Brad @ GDC
velziewhat if sisyphus got a coin every time he rolled the boulder up the hill and then he could spend his coins in the shop to level up his pushing ability but each time he leveled up the boulder also got heavier so the challenge remains the same despite feeling like progression has been made. and what if he was able to unlock sisyphus minions that could roll the boulder up the hill while he was away. also every time he starts a new roll an ad plays. and also he can choose to watch an ad every time he drops the boulder to receive 2x coins for that round. and also you can buy fun skins for the boulder through microtransactions
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Kevin Karhan 
Amber 
@ce can we add this to misskey cc: syuilo & dakkar
Cadey Bunny@ce I've played this free to play game before. There's a lot of these on mobile app stores!
I also played literally this game? There's a sisyphus idle game where you upgrade to roll the boulder up the hill, but you never reach the top, and have to start over to upgrade further but it's never enough, you never reach the top
K.O'MaraAnswer is, "Describe LIFE as a sisyphus game."
Stoneface Vimes@ce wasn't Sisyphus punishment harsh enough without all that? Sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to me.
Cywouldn't work. sisyphus got too tired from rolling ur mom up the hill.
Hyphinett@ce Okay but what if the number of coins increased each time and the costs of the upgrades also costed more each consecutive level then I think Sisyphus could truly be happy.
@ce one must imagine Sisyphus happy and this is how.
demofox@ce yeah... gross predatory game design ):
HalJor 
@ce Patch release introduces Rockchain
Tezrak, Impslayer of Worlds@ce π€ π€¨ π§
Dwemthy@ce Is there a pleasing sound and particle effects for every coin earned? Please?
Luna Lactea@ce Sisyphus does not deserve microtransactions. Rolling the boulder is already enough punishment!
Filene Taylor@ce This is so brilliant that you could release it as a social commentary mobile game and still make money from the micro transactions.
Please do it and set us free, by ultimately parodying this dystopia so much that the satire becomes indiscernible from the content it mocks. (aka: fake micro transactions? Or just a pay to unlock ad removal? No real ads?)
Please and Thank You, or just give your blessing to somebody else to do it!! You're just giving away gems here!! :3 ππ
ShadowInTheVoid@ce Donβt Create the Torment Nexus!!!!
Analog AI@ce Definitely Hell++
The Manchurian Idiot
Ertain@ce Genius.
βπ΄ββ οΈThis explains Sisyphus from Hades (the game)
Ian K Tindale@ce the boulder is probably better at the bottom of the hill in my opinion, the feng shui is much more advantageous
Pixel Dunn@ce smells a crappy mobile idle game :/
Michael J. Nicholson
Rachel@michjnich @ce one must imagine sisyphus grinding
β΄ esoterik β΄@ce one must imagine the cookie clicker happy
Ο@ce cookie clicker mythology edition.
Nicole J. LeBoeuf (she/her)@ce "there's an app for that"
Ted C. Howard@ce Sisyphus Tycoon, coming soon to Roblox!
Irenes (many)@ce we must imagine Sisyphus happy https://existentialcomics.com/comic/29
PsySal@ce so you are just outright giving up on NFTs?!?
Geoff π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ@ce This is *exactly* why I gave up on online gaming.
jacquelines π@ce we must imagine sisyphus a gamer
Ciggy Bringer of Smoke@ce You jest, but players absolutely do this thing of 'let me show my game prowess by increasing the size of the boulder in the game' and then they basically use every exploit they can find to handle this supposed challenge.
Yes I am on one about 'gamers' right now.
πΉππππ#ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ #ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄
Π§ΡΠΎ, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ Π‘ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π» ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π·, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡ Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½ Π½Π° Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΌ, Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠ°Π³Π°Π·ΠΈΠ½Π΅, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ²ΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ°ΡΡ Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½, Π½ΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π·, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠ²ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½Ρ, Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡ ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅Π΅, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΡΡΠΎ Π·Π°Π΄Π°ΡΠ° ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½Π΅ΠΉ, Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ³Π½ΡΡ. Π ΡΡΠΎ, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΡΠ°Π·Π±Π»ΠΎΠΊΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ²-cΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ², ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡ Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½ Π²Π²Π΅ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½Ρ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π΅Ρ. ΠΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π·, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½Π°Π΅Ρ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΏΡΡΠΊΡ, ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ»Π°ΠΌΠ°. Π Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ Π²ΡΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ»Π°ΠΌΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π·, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡΡ 2x ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΡ Π·Π° ΡΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π΄. Π Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π²Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΡΠΏΠΈΡΡ Π·Π°Π±Π°Π²Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΊΠΈΠ½Ρ Π΄Π»Ρ Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½Π° ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΠΌΠΈΠΊΡΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½Π·Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ.
velzie (@ce)
what if sisyphus got a coin every time he rolled the boulder up the hill and then he could spend his coins in the shop to level up his pushing ability but each time he leveled up the boulder also got heavier so the challenge remains the same despite feeling like progression has been made. and what if he was able to unlock sisyphus minions that could roll the boulder up the hill while he was away. also every time he starts a new roll an ad plays. and also he can choose to watch an ad every time he drops the boulder to receive 2x coins for that round. and also you can buy fun skins for the boulder through microtransactions
George@ce
I bet Sisyphus wishes the ancient Greeks had invented paper and scissors so there'd be a bit more variety than just rock-rock-rock.
I bet Sisyphus wishes the ancient Greeks had invented paper and scissors so there'd be a bit more variety than just rock-rock-rock.
Noah Mittman 
@ce Why, he'd have over 2 BILLION POWER!!!
tekhedd@ce My god now it IS hell
pseudoramble@ce "One must imagine Sisyphus happy HE GRABBED A 2x SPEED BOOST FOR THE NEXT 30 SECONDS!"
Ross of Ottawa@ce oh, so you're saying like the original Greek text then?
small, primitive, wingless@ce this post is, like, how i feel about modern gaming but in reverse π
JoelBarr@ce I see you've discovered the key to our materialistic, capitalistic, consumer- driven society.
alysonsee π»
Very Human Robot@ce the Greek were missing out!
vriska, thief of light 
@ce "what if sisyphus got a coin" in stars and time (2023)
Irina@ce I'd rather have the original version of the punishment, thank you very much.
Nicolas Delsaux@ce Did you just reinvented Sysiphis as an idle game ?
Tanega@ce I really thought it was going to be an allegory of capitalism
Urix Turing@ce call me old fashioned, but I would also add a blockchain somewhere
Marjolein Tamis@ce ngl I need a sisyphus clicker now
don sizemore@ce βyou mean this guy, Syphilis, has to push a rockβ¦ forever?β β Guillermo Diaz, Party Girl
Florian 'floe' Echtler@ce Ah crap, don't give the mobile game devs any more ideas... π«£
Flandere@ce is this the origin story of microtransactions in mobile games? It sounds like the origin story of microtransactions in mobile games 
Jehan Le Doe@ce kill him !!!
cafkafk@ce this is why I stopped playing MMOs basically
Ted Mielczarek@ce one must imagine Sisyphus as a whale from which we can extract a large revenue stream.
Tilde Lowengrimm