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(Some context: - The prompt was loose, but it had to be "recognizably an incremental game", and we focus on systems design - All solo projects, made in about five weeks - Students gave me permission to share these - They're all relatively short-form, generally playable in a single sitting.) 2/

First up check out "Squares" by Jon Topielski, a minimalist clicker made in Pico8 about filling up an ever-increasing grid of squares. I love the embrace of abstraction here, there's no 'theme', but it still has this satisfying progression. Check it out! jontopielski.itch.io/squares 3/

"Omni-Sort" by Riley Lyman is an impressively polished incremental game about sorting algorithms. I think this one came out beautifully, a really in-the-weeds topic that's conceptually a great fit for the genre, and some great juice with the bar charts too 📊 rjley.itch.io/omni-sort 4/