History VideoGame / AntiIdleTheGame

You can play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Tukkun/anti-idle-the-game here]]. To this day, Anti-Idle has over ''15 million'' plays and several thousand favorites. [[https://www.kongregate.com/forums/60-anti-idle-the-game/topics/869549-anti-idle-is-now-downloadable-1-1 A downloadable offline version]] was released in August 2020 to accomodate the termination of in-browser Adobe Flash support, with updates that came out as late as 2022.

You can play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Tukkun/anti-idle-the-game here]]. To this day, Anti-Idle has over ''15 million'' plays and several thousand favorites, and continues to be updated regularly. [[https://www.kongregate.com/forums/60-anti-idle-the-game/topics/869549-anti-idle-is-now-downloadable-1-1 A downloadable offline version]] was released in August 2020 to accomodate the termination of in-browser Adobe Flash support. And the game ''still'' gets actively updated.

* SuperOCD: Pretty much the whole game. [[spoiler:In fact, there's a perk you can unlock much later on, which costs a lot and does absolutely nothing... [[ChekhovsGun It is necessary to unlock higher ranked perks]], though, so you should still take it.]]

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: [[spoiler: Year 2011 area series in the Battle Arena]]

* {{Cap}}: Downplayed with Yellow, Green, and Blue Coins as of Version 1,779, where you can exceed the old caps (999,999,999,999 YC, 999,999,999 BC, and 999,999 BC) but capping one of those currencies adds a 5-minute countdown for it; letting it hit zero will prevent you from gaining more of that particular currency until you go below the cap.

* UpToEleven: In previous versions of the game, you could upgrade your max Energy in Awesome Adventures until it reached 11. This limit was later raised to 75.

* ZeroEffortBoss: 2012 Ye olde pub has Invisible Xs, which are basically the weakest boss monsters in the game. [[spoiler: The [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts other boss]], on the other hand, is another story.]]

** Yellow Coins, Green Coins, and Blue Coins are used in many aspeects of the game.

** Completing enough Medium Ascensions will unlock Hard Ascensions, which will strip out a lot of NewGamePlus bonuses and make some elements of the game more difficult. Beyond ''that'' are Impossible Ascensions.

* HaveANiceDeath: "A monster killed you and stole all of your Rings!"

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Downplayed. The Dragon of Wisdom does offer some helpful advice, but it also tends to spout nonsense or lament that it isn't actually as smart as it thinks it is.

* InvisibleMonsters: The Invisible X, which is an early-game enemy and, as the name suggests, completely invisible aside for its health bar.

* MirrorMatch: Level 8 opponent in [=TukkunFCG=]. [[spoiler: There's also a hidden in-game link that leads to the tvtropes page.]]

* NonStandardGameOver: In the Arcade's ''Triangle Count'', [[spoiler:turning the counter past 99 causes the counter to read "C", turn around, and reveal a huge rainbow triangle,]] ending your game immediately [[spoiler:and--if this is your first time doing it--rewarding you with the "LOL BUG?" Secret Achievement.]]

* SuperOCD: Pretty much the whole game. [[spoiler:In fact, there's a perk you can unlock much later on, which costs a lot and does absolutely nothing... [[CheckovsGun It is necessary to unlock higher ranked perks]], though, so you should still take it.]]

* TimedMission: Several areas in ''Battle Arena'' give you a limited amount of time to stay there. Once the time runs out, it's back to Ye Olde Pub for you (although unlike dying, you won't suffer penalties such as losing rings).

** In ''[=TukkunFCG=]'', you can only have up to 6 cards in your hand at any one time, and you draw one card per turn. If you are already at 6 cards when a new turn begins, you will take damage.

* StandardStatusEffects: The Battle Arena features some of these.

* FakeLongevity: Although the game has little content, you'll find yourself playing it for years, just to watch those numbers getting bigger and bigger.

* PinataEnemy: The Strange Box monster is very easy to kill, and drops a lot of items.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The Dragon of Wisdom. Feed him Coins and he'll give you advice...or SurrealHumor dialogue. Feed him more and you can get Dragon Boosts, which add to your Boost gauge capacity. However, he doesn't do much else.

* InvisibleMonsters: The Invisible X, which is a late-game enemy (though not a very strong one) and, as the name suggests, completely invisible aside for its health bar.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The level cap is 9002. IT'S OVER 9001!!!! Also, the distance between level 9001 and level 9002 is HUGE. You can probably reach level 9001 in a month, whereas level 9002 takes YEARS.

** In ''Battle Arena'', if you die, you lose some EXP and all your rings. To prevent this, wear the Ring of Protection or raise the Protection skill.

** In Battle Arena, keeping any key/button held down for 10 minutes will give you a warning and your damage output will start to decrease. Continue to hold that key down for another 10 minutes and you will die of "exhaustion". This is partly to encourage you to take a break, but also partly to thwart bots.

* CosmeticAward: Reaching 1,000,000 Battle Points in ''Battle Arena'', a feat that requires [[NewGamePlus Rebirthing]] many, ''many'' times, unlocks the Advanced Drawing Board, which unlike the standard Drawing Board lets you use color hex codes instead of just the color presets the game gives you.

* DifficultyLevels: The current iteration of ''Arcade'' has three difficulty levels for most games: Normal, Expert, and [[HarderThanHard Legend]].

* InvincibilityPowerUp: The Protection Ring grants a 20% chance to make yourself invincible once hit by an enemy in the arena [[PowerUpLetdown for three seconds.]]

** In Ultimate Avoidance, if you move your cursor outside of the game window, it's an automatic GameOver.
** The exhaustion mechanic in Battle Arena, where holding down a key as an alternative for idling will have consequences. Holding down the key for 10 minutes causes your damage to take a nosedive, and holding it for another 10 minutes kills you.

** "Mute Mute Revolution" is, ironically, the only feature in the game with any sound at all.
** PVP Mode in FCG still makes you fight against the AI, just with player-made decks

** v1835 (August 2020) introduced ability to set Basic, Quick and Power Attack as well as the weapon's special skill to auto for 30 minutes. While the time limit does require the player to be somewhat active, it is much better than actually having to do it manually.

** ''Battle Arena'' uses Pixels and Crafting Material as the standard two currencies.

* A 2020 update allowed to idle with skills other than Autofight. While it does require you to be somewhat active as it lasts only half an hour, it's still better than having to press every button yourself.

* BoringButPractical: The Protection Ring in ''Battle Arena''. It offers no super-fancy buffs outside of a chance of a 3-second MercyInvincibility window, but more importantly, it also prevents you from losing your Rings if you die. While you can get an equipment bonus that can reduce or outright eliminate the chance of death penalties, some areas cancel out equipment bonuses, and you're probably gonna sell or fuse away that piece of equipment as it gets outdated, so putting on the Protection Ring is a sure-fire safety net. At some point it got a BalanceBuff that also gives you several defensive perks.

* EvolvingWeapon: Several in the Arena.

* PacifistRun: The third challenge invokes this. You have to get level 3000 while having features that involve pain or fighting revoked (Even the Battle Arena.)

* {{Unobtainium}}: There's a very rare crafting material named Unobtainium, which can be used to craft awesome items.

* BoringButPractical: The Protection Ring in ''Battle Arena''. It offers no super-fancy buffs outside of a chance of a 3-second MercyInvincibility window, but more importantly, it also prevents you from losing your Rings if you die. While you can get an equipment bonus that can reduce or outright eliminate the chance of death penalties, some areas cancel out equipment bonuses, and you're probably gonna sell or fuse away that piece of equipment as it gets outdated, so putting on the Protection Ring is a sure-fire safety net.

* DynamicDifficulty: This is the main element of The Corruption in ''Battle Arena''; the monsters and rewards scale in level and status depending on your performance.

** Subverted with ''Arcade'', where most of the minigames have Legend difficulty over Expert. However, Expert is the ''default'' difficulty, and was the only difficulty until additional difficulty levels were introduced.

** In ''Battle Arena'', each tab of your inventory has 30 slots. Once you fill up a tab, excess items spill into a "Recently Deleted" tab, and while you can retrieve items from there, it costs Pixels to do so. You can store items you don't need at the moment in the Item Storage menu, but going to that menu may cancel a raid in progress.
** In ''[=TukkunFCG=]'', you can only hold 6 cards at any one time, and you gain one card per turn. If you are already at 6 cards when a new turn begins, you will take damage.