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The Pleasure of Playing Less: A Study of Incremental Games Through the Lens of Kittens

  • Sultan A. Alharthi (author)
  • Phoebe Toups Dugas (author)
  • Olaa Alsaedi (author)
  • Theresa Jean Tanenbaum (author)
  • Jessica Hammer (author)
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TitleThe Pleasure of Playing Less
SubtitleA Study of Incremental Games Through the Lens of Kittens
ContributorSultan A. Alharthi (author)
Phoebe Toups Dugas (author)
Olaa Alsaedi (author)
Theresa Jean Tanenbaum (author)
Jessica Hammer (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.17613/4j4t4-75n35
Landing pagehttps://playstorypress.org/books/the-pleasure-of-playing-less/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
PublisherPlay Story Press
Publication placePittsburgh, PA
Published on2025-05-15
ISBN978-1-300-27574-9 (Paperback)
Long abstractIn this book, we explore the pleasure of playing less through a collective experience of playing the Kittens Game -- a self-described “Dark Souls of incremental gaming”. We draw on techniques of close reading and hermeneutics to ground our analysis and supplement our individual reflections on how these games incentivize players to play less and plan more.
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  • GAMES & ACTIVITIES / General
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Keywords
  • incremental games
  • idle games
  • clicker games
  • game studies
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