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The Upkeep economy — making an idle empire cost something

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The Upkeep economy — making an idle empire cost something
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The Upkeep economy — making an idle empire cost something

Every idle game is a fight against its own core loop. You buy a thing, the thing makes resources, the resources buy more things. Left alone, that curve goes vertical: within an hour the numbers are so large that every decision is "yes, buy…