Show HN: A satirical idle game about running an AI startup
14 hours ago
- #AI Simulator
- #Satire
- #Idle Game
- The game is an idle simulator based on the AI industry.
- Players progress from a basic classifier to a near-AGI Foundation Model.
- Activities include collecting data, buying compute, training models, shipping products, and handling crises.
- The game features a branching perk tree with 36 perks and 4 synergies across data, compute, model, and product tiers.
- Includes 25 crisis events such as copyright lawsuits, congressional hearings, and leaks.
- Partnerships with 8 hardware companies like NVIDIA, AMD, and Google.
- Employees can react negatively to being fired by suing, starting rivals, or leaking information.
- Progress saves locally with cloud sync available upon sign-in.
- Ad slots and payments are simulated with no actual charges.