Potato Clicker

"Potato clicker" is a game to relieve stress. All it requires players to do is to keep clicking on the giant potatoes. The ultimate goal of the game is to reach a score of 100,000 and add a beard to the potatoes. To make it easier to get to this score, the designer created two additional buttons. Players can use 200 points to redeem a tool that adds 5 more points per click. Players can also use 500 points to redeem an auto-click tool. At first, I thought a score of 100,000 was impossible to achieve in a short period of time. I would probably need a very long time (half an hour or more) to keep clicking to get enough points, which is unlikely to be accomplished by the player. It's easy to get players started with these simple rules, but they can quickly get tired and give up on the game. Even though I have used both tools, I still had a hard time reaching my target score. Just when I was getting frustrated, I found out that both tools can be used multiple times. For example, the tool for automatic clicks can be used three times, while the tool for adding five more points can be used repeatedly. In this way, players can see the score is increasing rapidly. Meanwhile, the target score will become very easy to get. The player only needs a few minutes to add the beard to the potato. So I think the main purpose of this game is not to make players click more, but to seek better strategies. A good game is an important point is a special idea. This game is very interesting when it comes to design.

Another thing that should be noticed is the interface. When the player presses the potato, it will become smaller. The player releases the button and it gets bigger again, changing back to its original shape. Players can see the changes in the potatoes with each click, which will give them a sense of satisfaction. Below the potatoes, there are two automatically rotating potato-shaped fries, which makes the screen more vivid. When I first played the game, I clicked these two in order to see some special skills. However, nothing happens. The fires are designed just for a better look. If the designer can add the interaction between potato and fries, the game may be more interesting. For example, if you reach a certain score, the fries will become more. In addition, when the player clicks the auto-click button, an icon of a finger appears. It looks like it is constantly clicking on the potato. And every time a button is pressed, a new finger appears, which helps players see how many times they have pressed the button. The fonts for the scores are also interesting and different from the regular ones. The font style used by the designers has spots in the middle, adding to the funny appearance of the game.

Overall, it's a simple but fun game. It would be more interesting if the designer could add more goals for the player to accomplish.

This game "Potato Clicker" by jdneal2 is a stress-relieving mini game that focus on the most simple and direct form of interaction: clicking.

Interface

The interface of the game is also very delightful, I believe that it is very suited for a mobile stress-relieving game too. A big potato at the center that gives the players a focus, surrounded by 2 potato shaped fries that adds some movement and style to the game. The upgrade menu is on the top of the potato, and the detail of the upgrades will arise below the point counter at the bottom of the screen, so that all of the empty spaces were adequately used. The colors of the interface is also properly used. The background color of the potatoes is a grey color that is frequently seen in fast food restaurants, and the potatoes might look more tasty with this color. The background color of the upgrade menu is crimson, probably because it has to be a comparison with the grey color, but also be a warm color that fits the theme of the rest of the game. Another detail that is worth noticing is the font of the point counter and the upgrade information. The font is a cartoon style font which has cow-like spots on them, which looks good in the whole scene.

Gameplay

The gameplay of this potato clicker game is quite the simplest thing at first. The only thing I do is click the potato in the center, then the big potato shrinks while being clicked, and the potato points will be increased by 1.  Without the upgrades, the game will be a pure click counter, and the upgrades successfully added an interesting gaming experience to the game. My expectations for the upgrades in an ordinary games would be it makes the game a bit easier, but I would still think the final goal, which is getting 100000 points for the moustache, impossible to accomplish (before my patience run out). But the upgrades in this game breaks the conventional idea and are incredibly strong. The first upgrade adds 5 points per click, so the speed to get points is actually accelerated by 6 times. What's more, the upgrades in this game can be purchased again and stacked. The second upgrade can turn the game into an automatic afk game by giving the player a cursor that automatically clicks the potato, which can also to stacked 3 times at max. After purchasing the two upgrades several times, the player can see the points are increasing for over 10,000/second. Buying a moustache upgrade would not be a problem after only several minutes of gameplay, and in most time the player don't even have to click. Finding out that the upgrades can stack is the most wonderful part of the game experience, and the smartest design was to hide the information of it and let the player themselves discover this fact.

By the wonderfully designed upgrades, the game turned a repeating clicking simulator into a surprisingly fun experience. 

I click potato, but potato no click me. Bad game 10/10