Ever wondered what it'd be like to give up the Cookie Clicking business and push a square in your living room for money? How about the feeling of a dance party as people push a square for you while you take over the world? Well, if the answer to either of those was yes, you've come to the right place!
Push The Square is a semi-idle game where you start off as a lonely square pusher and businessperson and slowly build up your money and prestige by going to work and investing your money in pushing a square. Why? We don't know either, but as you push the square more and more, people will become interested in you as a person and allow you to unlock things like a party, becoming the president, and a rug for your house (finally).
(A third paragraph is usually added here to talk about bugs/glitches/dislikes, but this was just an honest idle game that you can beat pretty quickly)
All in all, this game was a great example of an idle/clicker game not needing to be overly expansive in order to be fun or entertaining. With a run time of about 10 minutes (some people have beaten it under 5), you'll get a good laugh out of pushing a square :)
Bruh. This actually. This actually has the material and shit to be a full on steam/Xbox game. Or even a full fledge speed run material run. This is good. But I need more. But for real. This could be expanded to a 3D or bigger 2D with Prestiging
Decided to go through the comments and make a doc with every screenshotted/recorded run. Decided against the text because while most are truthful I think it takes away from the goal if false comments are allowed to slip in. Was super fun to look at and hopefully someone, myself or not, can continue to push the record. I doubt we will see a sub 2:30 but I still feel we could see at the very least a 2:37.
Def have explored here and there, still can't find anything viable to get there. Without a TAS (tool assisted speedrun) I do not think sub 2:38 will be found any time soon without brute forcing every possible option. The big thing holding the record back is scrolling the upgrades. Because only so many can be displayed at once no matter the device deminsions, scrolling is needed for certain upgrades. This scrolling holds back being able to do any possible combination without sacrificing time. I'm sure there is some way to get sub 2:38 but 2:38 isn't consistent even with the current route. I find I get more 2:39s with the WR route which means the 2:38 was most likely the best time with the current route.
but jokes aside great game especially when the music came in
i wonder are there any more short games where it starts off slow and normal but after you progress everything becomes faster even your own progress and just devolves into chaos
Here it is. Unfortunately had to play on my phone and record with my webcam but hopefully, I can get some proper capture footage eventually for quality sake. Still went through at the end to prove it is legit. I still think there is a possible second or two if played on a larger screen for task click speed purposes.
Unless another drastic find is made like the prioritizing money idea, I do think we have reached a barrier. I do not see any way sub 2:30 is possible without some exploit or big new idea. Sub 2:40 is near impossible with the current method as I have not been able to replicate it since on my tablet. Part of me wonders if it is possibly obs that is causing the loss of time by making the game run slightly slower. I do think there is some room for optimization still after the 10k money multiplier cause as of rn the strategy is to spam as quickly as possible everything that can be afforded. I'm sure there is a correct order to do said things but I don't know if taking the time to hit them in the right order will make up for the time loss of not spamming. There is room for improvement with certain reaction times after the 50 and 100 rotations and the scrolling after the 1500 and 5000 money increases. I'm thinking 2:36 is the current human limit with everything I listed perfected unless something new is found. If this is the last 10-second barrier to be broken I'm glad I was able to do it as I had not had the honor to break the 2:50 barrier. Gonna keep grinding out runs the next few days and see what comes of it but this really could be it. It took 8-9 months for 2:40 to finally fall and idk if there is any chance that we see another wr any time soon. Either way, I'm just glad we have been able to bring down a record that once sat at 3:00+. Thank you Raul for this amazing game!
Finally have tied a 2:40 and may have an idea of how to get it below with some more testing. At the very least a tied wr video will be out at some point. At this point this is in the Any% category as neither myself or Matt used the $800,000 purchase option
Back on the grind trying some different paths getting 2:42-2:45. Finding a way to get sub 2:40 is the goal. IDK if it is possible but it's time to find out
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Ever wondered what it'd be like to give up the Cookie Clicking business and push a square in your living room for money? How about the feeling of a dance party as people push a square for you while you take over the world? Well, if the answer to either of those was yes, you've come to the right place!
Push The Square is a semi-idle game where you start off as a lonely square pusher and businessperson and slowly build up your money and prestige by going to work and investing your money in pushing a square. Why? We don't know either, but as you push the square more and more, people will become interested in you as a person and allow you to unlock things like a party, becoming the president, and a rug for your house (finally).
(A third paragraph is usually added here to talk about bugs/glitches/dislikes, but this was just an honest idle game that you can beat pretty quickly)
All in all, this game was a great example of an idle/clicker game not needing to be overly expansive in order to be fun or entertaining. With a run time of about 10 minutes (some people have beaten it under 5), you'll get a good laugh out of pushing a square :)
My playthrough:
Thank you so much for the video and the review!
3min 35 sec LOL Just holding fingers on push AnD work and buying EVERYTHING witam my third hand LOL
You can use as many hands as you want!
but i've sold my other hands for microwave....
AND I STILL DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY GOR THAT MICROWAVE
Have you tried pushing a square for money?
well, u know, maybe if i pjsh it so hard, i'll get my first world record, AKA get some money, so i think its a good idea
my best was 5min and 21 se
That's good!
Of course, there's pizza!
Happy you liked it!
This game is the best
Glad you liked it!
That was beautiful.
Thank you very much :)
Your welcome.
I liked the option to skip the negative stuff in favor of a positive work environment. Only the best for my stick people!
The square finds this strategy acceptable!
я смог пройти за 6 минут круто) спасибо за успокаивающую игру
)
:)
They told me, "Be there or be Square."
I made my choice.
Thank you so much for the video! I enjoyed every second of it :)
Glad you liked the game!
Thank you for the square! It was delightful to push! ;{)
gotta push tha square
yep gotta do some rotations
Bruh. This actually. This actually has the material and shit to be a full on steam/Xbox game. Or even a full fledge speed run material run. This is good. But I need more. But for real. This could be expanded to a 3D or bigger 2D with Prestiging
Thank you for the kind words!
I'd love to make something bigger at some point ;)
Decided to go through the comments and make a doc with every screenshotted/recorded run. Decided against the text because while most are truthful I think it takes away from the goal if false comments are allowed to slip in. Was super fun to look at and hopefully someone, myself or not, can continue to push the record. I doubt we will see a sub 2:30 but I still feel we could see at the very least a 2:37.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ev7koC1JQRy_FCk4VZ7vxDrKzI0VF2Fqsk9g4m8l...
That's amazing!
Thanks for the hard work! :)
Very interesting seeing how low the record has gotten. Good luck with getting a sub 2:38 if you're still trying.
Def have explored here and there, still can't find anything viable to get there. Without a TAS (tool assisted speedrun) I do not think sub 2:38 will be found any time soon without brute forcing every possible option. The big thing holding the record back is scrolling the upgrades. Because only so many can be displayed at once no matter the device deminsions, scrolling is needed for certain upgrades. This scrolling holds back being able to do any possible combination without sacrificing time. I'm sure there is some way to get sub 2:38 but 2:38 isn't consistent even with the current route. I find I get more 2:39s with the WR route which means the 2:38 was most likely the best time with the current route.
Much more fun than I initially expected.
Glad you liked it!
well i broke the planet, should of seen that coming when i ran for politics
;)
best idle game i've played by far, it's simple, intuitive, fun, just perfect!
More of this would be a dream!
Maybe in the future!
"sub-sub-contract: Pyramid scheme" hilarious
x)
cool game! i especially love the ending!
Thank you so much!
my best is 3 mins and 10 secs, i know i can do it, i can beat this record
Very nice! Keep trying ;)
I certainly pushed that square
That's good!
AAA THAT WAS SO FUN THANK U
Glad you liked it :)
i love this game....why was i even playing it..
The square wanted you to play it...
help
Wow, first time seeing this. Do you know how to recreate that?
Got the same devilish glitch XD
I'm at a loss here I'm sorry :(
Please don't, I was laughing hard for the whole 30 mins of gameplay, so the game was really gold XD
Thank you so much for the kind words, glad you liked it :)
7:47, still need to beat gordon slime
Not bad!
00:09:03 wlrd record?
Nice time, but current world record is 2:38 by Gordon Sine ;)
Keep trying!
DAMNNNNNNNNNNNN
fun and short! NICE! Made for people with low attension span I feel like so it was perfect
Thank you very much :)
this game is fun
Happy you liked it!
This was actually really fun
Very happy to hear that :)
will the next game be rotate the cube since the SQUARE entered into the 3rd dimension has turn into the CUBE
but jokes aside great game especially when the music came in
i wonder are there any more short games where it starts off slow and normal but after you progress everything becomes faster even your own progress and just devolves into chaos
Probably some games out there like this one, but there are definitely not enough. That's why I decided to create it!
Glad you liked it :)
maybe spin the cube
or twirl the cube
i broke the multiverse
Now it's a cubeverse
C
U
B
E
V
E
R
S
E
me pase sus buenos minutos jugando y creo que tiene mucho contenido para el tipo de juego que es excelente
Muchísimas gracias!
This was better than I expected, Cube spin go brr.
Glad you liked it :)
they spin right round
indeed!
2:38! SUB 2:40!
Unless another drastic find is made like the prioritizing money idea, I do think we have reached a barrier. I do not see any way sub 2:30 is possible without some exploit or big new idea. Sub 2:40 is near impossible with the current method as I have not been able to replicate it since on my tablet. Part of me wonders if it is possibly obs that is causing the loss of time by making the game run slightly slower. I do think there is some room for optimization still after the 10k money multiplier cause as of rn the strategy is to spam as quickly as possible everything that can be afforded. I'm sure there is a correct order to do said things but I don't know if taking the time to hit them in the right order will make up for the time loss of not spamming. There is room for improvement with certain reaction times after the 50 and 100 rotations and the scrolling after the 1500 and 5000 money increases. I'm thinking 2:36 is the current human limit with everything I listed perfected unless something new is found. If this is the last 10-second barrier to be broken I'm glad I was able to do it as I had not had the honor to break the 2:50 barrier. Gonna keep grinding out runs the next few days and see what comes of it but this really could be it. It took 8-9 months for 2:40 to finally fall and idk if there is any chance that we see another wr any time soon. Either way, I'm just glad we have been able to bring down a record that once sat at 3:00+. Thank you Raul for this amazing game!
Got a second 2:38, somehow never got the 2:39, anyway here it is in hd with both game capture and video of me playing.
Amazing stuff, thank you for your determination and for sharing your strategy! Really makes me happy!
Finally have tied a 2:40 and may have an idea of how to get it below with some more testing. At the very least a tied wr video will be out at some point. At this point this is in the Any% category as neither myself or Matt used the $800,000 purchase option
square
rotate
too much speed!
Back on the grind trying some different paths getting 2:42-2:45. Finding a way to get sub 2:40 is the goal. IDK if it is possible but it's time to find out
Nice! Keep me updated :)
ay ya yaaaaaaa HELI COP TER HELI COPT EEE
FLY SQUARE