So that’s a bit of history, now let’s talk about core specifics, then break it down to some tips for various popular games. Clickers are a more active version, but ultimately, it's all about the idea of a character grinding enemies endlessly for higher and higher numbers. Idle games emulate an MMO by being a parody, of sorts, to how MMOs work.
#INSTANITY CLICKER STRATEGY OFFLINE#
You can have clicking elements (click for extra damage), boosts, and more to incentivize watching the screen and a standard is offline earning. The core idea is you let it run, then roll in during the day upgrading your stats and your ability to progress, until you want to reset giving yourself bonus stats on the next playthrough. They include Clicker Heroes, AdVenture Capitalist, Jelly Lift, DPS Idle, Auto Turret, Auto-Attack!, and those were pretty much the ones released in the last month.
Now, the Internet is crazy in love with idle games again, with most flash game sites being assaulted daily with new ones that are overtaking some of the more classic forever at the top lists. A few years later, Cookie Clicker showed up and sent the ‘net into a frenzy of idling and clicking.
How that works, don’t ask me, it reigned forever. Now, of course, Progress Quest is still around, going as far to have an emulated WinXP desktop on the play online screen, with an emulated version of the program running.Īt some point, anti-idle came out, being a parody of idle games, and being pretty much the best idle game. You know what, we don’t talk a lot about time = skill, but in the infinite number of dimensions and realities that could exist, I’m sure we’ve probably already done it, so good enough.Īnyway, Progress Quest was a parody of EQ and MMOs by basically automatically playing the game for you, showing your stats and loot, and all that junk. Okay, so the idea is you idle, this was originally brought to the main stream by IdleRPG on IRC and Progress Quest, which was viral in the gaming community as a parody of EverQuest. Basics of Idle GamesĪka how does this have anything to do with MMOs? I'm going to address the column part by talking a bit about the history of idle games and sort of about how they relate to MMOs, then provide some tips if you're somehow completely brain dead like I am and get some minor amusement out of numbers slowly going up while you're busy with other things. Anywho, I want to talk about idle games and give some hints on ‘em since they’re crazy popular right now. So now I always have some kind of flash game open, going as far to be level 53 on Kongregate right now (lol). The reason is that I’m an MMO gamer, right, so there is a ton of downtime, and over the years I just played flash games while regenerating or doing anything. Well, if ya didn’t know, I love flash games.