# So I've found the most addicting game that exists on the internet. No, seriously **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356 "2013-09-21T00:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/521 "2014-01-11T15:28:37Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Not on at the moment so cna’t give a number, but my heavenly chips are in scientific notation. With or without cheats? (because if the latter, wow!). I’ll admit yesterday I used my first and only cheat to get the 200 Reindeer achievement. I would have needed to hold out another day without resetting and I just didn’t have the patience. That first 30-60 minutes after a reset is the main reason I still play. I’ve got a little over 15,000 HC but my current goal is to be able to _consistently_ clear the game within an hour. By that I mean 240 cursors, 100 everything else, all upgrades, all santas. Excepted are grandmocalypse upgrades from exotic nuts on (since this is time-based and in any case this is the best state to be in to get golden cookies and wrinklers) and the drops you get from wrinklers and reindeer since that’s also a matter of chance. I can get most of it in 20 minutes but the last 10 cursors and ACs, last santa, and final 2 cookie multiplier upgrades are not guaranteed without a well-timed click frenzy. Why in the world am I still playing this game???!!! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/522 "2014-01-11T20:51:53Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > With or without cheats? (because if the latter, wow!). Of course, yes. But not as much as you’d think. I mostly just let it run literally for months, clicking and buying whatever I could each morning. My daughter likes to click golden cookies and reindeer for a few minutes now and then as well. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/523 "2014-02-14T02:33:30Z")
New update available! Valentine’s Day theme! I haven’t given it a whirl yet, but having only 171 quintillion cookies so far means there’s no reason not to. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/524 "2014-02-14T02:49:55Z")
Allright, it adds a new building, the Prism. More expensive than the antimatter condenser, it converts light directly into cookies at a rate of 10,000,000 cps. Brilliant! How long until **TruCelt** has 1000 of those? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/525 "2014-02-14T05:50:33Z")
Well, I guess I need to fire the game up again and play for a week. Everytime I think I’m out…it drags me back in… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/526 "2014-02-14T05:53:13Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Well, I guess I need to fire the game up again and play for a week. > > Everytime I think I’m out…it drags me back in… Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/527 "2014-02-14T16:47:24Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Well, I guess I need to fire the game up again and play for a week. > > Everytime I think I’m out…it drags me back in… Haven’t started the game yet. Read 501 posts and noticed it was a 15 months old thread. Got addicted to it. Will read on tomorrow (if I can wait). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/528 "2014-02-14T17:42:56Z")
Is it just me, or have the reindeer stopped for everyone? I think there’s a new upgrade to turn them back on, but it requires 5000 heavenly chips? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/529 "2014-02-14T18:15:56Z")
Yeah - the seasons are now selectable. Once you accumulate 5000 HCs, there’s an upgrade for either of the other two seasons. If you’re on one of the previous seasons (Halloween or Christmas), it lasts for 24 hours before reverting to the current season (Valentines). ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/530 "2014-02-14T18:28:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is it just me, or have the reindeer stopped for everyone? > > I think there’s a new upgrade to turn them back on, but it requires 5000 heavenly chips? Phew. I thought it cost 5000 heavily chips instead of cookies. Just a pre-requisite of HC’s. I don’t cheat, and I don’t have enough to satisfy the new 150 requirements for even AMC, much less the prism. Maybe I’ll reset for more HC’s and see where it gets me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/531 "2014-02-14T19:02:37Z")
The prisms provide a huge jump in productivity. I happened to reset yesterday with 15,000 heavenly chips. Last night, pre-prism, I was earning 5 trillion cookies per second. This morning I bought over 100 prisms with my banked cookies and I’m now earning 50 trillion cookies per second. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/532 "2014-02-14T19:27:44Z")
A large chunk of that is also from new achievements, meaning more milk. I find that at my current status (126 AMCs and other buildings to match, 110 prisms) a new achievement is worth about twice as much as a new prism. And you probably got a whole bunch of new achievements as soon as you loaded the update, from having 150+ of various buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/533 "2014-02-15T04:20:34Z")
Warning: The season-switcher upgrades get more expensive every time you purchase any of them. Don’t change frivolously, or you can get yourself practically locked out, like I just did. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/534 "2014-02-17T00:59:06Z")
What is it that the valentine’s day “season” does exactly? I only see a graphical change. I guess I need to go to christmas to get the santa upgrades, and go to halloween to get the wrinkled cookies. I’m playing without the cookie monster script for now, to make it more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/535 "2014-02-17T01:51:31Z")
I think the main thing it does is separate the seasons so they no longer stack. If you want to get prior achievements/upgrades, you need to dedicate yourself to going back and doing so. ---
**Author:** ![mortal\_wombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/536 "2014-02-17T02:24:14Z")
Thanks OP. As if it wasn’t bad enough that I’ve been addicted to Tiny Death Star and Candy Crush Saga since december… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/537 "2014-02-17T04:51:30Z")
Valentine’s is definitely the weakest of the seasons-- The heart cookie upgrades can only become available during Valentine season, but that’s all it does (and once one of them becomes available, it remains so indefinitely). And there’s no randomness to the heart cookies: Each one becomes available as soon as you purchase the previous one, like the British biscuits. If you’re starting over, the thing to do seems to be to rush to Bingo and fast research as soon as you can, go for the Grandmapocalypse, and get all the Golden Cookie upgrades and the season-switcher. Keep clicking red cookies until you get an Elder Frenzy, then switch to Christmas. Whenever you switch to Christmas, you instantly get a reindeer, which you can then pop during the Elder Frenzy for huge profit. Oh, and I’ve discovered a bug: If you let a season expire on its own after 24 hours, that season doesn’t come available again until you’ve purchased a different one. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/538 "2014-02-17T04:55:13Z")
That “Bicentennial” achievement is going to be a fricking monster. I don’t cheat – haven’t done it once in this game, and I’m not about to start now (and I define cheating as “another other than actively clicking on something yourself, no autoclickers or any crap like that”) – so wow, it’s going to take awhile to hit 200 prisms. But as has been mentioned, things have certainly jumped from this. Six trillion CpS yesterday, 71 trillion today. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/539 "2014-02-17T05:46:46Z")
Ok, I don’t get this. Is there a place on the web that explains exactly what this game is supposed to do? My game comes up with a screen divided into 3 columns. On the left, there is a chocolate chip cookie, with scrolling hearts as a background. The center has a menu button, stats button and updates button, and a number of other things, but I have no idea what. The third column has a few things which appear to be milestones, or something. I have a grandma 115, cursor 15, and a steel plated rolling pin. The left currently reads 196 cookies, 0.5/hour What? I tapped in the cookie for a while and that didn’t seem to do anything. I don’t have a clue of what. I should be doing or what the game is suppose to do. Where are the directions? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/540 "2014-02-17T05:58:54Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Where are the directions? [Right here.](http://cookieclicker.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Clicker_Wiki) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=28)