMult(s: SimState): number {
@@ -116,7 +119,8 @@ export function step(s: SimState) {
     const def = DEF[d.defId];
     // desired utilization: compute devices run flat out when wired; coolers when on
     d.util = d.on ? (def.tokRate ? (d.wiredTo !== null ? 1 : 0.1) : 1) : 0;
-    d.powered = d.on && !s.breakerTripped;
+    // furnaces don't care about your breaker — fire predates electricity
+    d.powered = def.burnRate ? d.on : d.on && !s.breakerTripped;
     if (d.powered) watts += def.wattsIdle + (def.wattsLoad - def.wattsIdle) * d.util;
   }
   if (!s.breakerTripped && watts > limit) {
@@ -201,7 +205,18 @@ export function step(s: SimState) {
   if (nextTier && s.trainTokens >= nextTier.tokens!) {
     s.tier++;
     s.trainTokens = 0;
+    s.platformAdapt *= BAL.ADAPT_TIER_RELIEF;
+    s.adaptStage = 0;
     pushEvent(s, `🧠 MODEL TIER UP: ${nextTier.name} (revenue x${nextTier.mult})`, "good");
+    pushEvent(s, `😎 ${nextTier.name} slop slips right past the spam filters`, "good");
+  }
+
+  // platform adaptation drifts back down while you're not spamming
+  s.platformAdapt = Math.max(0, s.platformAdapt - BAL.ADAPT_DECAY_S * dt);
+  const stages = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75];
+  while (s.adaptStage < stages.length && s.platformAdapt >= stages[s.adaptStage]) {
+    s.adaptStage++;
+    pushEvent(s, `🤖 Platforms updated their spam filters (wariness ${Math.round(stages[s.adaptStage - 1] * 100)}%)`, "bad");
   }
 
   // slop videos
@@ -215,14 +230,32 @@ export function step(s: SimState) {
       born: s.t, views: 0, rate: 0, viral, dead: false,
     };
     s.videos.push(v);
+    s.platformAdapt = Math.min(1, s.platformAdapt + BAL.ADAPT_PER_VIDEO * (1 - s.platformAdapt));
     if (viral > 6) pushEvent(s, `🔥 VIDEO WENT VIRAL (x${viral.toFixed(0)})`, "good");
     if (s.videos.length > 40) s.videos.shift();
   }
+  // cash furnaces: burn money, buy attention
+  let hype = 1;
+  for (const d of s.devices) {
+    const def = DEF[d.defId];
+    if (!def.burnRate || !d.on) continue;
+    const burn = def.burnRate * dt;
+    if (s.cash >= burn) {
+      s.cash -= burn;
+      hype *= 1 + (def.hypeMult ?? 0);
+      d.util = 1;
+    } else {
+      d.util = 0; // starved — no cash, no hype
+    }
+  }
+
+  const adaptMult = (1 - s.platformAdapt * BAL.ADAPT_MAX_PENALTY) * hype;
   for (const v of s.videos) {
     if (v.dead) continue;
     const age = s.t - v.born;
     if (age > BAL.VIDEO_LIFETIME_S) { v.dead = true; v.rate = 0; continue; }
-    v.rate = BAL.VIDEO_BASE_VIEWS_S * v.viral * tm * Math.exp(-age / (BAL.VIDEO_LIFETIME_S / 3));
+    v.rate = BAL.VIDEO_BASE_VIEWS_S * v.viral * tm * adaptMult *
+      Math.exp(-age / (BAL.VIDEO_LIFETIME_S / 3));
     v.views += v.rate * dt;
     income += (v.rate * dt * BAL.CPM) / 1000;
   }
@@ -243,6 +276,7 @@ export function step(s: SimState) {
   r.uplinkMbps = uplink;
   r.dataMult = dataMult;
   r.maxTemp = maxTemp;
+  r.adapt = s.platformAdapt;
 }
 
 export function shopList(s: SimState) {
diff --git a/src/sim/state.ts b/src/sim/state.ts
index 7d839ad..4df61d5 100644
--- a/src/sim/state.ts
+++ b/src/sim/state.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export interface SimState {
   allocTraining: number; // 0..1 share of compute
   tier: number;
   trainTokens: number;
+  platformAdapt: number; // 0..1 spam-filter wariness
+  adaptStage: number; // last threshold toasted (0-3)
   tokenBank: number;
   videos: Video[];
   rates: {
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export interface SimState {
     uplinkMbps: number;
     dataMult: number;
     maxTemp: number;
+    adapt: number;
   };
   events: { msg: string; t: number; kind: string }[];
   rng: number;
@@ -67,11 +70,14 @@ export function createState(): SimState {
     allocTraining: 0.25,
     tier: 0,
     trainTokens: 0,
+    platformAdapt: 0,
+    adaptStage: 0,
     tokenBank: 0,
     videos: [],
     rates: {
       watts: 0, breakerWatts: BAL.BREAKER_WATTS, tokEff: 0, income: 0,
       powerCost: 0, demandMbps: 0, uplinkMbps: 0, dataMult: 1, maxTemp: BAL.AMBIENT_C,
+      adapt: 0,
     },
     events: [],
     rng: 0x5109a & 0xffffffff,
diff --git a/src/ui/hud.css b/src/ui/hud.css
index 781eb11..32db078 100644
--- a/src/ui/hud.css
+++ b/src/ui/hud.css
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
 
 #hint { position: absolute; bottom: 12px; right: 215px; color: var(--dim); font-size: 11px; text-align: right; }
 
+#adapt.hot { color: var(--red); }
+#flash { position: fixed; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; z-index: 99;
+  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 45%, rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.35), transparent 60%);
+  animation: flashfade 0.7s forwards; }
+@keyframes flashfade { 0% { opacity: 0; } 15% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; } }
+
 #name-modal { position: fixed; inset: 0; background: rgba(5, 5, 10, 0.85); display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; pointer-events: auto; }
 #name-box { padding: 28px 32px; text-align: center; width: 360px; }
 #name-box h2 { margin: 0 0 4px; letter-spacing: 0.3em; color: var(--purple); }
diff --git a/src/ui/hud.ts b/src/ui/hud.ts
index 051ebd5..5dde7db 100644
--- a/src/ui/hud.ts
+++ b/src/ui/hud.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class Hud {
         <div class="stat"><span class="label">SLOP RATE</span><span class="val" id="tok">0 tok/s</span></div>
         <div class="stat"><span class="label">UPLINK</span><span class="val" id="net">0/0 Mbps</span></div>
         <div class="stat"><span class="label">MODEL</span><span class="val" id="tier">SlopLM-1B</span><div class="bar train"><div id="trainbar"></div></div></div>
+        <div class="stat" title="Platform spam-filter wariness. Publishing raises it, views drop as it climbs. Train a new model tier for relief."><span class="label">ALGO HEAT</span><span class="val" id="adapt">0%</span><div class="bar"><div id="adaptbar"></div></div></div>
         <button id="breaker-reset">RESET BREAKER</button>
       </div>
       <div id="controls" class="panel">
@@ -173,6 +174,12 @@ export class Hud {
     q("#tok").textContent = fmt(s.rates.tokEff, 1) + " tok/s";
     q("#net").textContent = `${fmt(s.rates.demandMbps, 0)}/${fmt(s.rates.uplinkMbps, 0)} Mbps`;
     (q("#net") as HTMLElement).style.color = s.rates.dataMult < 1 ? "var(--red)" : "";
+    const ad = s.rates.adapt;
+    q("#adapt").textContent = Math.round(ad * 100) + "%";
+    q("#adapt").classList.toggle("hot", ad > 0.5);
+    (q("#adaptbar") as HTMLElement).style.width = Math.round(ad * 100) + "%";
+    (q("#adaptbar") as HTMLElement).style.background =
+      ad > 0.5 ? "var(--red)" : ad > 0.25 ? "var(--amber)" : "var(--green)";
     q("#tier").textContent = BAL.TIERS[s.tier].name;
     const nt = BAL.TIERS[s.tier + 1];
     (q("#trainbar") as HTMLElement).style.width = nt ? Math.min(100, (s.trainTokens / nt.tokens!) * 100) + "%" : "100%";
@@ -198,6 +205,12 @@ export class Hud {
     for (const ev of s.events.slice(this.lastEventCount)) {
       if (ev.kind === "bad") sfx.breaker();
       else if (ev.kind === "good") ev.msg.includes("TIER UP") ? sfx.tierUp() : sfx.viral();
+      if (ev.msg.includes("VIRAL")) {
+        const f = document.createElement("div");
+        f.id = "flash";
+        document.body.appendChild(f);
+        setTimeout(() => f.remove(), 700);
+      }
       if (ev.kind === "buy") continue;
       const t = document.createElement("div");
       t.className = "toast " + ev.kind;
diff --git a/tools/__pycache__/mb_gen.cpython-314.pyc b/tools/__pycache__/mb_gen.cpython-314.pyc
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diff --git a/tools/mb_add.py b/tools/mb_add.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efbe1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mb_add.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""One-off: generate additional sprites without re-running the whole batch.
+Usage: python3 tools/mb_add.py  (edit NEW below per run)"""
+import json, pathlib, sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent))
+from mb_gen import ROOT, STYLE, flux_spec, run_batch, upload, beat
+
+NEW = [
+    ("cash_furnace", "a cast iron pot-belly furnace with door open, burning dollar bills visible in the flames, loose stacks of cash on the floor beside it, warm orange fire glow"),
+]
+
+gen = ROOT / "public/assets/gen"
+raw = run_batch([flux_spec(n, STYLE + d, 768, 768) for n, d in NEW], gen)
+beat("bg removal for new sprites")
+cuts = run_batch(
+    [(f"{n}_cut", "bg_remove_local", upload(gen / f"{n}.png"),
+      {"resolution": 1024, "background": "transparent"}) for n, _ in NEW], gen)
+
+# autocrop like the main pipeline
+from PIL import Image
+for n, _ in NEW:
+    p = gen / f"{n}_cut.png"
+    im = Image.open(p).convert("RGBA")
+    bbox = im.split()[-1].getbbox()
+    if bbox:
+        l, t, r, b = bbox
+        im.crop((max(0, l - 8), max(0, t - 8), min(im.width, r + 8), min(im.height, b + 8))).save(p)
+
+mpath = ROOT / "tools/mb_manifest.json"
+m = json.loads(mpath.read_text())
+m.update(raw); m.update(cuts)
+mpath.write_text(json.dumps(m, indent=2))
+beat(f"added {list(raw)} + cuts")
diff --git a/tools/mb_manifest.json b/tools/mb_manifest.json
index 977545f..433fc14 100644
--- a/tools/mb_manifest.json
+++ b/tools/mb_manifest.json
@@ -133,5 +133,35 @@
     "job": "6f2f27867c46",
     "asset": "bd5a265f6ede",
     "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/slop/slop_09.png"
+  },
+  "breaker_panel": {
+    "job": "09c19f1f6f31",
+    "asset": "c571b9c44b21",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/breaker_panel.png"
+  },
+  "fiber_modem": {
+    "job": "64652f7c738a",
+    "asset": "b546204be4f7",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem.png"
+  },
+  "breaker_panel_cut": {
+    "job": "dfc878ce1239",
+    "asset": "a61cd4310322",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/breaker_panel_cut.png"
+  },
+  "fiber_modem_cut": {
+    "job": "8b6d1a75ad4c",
+    "asset": "4184306b54ba",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/fiber_modem_cut.png"
+  },
+  "cash_furnace": {
+    "job": "8288ff41ccbb",
+    "asset": "a17b4a6e504b",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/cash_furnace.png"
+  },
+  "cash_furnace_cut": {
+    "job": "b8b0755ee459",
+    "asset": "4dca1b9e28b0",
+    "path": "/Users/jing/Documents/gigaslop/public/assets/gen/cash_furnace_cut.png"
   }
 }
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