Not a single title, but any incremental “clicker” game. What’s the point? Seems like “hurr durr number go up”.
I’m pretty sure idle games started out as explicit commentary on this exact idea, distilling the very essence of video game progression into concentrated form.
Sure. But what exactly is that commentary? To me it feels super cynical, like “Look, people are suckers and you don’t need to waste effort on story and gameplay, they’re happy to just mindlessly click buttons”.
I’m pretty sure idle games started out as explicit commentary on this exact idea, distilling the very essence of video game progression into concentrated form.
Sure. But what exactly is that commentary? To me it feels super cynical, like “Look, people are suckers and you don’t need to waste effort on story and gameplay, they’re happy to just mindlessly click buttons”.