Does Not Illustrate: Rewarding Inactivity

The trope is about games that require the player to idle or not engage with them for some benefit (either a reward or to solve a puzzle).

The current image is talking heads to start with, and isn't very clear what is going on either. I think that's a rat maze experiment at the bottom? Recommend pulling regardless of replacement.

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Admittedly a bit wordy but...

Alternative crop and repossed my character to look more asleep...

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 4th 2024 at 9:28:47 AM

Could we get an image of Pokemon Sleep to work? The "game" is just a sleep tracker app with rewards attached.

Found this one on the Google Playstore app page [1]

Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 5th 2024 at 8:20:55 AM

Might need a good caption clarifying that you need to sit in the sand for a bit, but I think the empty scenery contributes:

it's too empty, to the point I can't make out the player characters at all.

It might work as a 3 image set where the first 2 are the player idling and the 3rd has the achievement pop up, but I think my pokemon sleep idea is more vivid about it.

Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 9th 2024 at 6:45:53 AM

Isn't Pokemon Sleep more an Idle Game? Would prefer an example from a game where it isn't the core mechanic as that is what the trope is about rather than being an Idle Game?

(That being said I think Idle Game's current pic is just a block of text I wonder if a Pokemon Sleep picture would be better there?)

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 9th 2024 at 4:51:02 PM

Idk. Pokemon Sleep isn't so much a game that plays itself; it's a game that you "play" by sleeping.

It's listed on both the Idle Game page and is described as an Idle Game on it's work page.

Here's Pokemon Sleep suggestion but I still think it would fit better on Idle Game than on Rewarding Inactivity:

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 9th 2024 at 5:09:53 PM

Tentative

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Votes bump, multiple options in the green.

"Gotta Nap For 'Em All!"

Going ahead with 18, closing.