<s>
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
an	O
incremental	B-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
French	O
programmer	B-Application
Julien	O
"	O
Orteil	B-Application
"	O
Thiennot	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
was	O
coded	O
in	O
one	O
night	O
,	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
regularly	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
widely	O
described	O
as	O
addictive	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
credited	O
with	O
playing	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
idle	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
relatively	O
simple	O
code	O
,	O
cheats	O
and	O
add-ons	O
are	O
widely	O
available	O
and	O
simply	O
implemented	O
by	O
using	O
browser	B-Application
consoles	O
and	O
bookmarklets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julien	O
"	O
Orteil	B-Application
"	O
Thiennot	O
created	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orteil	B-Application
later	O
wrote	O
that	O
traffic	O
had	O
peaked	O
at	O
1.5	O
million	O
hits	O
in	O
one	O
day	O
during	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
was	O
still	O
getting	O
a	O
steady	O
225,000	O
hits	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Orteil	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Patreon	O
page	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
develop	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
and	O
other	O
Dashnet	B-Application
games	O
becoming	O
a	O
full-time	O
job	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
mobile	O
beta	O
for	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
after	O
a	O
long	O
delay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Cow	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
,	O
a	O
previously	O
existing	O
idle	B-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Ian	O
Bogost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bogost	O
has	O
called	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
"	O
the	O
logical	O
conclusion	O
of	O
Cow	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orteil	B-Application
later	O
released	O
other	O
idle	B-Application
games	I-Application
such	O
as	O
:	O
Idle	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Maker	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
allowing	O
customized	O
idle	B-Application
games	I-Application
to	O
be	O
made	O
without	O
coding	O
knowledge	O
;	O
AdventureQuest	O
Dragons	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
game	O
created	O
with	O
Artix	O
Entertainment	O
;	O
and	O
NeverEnding	O
Legacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Orteil	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
Twitter	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
of	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
planned	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
its	O
originally	O
announced	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
IGN	O
article	O
,	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
credited	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
games	O
to	O
have	O
played	O
a	O
major	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
of	O
idle	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
incremental	B-Application
gaming	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
issue	O
of	O
Digital	O
Culture	O
&	O
Society	O
,	O
Paolo	O
Ruffino	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
FarmVille	B-Application
"	O
(	O
a	O
popular	O
game	O
which	O
Ruffino	O
says	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
easily	O
with	O
an	O
algorithm	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
optimal	O
action	O
is	O
always	O
obvious	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
equally	O
addictive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ian	O
Bogost	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
Cow	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
,	O
similarly	O
notes	O
that	O
"	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
human	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
for	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
play	O
while	O
a	O
human	O
watches	O
(	O
or	O
does	O
n't	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
has	O
been	O
said	O
by	O
reviewers	O
to	O
be	O
addictive	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
fanbase	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
obsessive	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
almost	O
cultish	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
mockingly	O
simple	O
mechanics	O
,	O
idle	B-Application
games	I-Application
are	O
also	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
being	O
relatively	O
simple	O
or	O
,	O
as	O
stated	O
in	O
an	O
IGN	O
article	O
,	O
"	O
super	O
dumb	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
such	O
as	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
have	O
used	O
this	O
blend	O
of	O
simplicity	O
and	O
complexity	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
genre	O
that	O
some	O
may	O
not	O
even	O
consider	O
as	O
actual	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orteil	B-Application
himself	O
described	O
his	O
works	O
as	O
"	O
non-games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
dark	O
humour	O
in	O
the	O
names	O
and	O
descriptions	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
upgrades	O
,	O
achievements	O
or	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
generally	O
has	O
themes	O
of	O
dystopia	B-Application
,	O
cosmic	O
horror	O
,	O
and	O
apocalypse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kiberd	O
suggests	O
that	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
is	O
"	O
saddling	O
[	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
fun ]	O
with	O
ideas	O
about	O
success	O
,	O
achievement	O
,	O
and	O
productivity	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
form	O
as	O
a	O
critique	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
structures	O
of	O
expectation	O
and	O
reward	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Justin	O
Davis	O
of	O
IGN	O
describes	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
as	O
the	O
"	O
greatest	O
Idle	B-Application
Game	I-Application
"	O
and	O
says	O
it	O
"	O
probably	O
achieves	O
the	O
best	O
balance	O
of	O
power	O
yet	O
 [ ... ] 	O
so	O
that	O
every	O
step	O
of	O
the	O
way	O
you	O
feel	O
like	O
you	O
're	O
flying	O
,	O
generating	O
cookies	O
so	O
much	O
faster	O
than	O
you	O
were	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boing	O
Boing	O
reviewed	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
highly-addictive	O
browser	B-Application
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
academic	O
work	O
analyzed	O
Cookie	B-Application
Clicker	I-Application
as	O
an	O
object	O
of	O
new	O
media	O
art	O
that	O
subverts	O
"	O
the	O
experimental	O
opacity	O
of	O
digital	O
media	O
"	O
and	O
forces	O
the	O
person	O
experiencing	O
it	O
to	O
"fac[e]	O
the	O
expression	O
of	O
digital	O
historical	O
experience	O
:	O
the	O
broad	O
sense	O
of	O
existential	O
disenfranchisement	O
characterizing	O
so	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
contemporary	O
technology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sebastian	O
Deterding	O
,	O
a	O
professor	O
of	O
design	O
engineering	O
at	O
Imperial	O
College	O
London	O
,	O
acknowledges	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
exists	O
at	O
one	O
level	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
and	O
ridicule	O
of	O
Farmville	B-Application
and	O
EverQuest	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
transcends	O
this	O
,	O
engaging	O
in	O
gamification	O
of	O
progress	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
"	O
keep	O
at	O
a	O
single	O
'	O
silly	O
 '	O
pursuit	O
for	O
hundreds	O
of	O
hours	O
[	O
engaged	O
in ]	O
a	O
real	O
,	O
self-regulatory	O
skill	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
its	O
players	O
can	O
and	O
do	O
play	O
it	O
"	O
out	O
of	O
enlightened	O
existential	O
spite	O
"	O
,	O
perhaps	O
including	O
the	O
author	O
who	O
acknowledges	O
baking	O
octillions	O
of	O
cookies	O
over	O
thousands	O
of	O
hours	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
"	O
orders	O
of	O
magnitude	O
more	O
time	O
...	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
my	O
life	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
