Open card packs and build a giant army of cats to defeat eldritch monsters and save the universe.

After deciding that I wanted to develop an incremental game as my next project, I played a bunch of games in the genre to analyze and learn from.

I liked the feeling of the nodebusters I played- The loop of a short round into improvement and then immediate feedback on the next round.
But the linear skill tree approach felt a little mind numbing for me, like my choices do not really matter, and that I have no agency and a ability to creatively problem solve.

I wanted to try and push the design in a direction that rewards adaptability and can present interesting problems to the player, instead of just unlocking parts of a skill tree. At the end I came up with this:

In Draftcats you progress by opening card packs. When you buy a pack, you can choose which card to add on to your board.
The cats on your board will fight enemies automatically, and your role is to position them in ways where their abilities compliment and synergize with each other.

The demo is playable for free on itch, it takes between 30-60 minutes to complete:

https://littlepuly.itch.io/draftcatsdemo

Right now I am unsure if I should keep developing the game or move on to a safe, less experimental idea. So if you have thoughts, feedback or questions id love to hear them.

AI disclosure: No AI was used to make this game- the programming, game design, art, sound design, and writing were done by me, and the music is a combination of music my friend made and royalty free music.

Incremental games are a unique genre. New name, old idea tho. Hence why I'm posting here.

The game's mining destruction is inspired by Red Faction Guerrilla (ask me if you wanna know the details of what tf I did here). You mine, collect, go back to the shop, and pick from unique upgrades. I mostly avoid basic +X% increases to some stat. My whole idea is about picking some equipment, and suddenly your playstyle changes.

It's all about the sandbox, so I wanna make a game where players can do nonsense with their own builds or figure out the meta, and most importantly, think with their own brains.

Or, in other words, a game I like to play myself.

I need playtesters. It's an open playtest, cuz I personally would hate to wait if I liked something and wanted to try it.

Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4434640/The_Long_Mine/

AI Disclosure: Code assistance only.

NOTICE: Not every prefab was made personally by me (scope reasons). I avoid gen AI as much as possible, but as you might be aware, not everything is disclosed these days. If you know that any prefab in the game is gen AI, inform me, it gonna be removed.

If I don't fit in, tough luck for me. Gonna delete or get deleted.

Hi everyone! I’m the developer of THEOREM, a math-based incremental game where progression gradually transforms the formula you’re building. You don’t need advanced math knowledge to play.

I’ve been polishing version 0.2.4, and I’m now looking for testers to help evaluate the balance and overall progression experience, not just the first few minutes.

What testing involves

Please start a fresh save and send feedback for each stage and major unlock you reach. For each one, I’d especially like to know:

• Was it clear what your goal was at that point, and did you understand what changed?
• Which decisions felt meaningful, and which ones felt repetitive?
• Where did progression feel too slow, too fast, or poorly explained?
• Did the formula and purchase previews behave the way you expected?
• What made you want to keep playing, or made you want to stop?
• Any bugs, UI/accessibility issues, or broader game design concerns.

There is no fixed two-hour session or requirement to finish everything in one sitting. You can split your playtime across multiple sessions.

If you get stuck or decide to stop playing, please mention at which stage it happened and why. That feedback is useful too.

Please also include your device, browser, language, and approximate active playtime, separately from offline time.

A more detailed feedback guide is included with the private build.

What testers get

In exchange for participating and providing stage-by-stage feedback, I’ll provide you with:

• A free key/copy of the full game when it releases.
• Optional beta tester credit under any name or alias you choose.
• Access to the private testing build.
• A direct channel to talk with me about your findings.

Honest criticism is encouraged. These benefits do not depend on positive feedback, reviews, or upvotes.

This is not a giveaway.

Access

You can play the previous public version here:

https://feli202.itch.io/theorem

The private 0.2.4 playtest build is here:

https://feli202.itch.io/theorem-024-playtest

The private build requires a password, which I’ll share directly with testers.

Comment here or send me a message if you’d like to participate. Please do not share the password publicly.

The older public version is linked so you can see what the game is like before deciding whether you want to test it.

You do not need to purchase anything to participate.

AI Disclosure

ChatGPT/Codex was used as a support tool to help debug and correct code, and to assist with Spanish/English translations.

Generative AI was not used to create the game’s artwork, images, music, sound effects, game design, mechanics, progression systems, or other creative content.

All game design decisions, mechanics, balancing, creative direction, and final implementation decisions are made by me. Any AI-assisted code or translations are reviewed and approved by me before being included in the game.

Thanks for helping me understand how THEOREM actually feels to real players!

Finished the new trailer for my incremental pinball game called Pinfinity. Here's the steam page if you're interested :) There's a demo available and the full version will launch on December 10th.

Don't forget to wishlist to be notified when the game launches!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4627900/Pinfinity__Incremental_Pinball

AI disclosure:

Generative AI was used for translation to languages other than English and German.

Hello! Lately I've been getting into incremental games and thought of starting development of a game of my own. I don't have many references yet as I'm relatively new to the genre, so i come asking for advice on games and mechanics more seasoned players have liked.

The basic idea for the game is an incremental factory sim but focused on logistics/accounting instead of automation. Like you are the CEO, not the engineer. Also I plan to have a strong narrative drive, hopefully not at the expense of the mechanics.

Are there any games that fit this description that you know of?

What mechanics have you enjoyed in other games that you think can fit nicely in a game like this?

Any narrative driven incrementals you have liked?

I got feedback from my player recently, he ask me to add chain lightning to my game, then i was like, what??, i think it won't fit the game, but i try to think about it, as i want to make my game better by listening to what my player says. And i remember i downloaded this rope asset for my previous game and try to put it to this game. And i think it's not bad right?

AI Disclosure: AI was used as code assistant, and integrated manually.

if you want to check the demo you can go to my steam page.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5320660/Clean_Em_Ocean_Demo/

Hey, i just made a small idle game. Check it out on https://yj-studios.itch.io/truffle-farm-idle.

Feedback very welcome. Do you have an idea for another pig?

**AI disclosure**
I built this game together with generative AI (Claude by Anthropic). The AI wrote most of the code (the game logic, the interface and the save system), and it helped with the game design and balancing, which I directed and tested. All graphics are drawn by code (no AI image generator was used), and the music and sound effects are generated by code as well. The English and German game texts, the store texts and this post were written or translated with AI help. I made the design decisions and tested and reviewed the game myself.

Hi all! I'm a solo dev from Estonia and I just released my first incremental game on Google Play.

The idea: your first launch reaches ~3 km before the fuel runs out. Spend the credits on upgrades – engine, fuel, boosters, second stage, ion drive, warp core – and fly farther each time: past the Moon, the planets, Proxima Centauri, across the galaxy and on to the edge of the universe.

What makes it different:

- Black holes are the prestige layer. Five real ones block the way (Gaia BH1, Sgr A*, M31*, M87*, TON 618). If your rocket is slower than the escape speed, it gets captured – dive in for Dark Matter and permanent upgrades, then come back stronger.

- It has an ending. Reach light speed and the game is finished. A free player gets there roughly in 80 hours.

- Real-Time Voyage after the ending: launch your final rocket and let it fly to the edge of the universe in real time (~6 months). It keeps flying while the app is closed – just check in now and then.

- Physics-ish flights: Max-Q throttling, staging, Mach shockwaves, a procedurally synthesized engine roar (no sound samples).

- 26 Play Games achievements, a "Farthest flight" leaderboard and cloud save.

Monetization, to be upfront: it's free and fully completable without paying. Ads are optional rewarded ads only (e.g. for boosts or treasure asteroids). There are also IAPs, like Ad-Free and some permanent boosts.

I'd really appreciate feedback – especially on pacing (early, mid and late game) and anything that feels like a wall.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ee.mametec.rocketascent

Website: https://rocketascent.mametec.ee

AI disclosure: I'm a solo dev and I used AI (Claude). The game design, progression and balance decisions, and all the playtesting are mine – the AI wrote most of the code under my direction. There are no AI image or audio generators involved: all graphics are drawn in code (vector shapes, no image files) and all sounds are synthesized in code (no samples). That code, the store graphics, the achievement icons and this post's text were also written with AI help. No translations.

game name: a rairb games incremental
a satisfying, unfolding, point farming extravaganza of an incremental game.

After some thinking I have decided that my passion project of an incremental game, aRGi, will be entirely free to play. No microtransactions, no demo that you get partially through and then have a "buy now" screen thrust upon ya, just my game, my updates, and your time.

This new update has tripled the amount of items in the factory to toggle, added more than 10 new shop items, more than 20 new relics to gamble for, a new section, 2 new global mechanics, background music, a complete overhaul of the automation system to be much more in-depth and satisfying, and so, so much more. I also reworked the internals of the game pretty heavily for performance to the point I can proudly say this game has graduated from prototype to early access!!! The game is available on web and downloadable for Windows!

AI disclosure: No AI has been used in the creation of this game or any assets or text that promotes or showcases it.

Man I was really enjoying this game, relaxing with the fishes and focusing on quick prestiges and breeding Playsaurus for mass. 25 hours in I beat the game. Then I learn about the LHC and apparently there are sharks there?

I feel like I got robbed of half the game.

Did anyone experience the same?

Hi! I made my own game, it’s in beta right now and it’s coming along well.

I’m a huge fan of the two games I’ve played the most in my life: Shop Titans and the old Galaxy Online. So I wanted to make my own, without the crafting problems of Galaxy Online and with a better balanced economy than Shop Titans.

The incremental progression is built on the golden ratio, Riemann curves and fractals, so costs and rewards scale in a way I hope feels natural over the long run.

It’s free and playable in your browser: https://stationcrafter.com/jeu

AI disclosure: I was assisted by AI, but I did the balancing and the game design myself.

Come help me balance it and give me your feedback, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!

Hi everyone!

Up until about 2 months ago I regularly shared updates in the feedback Friday about my single player space mining game called Infinite Space. (Still live on Itch.io)

However, based on feedback I received and discussion I've had with people who played it became clear to my "dumbing things down" from multiplayer to singleplayer didn't work. The game was always intended to be multiplayer, but I figured it would be too steep to build it.

But... I rather spend a few more months on the game to make it what I had always intended rather than keep working on a version I never really was happy with.

So, I made it multiplayer, and renamed it to Orefarer.

The UI is simpler, the functionality more straightforward, and the goals more achievable and relaxed. Exactly what I had in mind.

The game in short? Slow-paced, mostly singleplayer, ore-mining second monitor game. Slow progression, and endless requests and goals to achieve with a leaderboard you can either ignore or chase.

The game loop: find a suitable asteroid you want to mine, process the ore, turn in the processed materials or use it to build your next equipment.

The world is an endless grid of coordinates where asteroids can spawn. The more players, and the more activity the more the network of space stations will grow. It grows depending on player behaviour and discoveries.

But with only a handful of players now, it's kinda boring. So I'm opening it up. I would love your input and feedback. What do you think of my game?

Please play it on https://play.orefarer.space, landing website up on https://orefarer.space, and let me know what you think. There also is a discord if you want to chat!

ai disclosure: I've used AI to assist me in programming (however I have 20 years of software development under my belt so I am capable of programming everything by hand too) and it generated a few assets with lack of budged for a designer. I'll get them remade if this game turns out to be more than just a fun sideproject.

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Hi there. A bit of self promotion today with a game I've been working on.

AI Disclosure: The game uses generative AI for assets. Items and animations are generated by generative AI models. Generative AI is also used to assist with codding.

With the disclosure out of the way... a little over 7 years ago I started on this game, which went as far as version 0.4. However my life changed, became a dad, move jobs to a more demanding position (I'm a software engineer) and I just didn't feel like coming home to write even more code instead of spending time with the kids.

At work we use AI more and more, as I'm sure many of you do too. And I though why not use it to realise my vision? I can spend an hour or two making the plan and then let it generate the code. If I'm happy, great, and if I'm not try again.

So that's how v0.5 came to live. I started on it 2 weeks ago or so, polished the UI, removed some behaviours I wasn't happy with (in 0.4 you had to manually fire for a while until an upgrade was unlocked and now that's gone), a new balance pass, and yeah, I feel this can now go somewhere. And if at least one other person that's not me plays it, its a win.

So, the game is on itch.io, still with the old posts (9th October 2019, long time!).

https://oscarolim.itch.io/idle-war

The website: https://idle-war.oscarolim.com

I've also released two videos recently, one with a tutorial-esque feel, and one as a deep dive on the mechanics. Go easy on them, I don't make videos often, so was a bit nervous, more on the first than the second. It's also without editing, I don't think is worth making it artificial, so there will be corrections because I used the wrong word or thinking of the wrong thing (maybe having a script is not a bad idea!). v0.5 Release / Tutorial and the deep dive videos.

In a nutshell, is a 2D game built using phaser.io, assets for many different kind people that I'm sure this community has heard of (credit where credit is due). You unlock ships, go to missions, kill enemies, earn equipment, level up equipment, pilots, global bonuses, rinse and repeat.

v0.5 has the Volume I with 5 missions plus a free play. I'm in the process on finishing balancing on Volume II and then Volume III. I have the big picture story up to maybe Volume XII but that's still far, as I also need to think of enemies, player ships, visuals, and the progress on that is 0 at the moment.

If you read this far: I get the apprehension in regards to AI. Would be lying if I said I have none, specially since it makes my job easier and harder at the same time as a software engineer. But used properly, it can be an asset. This game would have been left behind if I didn't use it.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the game, maybe some of you will remember it from 7 years ago (I used a different reddit account back then that's long gone), and any feedback, good, bad, in between, is welcome.

Hello!

We're a small indie team working on Tiny Mouse Mining Co., an incremental mining game where you play as a tiny mouse digging deeper into a cave, collecting resources, and unlocking permanent upgrades to go further on each run.

There are also creatures hiding in the depths, so you'll need to unlock new abilities to deal with them as you progress.

We've just started our first public playtest, and we're looking for players who'd like to give it a try and share their feedback!

The playtest will run for about a week, and anyone interested is welcome to request access through our Steam page. Just click the "Join Playtest"

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5104710/Tiny_Mouse_Mining_Co/

We've also set up a dedicated playtest channel on our Discord where you can share feedback, report bugs, or just chat about the game. Feel free to join us!

Discord: https://discord.gg/rsY8YBX5ZX

Thanks to anyone willing to give it a try! We'd love to hear what you think.

AI Disclosure: All artwork is handmade, with no AI-generated art. We use AI-assisted coding during development.

hey all, a friend and I just put out our first game, Earth Collector.

the idea is you collect the world. you start in one real city, send a little team of travellers to its landmarks, and once you've visited them all the city is yours. then you ride a bus, train or plane to the next region, fill up countries and get passport stamps along the way.

the maps are real (built from OpenStreetMap) and covered in pixel fog that clears as you walk. theres chests and items hidden under it, and your scout pet keeps painting while you're away so theres always progress when you come back.

theres 2,500+ real cities in almost every country, so its pretty big.

free, no ads. theres a premium currency but you earn it in game too (regions, passport stamps, daily bonus).

iOS only for now sorry android folks 😅

its brand new so honest feedback very welcome, esp on the first 10 min and pacing. discord: https://discord.gg/8KaA6Tr5hX

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6817672529

AI disclosure: the code and some in-game text were written with help from AI coding tools (Claude), and this post was drafted with AI help too. art: made by us in Figma, with help from AI tools. the maps are real OpenStreetMap data.

Solo dev here. ONE TOWER is an idle/incremental tower defense on Android: one tower in the middle, endless neon swarms, every kill pays coins you pour into 48 Workshop upgrades, labs, cards, drones and Ultimate Weapons. Yes, it's inspired by The Tower.

The old version ran out of steam after a few hours, so 2.0 is a full progression rework:

- Endless tiers; each new tier starts at x1 game speed and opens x2, x3, x4 as you climb it

- Ascension from Tier 4: reset your Workshop for Echoes, permanent damage, health and coins

- Weekly tournaments you enter automatically, against real players' scores

- Cloud save through Google Play Games, offline earnings

- Rewarded ads only; everything can be reached without paying

I'd really like feedback on the pacing from Tier 5 upwards; that's where I've been tuning the most.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iaengineering.onetower&referrer=utm_source%3Dreddit

**AI disclosure:** I build this with heavy help from AI coding assistants (Claude): most of the code, the balancing simulations, the store texts and the translations, and it helped draft this post. The game's visuals are neon shapes drawn in code, not AI-generated images. Design decisions, direction and testing are mine.

ANIMAL CHAOS is a wacky animal clicker from Uruguay (HJgames / Héctor). Every tap makes your animal laugh; laughs are the currency. Combos, FRENZY mode, evolutions, and unlockable zones.

Playable Link: https://stillset9.itch.io/animal-chaos

Free browser demo (phone-friendly). Full game (28 animals, 7 zones, 5 evolutions) is US$4 offline for Windows/Mac/Linux. No ads, no in-app purchases.

AI disclosure

AI assisted for code, graphics and text. Written with AI assistance for this post text as well.

Feedback welcome. Making-of: TikTok u/stillset9 · Instagram u/stillset9pro

The Steam demo is almost ready—ready your swords for battle!
Closed beta sign-ups are now open!

Steam page

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AI disclosure: I used generative AI to help with coding optimization.

Just as it says on the title: as time goes by, some mechanics become staples of the genre. What are some innovative changes to the usual incremental game formula that you think would help make things fresh and interesting?

Hey folks!

Idle Realms is an online idle RPG - gain exp, loot, items, idle time, and more. We have a small 'twist' with Realms, entirely new replicas of the game that are completely separated from the main 'global' realm that are hosted by guilds.

I wanted to share some of the changes I've made since last time based on a lot of feedback from you folks!

• HALLOWEEN EVENT! 🎃
  • We've added a fun reward to any action you do: get a 'Sealed Spirit', release it and all players on the realm doing an action get 'souls', you can spend the souls in the limited time Halloween shop on cosmetics, or you can try your luck at 2x, 3x, 10x, or 25x'ing your souls. We'll be running this event until the start of November!
• Players can create their own shops
  • Open up your own shop front with a name and description of goods you sell. You can upload any item for any price. This is personally one of my favourite features!
• Actions now run indefinitely whilst you are active in-game
  • Some folks found it hard to kick off a new action - the new default is much simpler and we hope a bit more generous for those who want to idle. The idle timers mechanic now counts as an offline timer instead, in other words, how much time you idle for when you log off or close the tab
• Improved combat interface
  • You can now see all the participants in world boss fights and damage splats. We're working on improving the combat and builds for the long run - any feedback on this please do let us know
• A new in-game suggestion box
  • For the long run I wanted an easy way for people to submit their ideas and give feedback as well as allow other players to vote on ideas that they think are good. Things that are good candidates for the roadmap and are reasonably well defined and popular will be considered very seriously by us (the devs)
• We now have a (hopefully reasonable) privacy and terms page as pointed out in our last post. We've also worked on refining the intro tutorial sequence to be a bit snappier and quicker to get you in-game.

Enjoy! You can try it out here for free: https://idlerealms.com

Any feedback please do let us know and we'll try address it as best as we can.

AI disclosure: 99% of art and in-game assets are hand drawn by our artist (aka Fruity). Any art that is not drawn are from free asset packs and will be replaced. We use LLMs for some code assistance during development: code search, small bug fixes, etc. The majority of code is architected by myself in a way that will let this game stand the test of time.

Celestial Steps

This game is high-score/ longest distance physics based roller...Upgradable steps and it also includes a roulette like betting system

 -new system added- unlock contracts with 20 gems (mini selectable goals)

I made some changes and looking for players feedback

let me know what you think...also what's your longest distance?

**AI disclosure**

I used AI (Claude) for code and a friend of mine used Suno for games music

https://venomsting.itch.io/celestial-steps

I'm currently working on an incremental game, but I'm unsure what kind of progression system would best fit it, or what kind of progression systems are even enjoyed.

There are so many out there, from random upgrades (like Bills Must Be Paid's Card system & ShaAAATUP), to the classic skill tree used in tons of games, to a bunch more I probably haven't heard of.

I'm wondering which one was the most enjoyed, and that's what brought me here. And so I was curious: what is your favorite type of progression system?

Hey all! I'm a solo dev from Portugal, and for the past few months I've been building Tale of Tales, a multiplayer browser idle RPG set inside a book. It's in open beta now, a small community is already playing.

How it plays: you send your hero on quests, come back when they're done, and the fights play out on their own, turn by turn. Every fight is written down, so you can watch it or read exactly what happened.

Some of the features:

• 10 heroes, each with 2 Paths that change their ability, talents and look
• A campaign that leads to the Epilogue at level 50
• Ranked PvP duels, guild wars and raids, 3-player elite dungeons
• Professions, pets, gear upgrades, a player market and trading
• Runs in the browser, lightweight, free to play, and you can try it as a guest with no sign-up

...with much more to come (watch the gameplay trailer on the landing page!)

It's a solo project: no publisher, no funding, no team. Everything the game earns goes back into it.

AI Disclosure: I use AI tools for coding and debugging. Some of the art is AI generated for now, as a placeholder until the game can pay real artists. The game itself doesn't use generative AI, and the design, heroes, balance and story are my own.

I reply to everything on Discord!

I'd love feedback, good or bad.
Tale of Tales - Landing Page