So I play IDLE / Zero player, and the question is...

[TrinitySeven]

Does this one have those type of features? Like for instance I look at IDLE CHAMPIONS to be one of the better ones out there. A game you can basically use as a near zero player idler screensaver strategy management title. I want to purchase THIS DUCKS game and just leave it running on my stream much like I do with that one. Is there a mode like that, or can I program one with a simple macro? Thanks for knowledge shared about this information, I appreciate it!

[John Travoltage]

There is absolutely nothing in this game that offers something like Idle Champions.

[Spanospy]

- No management
- No player interaction
- No modding
- Yes ducks
- Yes "automatic camera control" (The game will flip between ducks and hotspots if you don't move the camera for a while)

What you see on the store page is pretty much all you get besides how ducks interact with the levels and other ducks.

[John Travoltage]

Well, "no modding" isn't exactly true - although you can count the total amount on one hand, they do exist: here[github.com] and here[github.com]

[TrinitySeven]

Originally posted by Spanospy:

- No management
- No player interaction
- No modding
- Yes ducks
- Yes "automatic camera control" (The game will flip between ducks and hotspots if you don't move the camera for a while)

What you see on the store page is pretty much all you get besides how ducks interact with the levels and other ducks.

for the 95% of the time where you can setup Idle Champions to be EXACTLY like that (automation) there is ENUF similarity between the two in that area to be relevant to my purposes with streaming content that I mainly do.

[TrinitySeven]

can i move my duck around with simple macros to keep it from appearing asleep/dead? Also I thought there was SOME component of game with this one, puzzles? Remember (Dev?) that the BEST zero player games DO have that single player component. Kind of funny as the starter of the genre of zero player (game of life) was missing that component.

[Spanospy]

Originally posted by TrinitySeven:

can i move my duck around with simple macros to keep it from appearing asleep/dead?

You can't do anything with the ducks besides make them quack.

You just watch them. You have zero control.

[Spanospy]

Think it might be worth you watching some gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pAURCi0y4

[TrinitySeven]

ok, thanks for the answers, yet I am sophisticated enough to understand all the basics you have just mentioned without having to watch anything. If I decide to purchase, which I most likely will I may watch some footage. I mention ANOTHER genre WINNER named EVERYTHING that does the zero player single player COMBO near perfect :)

[Nelly]

you are approaching the ducks with impure intentions, please stop this behavior.

[TrinitySeven]

Originally posted by Nelly:

you are approaching the ducks with impure intentions, please stop this behavior.:menacingduck:

well, title says they are PLACID. That is DIFFERENT from flaccid...

[Shrub]

Originally posted by TrinitySeven:

ok, thanks for the answers, yet I am sophisticated enough to understand all the basics you have just mentioned without having to watch anything

But what if there was something you didn't understand? You wouldn't know because you don't know.

Never turn knowledge down based on pre-conceived understandings because they're usually wrong. Example:

Originally posted by TrinitySeven:

Originally posted by Spanospy:

- No management
- No player interaction
- No modding
- Yes ducks
- Yes "automatic camera control" (The game will flip between ducks and hotspots if you don't move the camera for a while)

What you see on the store page is pretty much all you get besides how ducks interact with the levels and other ducks.

for the 95% of the time where you can setup Idle Champions to be EXACTLY like that (automation) there is ENUF similarity between the two in that area to be relevant to my purposes with streaming content that I mainly do.

Originally posted by TrinitySeven:

can i move my duck around with simple macros to keep it from appearing asleep/dead?

I'm not trying to attack you as I feel like that may be perceived, I merely wish to ensure you understand before you hit that purchase button. I recognize the following reaction could be stressful and I hope to avoid that for you, and I hope you'll forgive my rudeness here.

[TrinitySeven]

you are a strange bird, i will give you that. Yet you make just as many assumptions as you accuse...so where is the joy in that?

[TrinitySeven]

it is more like FOR THE DEV. If you can all fathom it somewhat. Remember the knowledge shared about the FIRST zero player game and how that one lacks ANY user interactivity or single player component. So thus winners like EVERYTHING on steam. Now if you wish to EVOLVE an already ultra highly rated game, how would you do that?

Go from zero player to single, then bump that to multi..insta WIN...

this is kind of how the hinting WAS SUPPOSED to go on this thread, hah, so much for wishes eh?

https://experiments.withgoogle.com/conway-game-of-life
An interactive implementation of John Conway's Game of Life. Spaceships included.

[TrinitySeven]

so i watched 5-10mins of that vid...seems like this is an ultra highly glorified screen saver only currently? I mean that can be super useful too...yet I can just run a video...so there is that to remember about such titles.

[Spanospy]

This is very much a 'chill' game. The gameplay consists of vibing with the ducks, inspecting new ones that pop in from time to time, watching when a duck gets to a special spot, does something to other ducks, or when something happens in the environment.

Some of the ducks have special abilities that they randomly do which change their trajectory, others can do things when they bump into a duck or when it's a certain time. A few even have properties that effect how they float. But all of the ducks are unique and interesting to look at.

In short, it's a spectator game where you can unwind, be free from the burden of having to do something and letting the ducks do it for you. The magic comes from things you DON'T do.

In fact, while I was typing this I decided to have the game in the background and they've updated it since I last played the default level. A new event surprised me! That's the charm of this game: It's a box of chocolates.

Other things they've added:

• New maps
  
• New ducks
  
• There is an ARG-like trail that gets added to on each major update.
  
• They added MULTIPLAYER to this game but you still hardly do anything but hang out with the ducks, though re-contextualised as each player spawns one duck which they can emote with. So in a sense, it's also an online multi/zero player game :P