Not convinced you'll ever make a million? Hyper Hippo's incremental idle game AdVenture Capitalist will have you rolling in dough in no time flat thanks to donuts, car washes, newspapers, and... lemons? Well, you know what they say about life and lemons. Click 'em! When you click an item, its progress bar begins to fill, and when it reaches the end, you'll be paid based on how many of that item you own. You start with lemons, and as time goes by you'll be able to afford other business ventures, or simply more of the ones you've got. Since you might not want to sit around clicking forever, you can also hire managers to run things for you, purchase or unlock upgrades to increase your earning capabilities, and even get a little heavenly investment help. (Click and drag or simply use your mouse scroll wheel to navigate through menus!) AdVenture Capitalist is cheek-tastic, with puns absolutely everywhere and nods to all manner of pop culture icons, and its vibrant, clean art style is easy on the eyes... though if you want to mute that soundtrack, make sure you visit the Swag and Stats screen! It doesn't have quite the unexpected charm or surprises of Cookie Clicker, but its practically oozing professional polish, and has come a long way from its initial incarnation thanks to frequent updates by a devoted team, and an equally devoted fanbase. It even calculates your earnings when you're offline! Now that's a part-time job I can get behind.
I played the crap out of this when it first came onto Kongregate. At first, the devs were awesome. I lost my progress more than a few times due to Unity bugs, but they always sent me one with however much money and investors I lost. Props to them for that.
However, in the last few months the gameplay has gone down in quality, steadily. The Christmas event was broken for a TON of people, with not a peep from the devs. The UI was updated, but they made the same mistake Microsoft did with W8. It was designed for a touch interface, when the vast majority of people are using it on non-touch displays. And finally, the gameplay has stayed exactly the same for the last few months. I stopped playing more than two months ago-there just isn't anything to keep my interest.
These idle games are WAY more addictive than they deserve to be. I've still got Tangerine Tycoon open in another tab.
I agree completely. It was a terrific little concept at first, but the switch into the present form has made it into a mess. Plus, the current version runs like a dog.
They're beta testing some moon base expansion for the game...
Is there a mute button I can't find? Otherwise this version number without this feedback is ludicrous.
Mute button is on the Swag & Stats screen.
How long does it take for you to be able to actually attract >0 investors?
It's amazing how many names they came up with for all the achievemnets and stuff.
Well, this is addictive!
Can't play on Linux :(
So i've been playing this on my Mac for a couple days but now it's not working??
Works fine on Chrome in Ubuntu 14.04 if you install Pipelight. Minor bugs may require reloading the game by refreshing when you switch tabs, though.
Try it after installing Pipelight for Linux.
It's actually a really nice play. It has a valid reason to replay and doesn't feel like you don't get much out of doing it.
In versions 2.0 and up there is now a Moon and Mars expansion. I played this for days before I realised that, and had to start over. You cannot transfer your game from this verison to the new one. Keep that in mind before playing this version of the game.
Did you guys change/update the game or something? All my data seems to have been lost here.
Sorry, but no! Did you clear your browser? You might have gotten rid of your files accidentally! :(
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