This is what science looks like.
Made by Everest Pipkin, it’s part idle game, part clicker, and wholly fascinating.
Best of all, you canplay for free in your online window.
Just you and a sterile room.
So maybe you cry a bit.
Have a wee (in the corner, I hope).
Then think, hey, what if combined my tears and piss?
Well, dear friend, you’ll have created rain.
Now see what you’re free to create with rain.
The Barnacle Goose Experiment combines idle game and clicker game.
Click, wait, fiddle, wonder.
It blooms as it opens up, still surprising me with new nouns and verbs even at the end.
Some combinations feel alchemical, speaking to elements and processes.
My favourite recipes feel poetic, evocative combinations which capture an essence of something.
What a great breakdown of an American icon.
Now I understand why the gods are so hands-off.
Everest Pipkin first released The Barnacle Goose Experiment in November 2022.
I am excited to see that.
More moving parts and forces in this world sounds good to me.
And sure, I won’t say no to a giant pile of piss.
We still call those species the goose barnacle and barnacle goose today.
The game’s title art is an illustration of a barnacle treefrom a medieval bestiary.
