1928 Author Clicker Tycoon

Live out the 1928 author tycoon fantasy you didn't even know you had in this game backed by works that entered the public domain in 2024!

Play in the browser version:
https://html-classic.itch.zone/html/9550519/index.html

Start out as a broke author, slowly writing and selling away the rights your own novels. End as a Tycoon! Or go broke trying, it is technically possible to lose.

All text are from books published in the USA in 1928 that entered the public domain in the USA on Jan 1st 2024. Content warning: this includes Lady Chatterley's Lover

Requires a web browser from 2023 or laterish, seems to work best in Chrome, Firefox is really letting us down here. Just unzip the zip file and open index.html in Chrome

Made for the TechDirt 1928 gamejam
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/29/announcing-the-winners-of-the-6th-annual-public-domain-game-jam/
Inspired by this joke https://tinysubversions.com/game/utopia/