Cookie Clicker
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Extra Credits99 min
Number Go Up Featuring Orb of Creation 1.0 | Design Club
Incremental games, often categorized as idlers or clickers, are defined by a core design loop centered on the optimization of systems to achieve exponentially increasing values.
- Incremental games shift the player's role from a passive clicker to a manager of complex, interdependent systems by prioritizing the optimization of exponentially increasing values.
- Orb of Creation distinguishes itself within the genre by requiring active, strategic input across multi-layered systems like alchemy, gardening, and combat rituals rather than relying on passive idling.
- Long-term engagement in incremental games depends on balancing accessible early-game loops with high-complexity thresholds that prevent optimization traps and time-based penalties.
Extra CreditsJul 2026
Thomas Brush8 min
This New Genre For Game Devs Is A Gold Rush...
The current landscape for independent game development is characterized as a golden age, defined by the simultaneous emergence of multiple highly profitable, accessible genres.
- The current indie game market is experiencing a 'Golden Age' characterized by the simultaneous success of five to six distinct, high-performing genres that can be developed within a short 4-to-6-month timeframe.
- Friend-slop games are a major trend featuring small-scale, cooperative multiplayer experiences—distinct from party games—where players work toward a single shared goal, often with intentionally 'janky' aesthetics.
- Incremental or 'idle' games, such as clicker-based city builders and civilization simulators, are seeing a surge in popularity as developers apply the core mechanic to diverse themes.
Thomas BrushNov 2025