For this week's dissecting design, we're examining how the idle/clicker genre has grown in popularity among f2p design. The progression models are worthy of being studied despite the simplistic gameplay.

0:00 -- Introduction

6:11 -- The "End Game" of idle games

13:58 -- Persistent Systems of Idle Games

20:57 -- How Idle Games keep you coming back

28:02 -- Final thoughts and design limitations
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