Orteil

orteil.dashnet.org · Personal blog · on HN since 2013

Orteil is the creator of Cookie Clicker and other small browser games and generators.

What HN saysHN commenters point to Cookie Clicker as the classic of the incremental game genre whenever a similar game is posted.
50HN people shared it
35linked it in comments
16stories submitted
67story points
2 years agolast shared
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Most-shared posts

  1. 1
    Cookie Clicker
    34 people · 13 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
  2. 2
    A list of everything in the multiverse
    8 people · 45 points · first shared 2013 · 8 comments on HN
  3. 3
    Random game idea generator
    4 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
  4. 4
    Cookie Clicker
    1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
  5. 5
    Haikunator – Haiku Generator
    1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
  6. 6
    Help
    1 people · first shared 2014
  7. 7
    Dungeongenerator
    1 people · first shared 2018

What HN people wrote when they linked it

erikerikson · 2025-01-06
For those of you loving this, a classic: https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
Xylakant · 2018-10-15
If you enjoy that, I can totally recommend cookie clicker. http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
dennisgorelik · 2017-10-16
Isn't it just a clone of classic Cookie Clicker? http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
flashman · 2015-07-10
Otik · 2015-02-23
Sounds like you would love Cookie Clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
kristianp · 2025-01-06
Isn't cookie clicker one of the earliest? https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
nonbirithm · 2022-07-24
Reminds me of Orteil's Nested (same author as Cookie Clicker). A gamedev adaptation of this idea would be interesting. http://orteil.dashnet.org/nested
makach · 2021-12-21
motoxpro · 2021-12-21
Didn't realize this was the website https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
gus_massa · 2021-01-18
It's very Cookie Clicker like https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ so I was expecting to see an upgrade to buy an autoclicker. Reading that bots are not allowed, made it clear that it was a very different game.
benatkin · 2018-09-05
Straight out of Cookie Clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
Null-Set · 2018-08-07
While not as suitable for actually playing tile based RPGs, I am partial to http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/dungeongenerator/ for the nice visual design of the generated dungeons.
andyhmltn · 2017-11-20
With due respect that's completely wrong. Clicker games have been a thing long before microtransactions were around and popular. I remember sinking an hour or two into cookie clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
tfeldmann · 2017-08-22
strictnein · 2017-07-05
Reminds me of Cookie Clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
xigency · 2017-01-24
Here's an example: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ Opening another tab creates a new bakery, not a view into the same bakery. (This only works if you haven't played before or clear your cookies.) Edit: If you really want to keep the same functionality then you would need to bring server communication into the mix. It's possible to either run the simulation server-side, or at least communicate the state between tabs using a server. If you send an email in one Gmail window and it shows up in the other window, then I would guess it receives a message from the server to update.
pawadu · 2016-11-18
Surprised no one has mentioned Cookie Clicker yet, which I think was what inspired notch to write that game: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ Notch's game was written in Dart and the source code is simple and elegant: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=398
wodenokoto · 2016-08-13
Looks like Cookie clicker [1] [1] http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
tarm · 2014-08-07
Awesome adaptation of cookie clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
lectrick · 2014-06-14
It's a copy of CookieClicker http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
poissonpie · 2014-03-07
a little self indulgence - I built http://clickortre.at with (mostly) AngularJS, inspired by http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
TheZenPsycho · 2014-02-11
also from the maker of cookie clicker: idle game maker, a maker of games just like cookie clicker. http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/idlegamemaker/help
makmanalp · 2014-02-10
Actually something almost like that exists: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
dwd · 2014-02-10
Don't forget this insanity http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
kin · 2013-11-15
Cookie Clicker: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ This game is all client-side so it's easy to cheat. The cool thing is you actually get achievements for cheating!
pepsi · 2013-11-09
This reminds me of "Nested" from Orteil, the creator of Cookie Clicker. http://orteil.dashnet.org/nested
Sunlis · 2013-04-21
Reminds me of "Ortiel's Game Idea Generator": http://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen

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