Idle Games: The Mechanics and Monetization of Self-Playing Games

In this 2015 GDC talk, Kongregate’s Anthony Pecorella examine the core and metagame loops of Idle games to understand what’s so compelling, why the retention is so insanely high, and why they are even very viable free-to-play revenue generators.

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