In the vast landscape of internet gaming, few genres are as deceptively simple yet infinitely complex as the incremental game, or "idle game." At the very zenith of this genre sits a titan: Cookie Clicker . What started as a joke by French programmer Julien Thiennot (Orteil) in 2013 has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, a statistical nightmare, and a lesson in hyper-inflation.
In the vast landscape of internet gaming, few genres are as deceptively simple yet infinitely complex as the incremental game, or "idle game." At the very zenith of this genre sits a titan: Cookie Clicker . What started as a joke by French programmer Julien Thiennot (Orteil) in 2013 has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, a statistical nightmare, and a lesson in hyper-inflation.