Cookie Clicker: Gamification

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Abstract

Incremental games like Cookie Clicker are a perfect exemplar of gamification, using progress mechanics and other game features to make the rote act of clicking compelling. Hence, this chapter reads the game Cookie Clicker for its motivating features to illustrate the logic and limits of gamification.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHow to Play Video Games
EditorsNina Hunteman, Mathew Thomas Payne
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherNYU Press
Chapter24
Pages200-207
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2019

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Keywords

  • incremental games
  • idle games
  • cookie clicker
  • gamification

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