Perceptron - An Idle Game

Andrew Zuo

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

Perceptron is a new incremental game which is based around the idea of building and training a neural network. The concepts behind a neural network have been distilled to their essence in this idle simulation.

Not to say the game is simple. Sure, it starts simple with only nodes, training, and data, but soon balloons into a complex idle game with prestige and upgrades. Not to mention offline support.

Take on the role of a young undergraduate student as you become quite the idle tycoon. Soon you'll be rivaling even GPT-3.

Perceptron is not just another idle clicker. It was designed around the idea of training a neural network and has taken inspiration from many neural network topics. Who knows, you might even end up learning something.

Ratings and reviews

First the good: It's got potential. The "prestige" actually feels like an upgrade rather than an annoying requirement. Slowness could be a good thing. I like the simplicity. Second the bad: if I don't force stop it every time I close then it eats my battery really fast. I know real networks are hungry, but you should adjust because it's a game. Also, in real life larger networks aren't always better. Suggestions: Regularization. Different kinds of nodes and activation functions.

game goes too slow. the curve for research projects can get to the point where it goes beyond 1.8e+308 money required, which makes them impossible due to the limits of Double. and, as I've unfortunately found out after quite a bit of hours, when money gets that high it turns to "infinite" and causes the comp tab to freeze the game. suffice to say, as the game stands now, it is not possible to "complete". these problems can be fixed, and hopefully they will be. the concept is good,though.

"I don't know what I'm doing: The Game" It's slow, very slow. But it's a functional idle game? Three stars because no forced ads. Edit: Two months later, still feel a little lost but my appreciation has gone up quite a lot. Hit quite a few automation breakpoints and it's more enjoyable and has become one of my go-to idlers to check in the morning and on breaks.

What's new

- UI tweaks
- Bug fixes
- Updated dependencies and upgraded Flutter version