It's about half an hour. Do you think the first few upgrades should be cheaper?
Thanks for your feedback. I designed the game to be a really long play, so wanted the first upgrade to take a while, but its interesting to hear you think it should be sooner. I might look at implementing maybe a few extra upgrades that could be a lot cheaper, like 200 coins or something. They would have less effect on the stats of the robot but would allow you to do something a bit quicker.
Have to agree, I immediately lost interest when I realized I couldn't actually do anything within the first couple minutes of "playing". Not so much a game as a really boring movie, if you have to wait a half hour to do literally anything. The way these kinds of games are meant to work, is that the upgrades start off super easy and fast to get, and then get harder/more time consuming to earn as time goes on, until you prestige and have to start from the beginning, with something new that makes it easier to get back to where you were (before prestiging) faster than the first time. You don't have to implement a prestige system, of course, but it's hard to get someone's interest when they can't actually do anything upon starting the game.
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to try it out and give me some feedback. If you're looking for a fast paced action game then this is most definetely not for you. I appreciate that other idle clickers move at different paces, some faster and some slower than this one. I personally like the ones that require patience.
I've never really seen this as a game, but more of a work companion who works while you work, and every few hours you can check on it and see if you can upgrade, more like a tamogotchi or something. It's definetely not a game that you will be staring at waiting for it to earn enough to do an upgrade.
Try leaving it on overnight or in the background on either a second screen, tablet or a new browser window, then after a few hours, give it a look. You never know, the patience and perseverence might end up being worth it. Maybe not. Never the less, thanks again for your feedback and giving it a go. Take care!