Or some similar phrase related to the old arcade games (that required giving a coin each time you wanted to play).
An incremental game. What’s the idea?
- Each attempt you get a large field of characters / machines / robots / etcetera.
- They do NOTHING.
- You have a little area ( = circle around mouse cursor) in which you can click characters, and a maximum supply of coins.
- Click to put a coin into all robots within the area, so they will actually start doing work!
The work itself can be anything. Mine resources, move stuff around, etcetera.
The unique core of the game is deciding what to give your precious coins and optimizing that each time.
I think this would work really well. It’s just not the kind of game that I am interested in making right now.