🧠 What It’s About

• Core gameplay: Click the central button to earn Stimulation Points, then spend them on upgrades (automations, audio, visuals) that multiply your points or add distractions—like bouncing DVD logos, mukbang videos, ASMR, lofi beats, chatbot overlays, even crypto charts

• Thematic twist: What starts calm becomes sensory overload, a satire on the attention economy and the overstimulation of modern digital life.

🎮 Gameplay & Progression

1. Start simple: Each click gives +1 stimulation point.

2. Unlock chaos: At just 3 points, unlock DVD screensavers. Soon, feed becomes cluttered with endless distractions.

3. Automation: Buy upgrades that generate points for you—but also amplify the sensory overload (more videos, sounds, visuals).
4. Final release: Purchase the “Go to the Ocean” upgrade—trigger a peaceful ocean scene and ending credits, ending the game.

🎯 Themes & Reception

• Commentary: Seen as a dark mirror to our dopamine-driven internet habits—addictive, mind-numbing, even nauseating by design.

• Critics agree: Maddy Myers (Polygon) called it “pure internet hell mode”.
• Player reactions: Reddit users report rising stress, headaches, but a compelling, insightful experience—“a Black Mirror–level hellscape,” some call it “hatelove”.

🕹️ Why Play It?

• Innovative twist: A clicker game that critiques itself and the attention economy.

• Emotional journey: From calm clicks → chaotic overwhelm → serene ocean escape.

• Free & accessible: Browser-based, mobile-friendly, no downloads.

✅ Summary

Stimulation Clicker blends addictive gameplay with a sharp social critique. Each click pulls you deeper into delightful chaos, only to end in calm—forcing reflection on our own screen habits. It’s an immersive mini art piece in clicker form.