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I think I'm going to just release a game called "Push the Button". There's a big red button in the middle of the goddamned screen and the objective is to push
by beedogs 13y ago
I think I'm going to just release a game called "Push the Button". There's a big red button in the middle of the goddamned screen and the objective is to push it as many times as you can. As long as I don't kill a guy in Guam, I think I'll be set for life; I base this assumption on the H.L. Mencken conjecture.
- bertil 13y agoIt's been tried as a joke not unlike yours, under the name ‘Click a cow’, and made a lot of money and many enthusiast (many ironically) players. Apparently, what you are set for life with are unending questions about the nature of what is fun, and designing meta-games.
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- dwd 13y agoDon't forget this insanity http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
- zecho 13y agoIt was Cow Clicker and it was a weird, terrible experiment. http://www.bogost.com/blog/cow_clicker_1.shtml http://www.bogost.com/blog/cow_clicker_1.shtml http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/
- tokipin 13y agothere was also a short NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518949/ http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518949/
- xster 13y agoIt's on Wired too Related note: can't believe that was 2011 when I read it. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/ Time flies terrifyingly fast.
- tokipin 13y agono kidding. i'm afraid of seeing how long ago it was that i created this HN account...
- headgasket 13y agoI just read the wikipedia write up about this -ROFL. Seriously I cant believe I missed this while it occurred. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker
- nobbyclark 13y agoThe goal needs to be _not_ pushing the button. You leave the app open, it makes light and noise. High score the longer you leave the app running _without_ pushing the button
- Orangeair 13y agoReminds me of the old flash game "Don't Shoot the Puppy".
- foz 13y agoAs the creator of that old game (which is long gone), I can say there are still people coming back asking for the theme song, which apparently, they can't stop listening to once it's started playing.
- fossuser 13y agoHaha I liked that flash game - my favorite level was the one where after you hit start the word didn't disappear for a second or two. Appreciated that that trick got me. Also looks like it's still available here: http://www.rrrrthats5rs.com/games/dont-shoot-the-puppy/ http://www.rrrrthats5rs.com/games/dont-shoot-the-puppy/
- zem 13y agoi spent a bunch of time leveling up in idlerpg back in the day http://www.irc-wiki.org/IdleRPG http://www.irc-wiki.org/IdleRPG
- alanfalcon 13y agoFunny enough, this was exactly my reaction to the Flappy Bird phenomenon—got the game idea email in my sent-to-self box from a few days ago. It's a neat, tidy concept too when you add a high score list but the only way to make it on the list is to lose the game. But of course the trick is to get the right 500 people telling their friends about the game, and, well, who has the time and money to bother with figuring that out?
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- aegiso 13y agoIn spite of (because of) how stupid this sounds, I think there's a million dollar idea in here if you made it sufficiently frustrating and competitive. Perhaps pushing the button increments a number that decays exponentially. And ads fly in your face to distract you, which you need to wipe away. I'm actually serious.
- derrida 13y agoAngry Birds. Flappy Birds. Call it "Operant Conditiony Birds!". Catchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber
- pavel_lishin 13y agoSkinny Birds? Pavlov's Birds?
- hpcorona 13y agoI wonder why nobody has trademarked the word "birds" by now...
- matt_heimer 13y agoI tech various programming technologies. One lecture on web session handling I showed a big red button app running on a local intranet server. The problem was it had a leaderboad in it. I completely lost the class after they got the URL. One pair even went so far as to figure out how to share their session so they could combine their clicks.
- xster 13y agoHave colleagues who actually did make millions on simple and similar ideas.
- xcyu 13y agoCookie Clicker http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
- zecho 13y agoOh god. My office ruined an entire afternoon of productivity with this game. Not because we were playing, but because we were one-upping each other on hacking the game. Great fun!
- ngpio 13y agoNow try Candy Box[1]. Like a plaintext Cookie Clicker that's intended to be messed with[2]. Once you're bored of that, there are... a lot more[3]. CivClicker is particularly enjoyable[4]. [1] http://candies.aniwey.net/ http://candies.aniwey.net/ [2] http://candybox.wikia.com/wiki/Computer http://candybox.wikia.com/wiki/Computer [3] https://pay.reddit.com/r/incremental_games/ https://pay.reddit.com/r/incremental_games/ [4] http://dhmholley.co.uk/civclicker.html http://dhmholley.co.uk/civclicker.html
- daliusd 13y ago1 minute hack. In Chrome Developer tools console: function a() { document.getElementById('bigCookie').click(); window.setTimeout(a, 100); } a() EDIT: better: Game.cookies = Game.cookies*2
- danielsamuels 13y agoEven better: Game.RuinTheFun()
- christiangenco 13y agoHaha, that's fantastic.
- daliusd 13y agoI thought you were sarcastic. Then I have checked if this function actually exists.
- lxmorj 13y agoHah, basically an iOS version of the entire show Lost! You have to push the button every however-many-minutes it was, and after 8 years, anyone is left gets something bitterly disappointing!
- instakill 13y agoPray tell more of the H.L. Mencken conjecture. What is it?
- x3c 13y agoI googled H.L. Mencken conjecture and found your reply in the search result.
- mikeash 13y agoThis ability is simultaneously one of the most amazing and frustrating things about Google search.
- gabemart 13y agoI've not heard it described as such, but he did once say: > Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. He also once said: > For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
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- gavinpc 13y agoKids, please. Spatula City, 1994. http://stefangagne.com/spatulacity/button.htm http://stefangagne.com/spatulacity/button.htm
- downandout 13y agoSince the button is red, get Coke to pay you to put their logo on it. With 100M downloads, you can deliver millions of hours of exposure to the Coke logo per day. There's your $50K/day :) Now all you have to do is get 100M downloads and you're good to go.
- jarofgreen 13y agoI did android app that was kinda like that as a joke: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.jarofgreen.progressbarthegame https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.jarofgre... http://progressbarthegame.co.uk/ http://progressbarthegame.co.uk/ After I finished it people pointed out other game jokes along the same lines - there is an RPG simulator who's name temporarily escapes me. I'm still glad I made mine - I find it fun that people's reaction to it varies from finding it massively relaxing to one guy who gets so angry he just starts swearing whenever I mention it.
- popey 13y agoThere's a number of "Zero player games" such as Godville, ProgressQuest and IdleRPG (IRC idle game) which may be the RPG simulator you mention. I'm on Level 5 of Progress Bar. Good effort. :)
- ce4 13y agoThis app already exists since around 2009 and it's called "Don't push the red button": https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dont-push-the-red-button!/id330560517?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dont-push-the-red-button!/id...
- makmanalp 13y agoActually something almost like that exists: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
- colinbartlett 13y agoThere goes my morning, thanks. Actually, this will keep me busy during builds.
- danielweber 13y agoAs the distillation of all building games down to the basics, Cookie Clicker is pure awesome. You will have to force yourself to give it up eventually, though.
- ToastyMallows 13y agoOh god don't start, you can't stop once you start.
- civilian 13y agoYou might also like http://progressquest.com/ http://progressquest.com/
- kbutler 13y agowindow.setInterval(Game.ClickCookie, 0) or Game.handmadeCookies+=3999999990, and do it manually...
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoalso from the maker of cookie clicker: idle game maker, a maker of games just like cookie clicker. http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/idlegamemaker/help http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/idlegamemaker/help
- asdkl234890 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker
- QuasiAlon 13y agoThere's an app that just shows an egg and you have to tap it a million times until there's even a crack in it. Apparently, toddlers love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CYhfpQnB8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CYhfpQnB8
- antonpirker 13y agoYou are way to late for this idea: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/push-the-button/id294787047?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/push-the-button/id294787047?... :) A friend of mine was really hooked to the game and wanted to push more often than a fellow (drum kit playing) colluege of his.
- errnoh 13y agoThat's pretty much exactly what SMBC Theater video "MMO" [1] is about. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD69PAIqiYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD69PAIqiYo
- TrevorJ 13y agoYou've basically described cookie clicker.
- dTal 13y agoMake it an MMO and take over the world! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD69PAIqiYo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD69PAIqiYo [SMBC Theater]
- NoodleIncident 13y agoDo Not Push The Button: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=9644 http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=9644
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