Oh god why :horrormirth:
http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/cookie/
SOON I WILL HAVE ALL OF THE COOKIES.
The javascript is a good read, actually. Relevant to my interests.
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
This is why we can't have nice things.
0 minutes- Man, what a silly game. Some people will play anything.
1 minutes- Heh, it's kind of neat.
2 minutes- Whoah I can buy stuff.
3 minutes- Need to go to the bathroom but that can wait. Gotta get that factory.
20 minutes- MY COOKIES WILL DARKEN THE SKIES THEMSELVES!!! SEE MY INDUSTRIAL MIGHT AND DESPAIR!!!
My cookies bring all the boys to the yard.
Why did you do this to me?????
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 02:55:41 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
He probably tweaked the code.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 02:57:16 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 02:55:41 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
He probably tweaked the code.
Oh, of course.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 03:05:57 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 02:57:16 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 02:55:41 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
He probably tweaked the code.
Oh, of course.
I RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT I CHEATED. I AM JUST A VERY GOOD CLICKER.
Or I borked it by changing the code.
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 03:07:32 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 03:05:57 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 02:57:16 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 02:55:41 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
He probably tweaked the code.
Oh, of course.
I RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT I CHEATED. I AM JUST A VERY GOOD CLICKER.
Or I borked it by changing the code.
:lulz:
My cookies are under government surveillance...
Elder gods from the whole cosmos have awoken to taste my cookies.
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 03:07:32 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 03:05:57 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 02:57:16 AM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 02:55:41 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 12:27:22 AM
I broke it: http://i.imgur.com/4D282gw.png
How the fuck did you do that so fast?
Am I just way slower because I've been doing other things (which, admittedly, were good and necessary things, like homework and grocery shopping and cooking dinner)?
He probably tweaked the code.
Oh, of course.
I RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT I CHEATED. I AM JUST A VERY GOOD CLICKER.
Or I borked it by changing the code.
:P
also the "export/import save" function = easy to game.
my legitimate game has 23ish million cookies now at a rate of 13,000/second.
my cheat game has more cookies than there are numbers in human mathematics, at a rate of somewhere between 17 and 24 million per second.
The background change at the whatever million mark almost made me shit my pants.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 03:48:26 AM
The background change at the whatever million mark almost made me shit my pants.
that's the wrath of the ancients. you must purchase an Elder Pledge.
Can I pay in cookies?
Quote from: V3X on August 17, 2013, 03:52:30 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 03:48:26 AM
The background change at the whatever million mark almost made me shit my pants.
that's the wrath of the ancients. you must purchase an Elder Pledge.
Just saw that button. Cool. The screen has stopped flashing and seizing and . . .
Uhhhhh so am I gonna have a seizure if I get near a million cookies?
Just curious.
No, it's not that prounounced. By the time you're at ten million or so, though, you'll want to turn flashing off in the box under the number of cookies.
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 03:07:32 AMI RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT I CHEATED. I AM JUST A VERY GOOD CLIHACKER.
First thing I did with that candy/lollypops game as well.
Ctrl-shift-J, console, HACKETYHACKETYHACK
In fact I did very similar when I saw some people working on those codecademy.com exercises, regged myself an account, tried to beat them not by solving the actual exercises but by writing the shortest piece of
incorrect code that the codecademy server would still (erroneously) accept and advance me to the next lesson. It's actually not that hard, for instance there's a couple of exercises that pass on the following code:
0:)
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 05:12:31 PM
No, it's not that prounounced. By the time you're at ten million or so, though, you'll want to turn flashing off in the box under the number of cookies.
Excellent, thank you!
I like how the pictures of the grandmothers change as you add more of them. :lulz:
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
I like how the pictures of the grandmothers change as you add more of them. :lulz:
Yeah, what is even the deal there? :lulz:
My cookies have been placed under government surveillance.
The universe is made of cookie dough on the molecular level.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 05:28:37 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
I like how the pictures of the grandmothers change as you add more of them. :lulz:
Yeah, what is even the deal there? :lulz:
I'm entertained by the eldergod grannies. But I don't want to be the one eating the cookies they make.
ETA: We'll send THOSE cookies to Night Vale.
What is fascinating to me about this game, and all games of its ilk, is that it is totally entertaining mostly because it triggers the hoarding urge. NEED TO MAKE MORE COOKIES. MORE MORE MORE. Even though there is literally zero benefit from any of this.
MORE COOKIES OOK OOK
See, this is the urge that I think drives the super-rich, who have no need for more money but can't seem to resist the drive to accumulate more and more.
Yeah, it's an interesting loop. Get cookies to get things that give you more cookies to get more cookies to get you more things that get you more cookies to get even more more more more more more moremoremoremoremoeromeromeroeromeoroermeormeroereor . . . .
Yes... there is absolutely no point to getting more, yet it is, nonetheless, pleasurable to accumulate more, even though in a very literally sense "more" is simply a fiction.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 06:45:11 PM
What is fascinating to me about this game, and all games of its ilk, is that it is totally entertaining mostly because it triggers the hoarding urge. NEED TO MAKE MORE COOKIES. MORE MORE MORE. Even though there is literally zero benefit from any of this.
On this angle it may be interesting to look at the Skinner box and schedules of reinforcement. The main thing that seems to differentiate these kind of games for me is how effective they are at setting up the inital schedule.
For WOW kind of gamers, I'd guess this to be more addictive than the "candies!" one that came up as you can quickly increase the rate of rewards. I bet (know) there's a scary number of people still playing both of these and similar for considerable months.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 08:21:54 PM
Yes... there is absolutely no point to getting more, yet it is, nonetheless, pleasurable to accumulate more, even though in a very literally sense "more" is simply a fiction.
An increasing arbitrary number can be very psychologically pleasing to watch increase. Ever thrown a huge jar of change through a coin-counting machine? Same part of the brain lights up. Part of the reason pretty much every subscription game has some kind of XP bar. Think I threw a thread up about this kind of shit in general a few months ago, there may be some stuff in there that's related.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 06:45:11 PM
What is fascinating to me about this game, and all games of its ilk, is that it is totally entertaining mostly because it triggers the hoarding urge. NEED TO MAKE MORE COOKIES. MORE MORE MORE. Even though there is literally zero benefit from any of this.
It would be interesting if they added a game mechanic that showed what the consequences of such exponential hoarding were. Showing scorched earth cityscapes and the lower quality of life of the grandmas as the cookie industrial complex expands.
It reminds me of another game called Oiligarchy, which puts the player in the role of an oil tycoon. Your job is to exploit the oil to gain money to make more oil while keeping your shareholders happy. This is easy at the beginning but by the end as the oil runs out more it forces the player to do progressively more morally wrong things. Bribing politicians, squelching protests, destroying the environment, and creating unrest in third world countries are all things that the player is forced to do if you want to win. It's a pretty fun game but also illustrates a good point.
http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy/
Quote from: McGrupp on August 17, 2013, 09:52:12 PM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 06:45:11 PM
What is fascinating to me about this game, and all games of its ilk, is that it is totally entertaining mostly because it triggers the hoarding urge. NEED TO MAKE MORE COOKIES. MORE MORE MORE. Even though there is literally zero benefit from any of this.
It would be interesting if they added a game mechanic that showed what the consequences of such exponential hoarding were. Showing scorched earth cityscapes and the lower quality of life of the grandmas as the cookie industrial complex expands.
It reminds me of another game called Oiligarchy, which puts the player in the role of an oil tycoon. Your job is to exploit the oil to gain money to make more oil while keeping your shareholders happy. This is easy at the beginning but by the end as the oil runs out more it forces the player to do progressively more morally wrong things. Bribing politicians, squelching protests, destroying the environment, and creating unrest in third world countries are all things that the player is forced to do if you want to win. It's a pretty fun game but also illustrates a good point.
http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy/
Oooh, this looks like a pleasing demonstration of unsustainable practices.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 17, 2013, 09:26:29 PM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 06:45:11 PM
What is fascinating to me about this game, and all games of its ilk, is that it is totally entertaining mostly because it triggers the hoarding urge. NEED TO MAKE MORE COOKIES. MORE MORE MORE. Even though there is literally zero benefit from any of this.
On this angle it may be interesting to look at the Skinner box and schedules of reinforcement. The main thing that seems to differentiate these kind of games for me is how effective they are at setting up the inital schedule.
For WOW kind of gamers, I'd guess this to be more addictive than the "candies!" one that came up as you can quickly increase the rate of rewards. I bet (know) there's a scary number of people still playing both of these and similar for considerable months.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 08:21:54 PM
Yes... there is absolutely no point to getting more, yet it is, nonetheless, pleasurable to accumulate more, even though in a very literally sense "more" is simply a fiction.
An increasing arbitrary number can be very psychologically pleasing to watch increase. Ever thrown a huge jar of change through a coin-counting machine? Same part of the brain lights up. Part of the reason pretty much every subscription game has some kind of XP bar. Think I threw a thread up about this kind of shit in general a few months ago, there may be some stuff in there that's related.
I have an article for you. For the whole board, really; I'll post it in another thread.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 05:28:37 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
I like how the pictures of the grandmothers change as you add more of them. :lulz:
Yeah, what is even the deal there? :lulz:
Your mines/factories/other facilities buff the grandmas increasing their productivity and making some of the grandma's styled as factory workers, miners or time travellers.
Quote from: Pæs on August 17, 2013, 10:45:50 PM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 17, 2013, 05:28:37 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on August 17, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
I like how the pictures of the grandmothers change as you add more of them. :lulz:
Yeah, what is even the deal there? :lulz:
Your mines/factories/other facilities buff the grandmas increasing their productivity and making some of the grandma's styled as factory workers, miners or time travellers.
Ohhhhhhh!
Hahaha the alchemy grandmas are solid gold.
Apparently it's time for me to stop playing. Too many cookies.
I want to get 50 of everything and then I'll quit.
AND THEN I'LL QUIT, I SAY.
Grandma is terrifying.
With candies you had quests. This one looks like straight MOREMOREMORE. :lol:
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 18, 2013, 12:57:44 AM
I want to get 50 of everything and then I'll quit.
AND THEN I'LL QUIT, I SAY.
That was my goal . . . now I've got 103 grandmas, 85 factories, 70 something mines.
Cookies, not even once.
I have this under control
I can quit anytime I want.
So can I. I've got two billion cookies. Really, how many do I need?
Oh look. Three more time machines. Four portals. Six shipments. Seven mines. Three factories. FIVE GRAAAND-MAAAAAS
I can quit anytime I want, too.
They're not REAL cookies, so of COURSE I can quit.
After I get a few more time machines.
Just a few.
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4093/73r2.jpg)