Prior to its release on steam, I assumed Cookie Clicker was one of those exploitative Facebook games. In reality, it was a parody game that kind of got out of hand. The $5 Steam pricetag could be considered a sort of one-off donation to the developer, as the web original is still freely accessible and updated in tandem.
Rather than manipulating players into real money transactions, it actually encourages tampering to the extent that there are even achievements for both modding the game and directly manipulating your number of cookies via the javascript console.
With Disgaea 6 and now this, I'm getting more and more interested in games that mimic traditional genres but abstract away smaller repetitive actions and instead emphasize programming, modding, and other kinds of customization.
Rather than manipulating players into real money transactions, it actually encourages tampering to the extent that there are even achievements for both modding the game and directly manipulating your number of cookies via the javascript console.
With Disgaea 6 and now this, I'm getting more and more interested in games that mimic traditional genres but abstract away smaller repetitive actions and instead emphasize programming, modding, and other kinds of customization.