Cookie/money/point clicker game origin?

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Published on 2014-05-31T21:12:28Z Indexed on 2014/06/01 3:53 UTC
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I can't find myself origin of Clicker like games.

It's where the goal is to gain points through clicks and acquired enhancement.

There's only one strategy in the game - deciding how efficiently spend point on enhancement (see formulas).

I've seen many games like this, but it seems that most don't have a home page or have an unknown publisher.

Some well known games of this type:

Who is first implemented this idea (not only clicking but with investment model - when player must decide what improve to faster gather points)?

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