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• date: 3 May 2026
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Design idle & tycoon games that players can't put down — no code required.
What you'll learn
✓ Design a core loop from scratch — the tap-earn-upgrade cycle that is the heartbeat of every tycoon and idle game
✓ Apply exponential progression curves so players stay engaged for weeks, not days
✓ Build offline earnings and idle mechanics that bring players back every session
✓ Game Design: a balanced in-game economy with currencies, sources, sinks, and upgrade pacing
✓ Monetize ethically using in-app purchases, rewarded ads, and battle passes
✓ Design retention systems — daily rewards, events, streaks, and push notifications — that build real habit
Requirements
● No game design experience needed — this course starts from zero
● No coding or game engine required
● A notepad or simple document app to jot down ideas is all you need
● (Optional) Any tycoon or idle game installed on your phone to play alongside the lessons
Description
Have you ever looked at a tycoon game and thought "it's just a button you tap — why is this making millions of dollars?" This course answers that question, and teaches you how to design one yourself.
Mobile tycoon games — idle games, incremental games, clicker games — are consistently among the top-grossing apps on the App Store and Google Play. Games like AdVenture Capitalist, Cookie Clicker, Idle Miner Tycoon, and Egg, Inc. look deceptively simple. Underneath that simplicity is a carefully engineered system of psychological loops, exponential curves, and pacing decisions. This course pulls all of that apart, piece by piece.
You'll learn how to design the core tap-earn-upgrade loop, how to use exponential math to keep players progressing for months, how to build idle and offline mechanics that bring players back every day, how to design a balanced in-game economy, how to structure upgrades and prestige systems, how to monetize without feeling predatory, and how to add the game feel that turns a functional loop into something players genuinely love.
No coding knowledge required. This course is purely about game design thinking — the systems, the psychology, and the decisions behind the genre. All you need is a curious mind.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
• Understand why tycoon and idle games are among the most profitable games on mobile
• Design a core loop — the tap-earn-upgrade cycle — from scratch
• Apply exponential progression curves to keep players engaged for weeks or months
• Build idle and offline earning mechanics that drive daily retention
• Design a balanced multi-currency economy with proper sources and sinks
• Structure upgrade trees and pace new unlocks for maximum engagement
• Implement a prestige system that resets progress while keeping players hooked
• Design ethical monetization using IAP, rewarded ads, and battle passes
• Build a retention system using daily rewards, events, streaks, and push notifications
• Polish your game with juice, particles, haptics, and satisfying feedback
Who this course is for
■ Aspiring game designers who want to break into mobile game design with no prior experience. Indie developers who want to understand the mechanics behind one of the most profitable genres on the App Store and Google Play. Anyone who has played a tycoon or idle game and wondered how it actually works. No coding knowledge or game engine required — this course is entirely about design thinking.



   
   
   

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