History VideoGame / TheGameDevTree

* ResetMilestone: Every layer that uses static currency in the 3rd and 4th row has several milestones that provide convenient things like retaining upgrades/milestones, automatically resetting layers, and autobuying buyables, but three of them let you progress further by unlocking Degree programs and the culmination of the game.

* PostEndGameContent: The game ends once you write a thesis at 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work, but with a good endpoint setup and some grinding, you can keep going and reasonably reach 1e10,000,000,000,000. Heck, the M.A. in Marketing is optional and is likely best left for the postgame since it would otherwise take a pretty long time to finish.

''The Game Dev Tree'' is an IdleGame made in UsefulNotes/TheModdingTree by thepaperpilot and released in 2020. In it, you are making your own game, releasing updates for it once you accumulate enough hours of work. Progress slows down over time, which is why you have to reset for updates as well as later resources like experience and cash, but those reset updates. Later layers will only reset those directly above them, leading to more strategy. Can you reach 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work?

* VerbalBackspace: The description of lectures says "you should be able to start hiring Teacher Assistants to take advantage of" with "take advantage of" crossed out, followed by "help you out."

* PostEndGameContent: The game ends once you write a thesis at 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work, but with a good endpoint setup and some grinding, you can keep going and reasonably reach 1e10,000,000,000,000. Heck, the M.S. in Computer Science is optional and is likely best left for the postgame since it would otherwise take a pretty long time to finish.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Downplayed. At first, your only goal is to make good games and become more efficient at doing so. However, later layers and upgrades in them (ads in the games in the Cash layer and various tricks to improve resource production in the Good will layer) lead to you adopting rather unethical methods to progress.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each layer has its own color.

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: The last action needed to complete the game is writing your thesis[=/=]MagnumOpus, "The Game Dev Tree".

''[[https://www.thepaperpilot.org/gamedevtree/ The Game Dev Tree]]'' is an IdleGame made in UsefulNotes/TheModdingTree by thepaperpilot and released in 2020. In it, you are making your own game, releasing updates for it once you accumulate enough hours of work. Progress slows down over time, which is why you have to reset for updates as well as later resources like experience and cash, but those reset updates. Can you reach 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work?

* RainbowSpeak: Many node description color certain words related to them and other ones accordingly.

* EndGameResultsScreen: The end screen shows how long it took to beat the game.

* GameMod: This is a mod for ''VideoGame/PrestigeTree'' but with a game dev theme and different mechanics designed for more long-term strategic choices.

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[[caption-width-right:348:The tree (not shown: row 4)]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The lecturers have names based on real-life game designers, like [[Creator/{{Valve}} Gabriel Newell]] and [[Creator/JohnCarmack Jean Carmack]].

''[[https://www.thepaperpilot.org/gamedevtree/ The Game Dev Tree]]'' is an IdleGame by thepaperpilot released in 2020 which is a GameMod of ''VideoGame/PrestigeTree''. In it, you are making your own game, releasing updates for it once you accumulate enough hours of work. Progress slows down over time, which is why you have to reset for updates as well as later resources like experience and cash, but those reset updates. Can you reach 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work?

''The Game Dev Tree'' is an IdleGame by thepaperpilot released in 2020 which is a GameMod of ''VideoGame/PrestigeTree''. In it, you are making your own game, releasing updates for it once you accumulate enough hours of work. Progress slows down over time, which is why you have to reset for updates as well as later resources like experience and cash, but those reset updates. Can you reach 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work?

''The Game Dev Tree'' is an IdleGame by The Paper Pilot released in 2020 which is a GameMod of ''VideoGame/PrestigeTree''. In it, you are making your own game, releasing updates for it once you accumulate enough hours of work. Progress slows down over time, which is why you have to reset for updates as well as later resources like experience and cash, but those reset updates. Can you reach 1e1,000,000,000,000 hours of work?

* GameMod: This is a mod for ''VideoGame/PrestigeTree'', using the same engine but with different mechanics designed for more long-term strategic choices.