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.</span></p><hr><p>This is a comprehensive guide to Incremental Games, a genre of video games. It will explore defining the genre, why it's appealing, and how to design and build your own incremental game. Along the way will be <s>interactive examples</s>, snippets from other creators, and relevant material to contextualize everything.</p><blockquote><p>Note: This is an incomplete document. I want to keep adding opinions and opposing views from other incremental games developers, and add interactive examples to illustrate various points regarding game design and balancing. Consider this a living document - and see the changelog at the end.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Note: This was made before my switch to a digital garden, and is written as prose. Hope you don't mind!</p></blockquote><h2id="why-am-i-making-this"tabindex="-1">Why am I making this? <aclass="header-anchor"href="#why-am-i-making-this"aria-label="Permalink to "Why am I making this?""></a></h2><p>That's a good question! What authority do I have to be making this guide? I haven't made the best incremental games, nor the most incremental games, certainly not the most popular ones either. But I do have some formal education in game development, know a lot of incremental game devs (as well as other game devs), and have a passionate interest in ludology, classifying genres, etc. I've also made <ahref="/garden/my-projects/">a couple of incremental games</a>) myself.</p><p>If you have any additional questions about my credentials or anything on this site, feel free to reach out!</p><h2id="ludology"tabindex="-1">Ludology <aclass="header-anchor"href="#ludology"aria-label="Permalink to "Ludology""></a></h2><ul><li><ahref="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/defining-the-genre/">Guide to Incrementals/Defining the Genre</a></li><li><ahref="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/appeal-to-players/">Guide to Incrementals/Appeal to Players</a></li><li><ahref="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/appeal-to-developers/">Guide to Incrementals/Appeal to Developers</a></li><li><ahref="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/what-is-content/">Guide to Incrementals/What is Content?</a></li></ul><h2id="making-an-incremental"tabindex="-1">Making an Incremental <aclass="header-anchor"href="#making-an-incremental"aria-label="Permalink to "Making an Incremental""></a></h2><ul><li><ahref="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/navigating-criticism/">Guide to Incrementals/Navigating Criticism</a></li></ul></div></div></main><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><footerclass="vp-doc"data-v-4c30d864><divdata-v-4c30d864>CC 2024 The Paper Pilot. <arel="license"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"data-v-4c30d864>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.</div><divdata-v-4c30d864>Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</div><divdata-v-4c30d864><ahref="https://resume.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/thepaperpilot"data-v-4c30d864>Resume</a> (not actively seeking new opportunities).</div><divdata-v-4c30d864>Site built from <ahref="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/cf6a144c05c5000f991380930e6b7bba3bf5191e"data-v-4c30d864>this commit</a> on <timedata-v-4c30d864>Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 11:22:35</time>.</div></footer><!--]--></div></div>
