Cookie Clicker

Cookie Clicker

1. Game name & Context

   • Cookie Clicker
     • Click a cookie image
       • Gain more cookies
   • Click the Round Cookie in the middle of the screen to obtain more cookies, once u reach a certain amount of cookies, u can use them to buy upgrades.
   • created by French Programmer Julien Orteil Thiennot in 2013
   • Platforms
     • Web Browser
     • Mobile/ Phone
     • Steam
     • Playstation
     • Xbox
     • Nintendo Switch
   • Infinite Gameplay: the game keeps going and has no ending

2. Aesthetics (images/ colors/ shapes

   • Round image of a Choc-Chip Cookie for users to click, the game also has rectangle and square buttons to keep the interface neat and easy to navigate
   • Upgrades and Buildings such as mines, factories and farms and also Grandma's
   • Colors include Brown, Beige, and a Cream color to represent the theme of cookies. also the rewards have a golden and yellow outline adding helping the game feel rewarding
   • Brigh colours for upgrades and more important buttons
   • Consistent theme of a cookie and bakery

3. Game features (upgrades etc)

   • Upgrades
   • Clicking with mouse
   • Buildings such as Farms, Factories, Mines, Banks, and Temples
   • Random golden cookies that appear with gives temporary bonuses such as faster cookie production
   • Achievements
   • Prestige System
   • Cookie Production Multipliers
   • Automation System that automatically generates cookies without clicking

4. User Experience (Game Mechanics)

   • Manual Clicking
   • Upgrades found on the top right of the screen
   • Augments on the Left
   • The user continues to generate cookies automatically once upgrades are purchased
   • Idle progression e.g cookies continuing to generate when the player isn't clicking
   • Click modifier, where the number of cookies gained per click is increased using upgrades
   • Increasing production, where the buildings you buy produce more cookies per second

5. General Pros / Cons

   • Pros
     • Simple and easy to understand the gameplay
       • Engaging
         • Lots of rewards
           • Can be played by anyone and doesnt require skill
   • Cons
     • It can be repetitive
       • The game requires lots of clicking
         • the games progress can slow down in the later stages
           • some Upgrades can be very expensiive and time consuming to achieve