This was unexpectedly fun, incredibly validating and oddly comforting in a "maybe there's hope" kind of way. If a single billionaire could do this much good, could you imagine the quality of life we'd all have if we didn't idolize or allow their ill-gotten hoard?
SPOILERS - SECRET ENDING GUIDE. I recommend you try getting them yourself first, using hints dropped by a comment below. This will go into a lot of detail and is for if you just can’t figure it out.
1.) Immediately start spending money.
2.) Pay for the border wall and then don’t built it.
3.) Pick “What else?”
4.) Fund NASA.
5.) Double every Amazon employee’s salary.
6.) Buy Twitter.
7.) Show your nibling Twitter.
8.) By now, you should have $200 million left. Fund the animal rescues to get your value to 0.
9.) This will lead you to a secret room from which all the secret endings branch off of.
Any chance you'd consider making a downloadable version of this game?
I understand it's a critique of capitalism, so perhaps the choice to make it online-only was intended to thwart private ownership? If so, I get that, but the archivist in me doesn't trust the internet to eternally preserve access to games like this, and this is a game I like showing to people online and offline.
No pressure and no judgment from me, regardless of your decision. (Although if making it online-only was a deliberate choice, it'd be interesting to hear your reason(s) why.)
Best wishes and thanks for a great game! Using games as a way to provide social commentary and truth telling is a great idea, and this game makes its point in a way that a straightforward essay, no matter how well-written, never could.
For those of you who are looking for the secret endings of this game:
* They all branch out from reaching $0 early. * The endings become unachievable if you earn any additional money. This includes using the toilet at the start of the game and talking to your niece/nephew. * The endings also become unavailable if you end up paying for the college tuitions of the three baristas. * You need to buy exactly 1 specific option from the first menu of items. * You need to buy three specific items on the next page, one of which is Twitter (which appears after you've bought the other two). * If you bought the right combination of items in the first and second menus, your available balance should precisely equal the cost of one of the third menu's items. Choosing it will start the beginning of the secret paths.
Hopefully, this will help those who are looking for the secret endings to find them without taking away all of the challenge, but also without the need to whip up a Python script to solve this particular instance of the knapsack problem (... like I did (*coughcough*) ).
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You are Donald Trump.
How many endings in total are there? I got the two secrets and the true end, is there any I'm missing?
There are six endings in total! You can check your progress from the wakeup page after completing the game the first time.
YOU Are Elon Musk
yo this is a BANGER of a game i love playing god (the 1%)
this is peak
This was unexpectedly fun, incredibly validating and oddly comforting in a "maybe there's hope" kind of way. If a single billionaire could do this much good, could you imagine the quality of life we'd all have if we didn't idolize or allow their ill-gotten hoard?
This was FUN! It also helped raise some very serious points about the nature of capitalism and the immorality of having so much money. Very Well done!
SPOILERS - SECRET ENDING GUIDE. I recommend you try getting them yourself first, using hints dropped by a comment below. This will go into a lot of detail and is for if you just can’t figure it out.
1.) Immediately start spending money.
2.) Pay for the border wall and then don’t built it.
3.) Pick “What else?”
4.) Fund NASA.
5.) Double every Amazon employee’s salary.
6.) Buy Twitter.
7.) Show your nibling Twitter.
8.) By now, you should have $200 million left. Fund the animal rescues to get your value to 0.
9.) This will lead you to a secret room from which all the secret endings branch off of.
how are people seething over a joke game
Secret end 2 is best - meow :)
elon musk is better
elon. musk.
my first run is true end
FUNDTHEARTISTSFUNDTHEARTISTSFUNDTHEARTISTSFUNDTHEARTISTSFUNDTHEARTISTS
i liked the story.
its a fun concept, and i really found myself enjoying the little time i spent in the game.
I will eat Jeff Bezos.
WOOOOOO I GOT THE TRUE ENDING FIRST TRY!!!!
bad end is so bad!
i got 215,000,000,000 dollars now!
i got true end first try by just spending money and not even reading the text
Any chance you'd consider making a downloadable version of this game?
I understand it's a critique of capitalism, so perhaps the choice to make it online-only was intended to thwart private ownership? If so, I get that, but the archivist in me doesn't trust the internet to eternally preserve access to games like this, and this is a game I like showing to people online and offline.
No pressure and no judgment from me, regardless of your decision. (Although if making it online-only was a deliberate choice, it'd be interesting to hear your reason(s) why.)
Best wishes and thanks for a great game! Using games as a way to provide social commentary and truth telling is a great idea, and this game makes its point in a way that a straightforward essay, no matter how well-written, never could.
Thank you for your kind words!
If you donate (any amount) you can download a copy of the game, which should run in any web browser or the Twine program itself.
EDIT: I just saw that I can include a download button of my own! It's up on the game's page now. o7
whoever wants the secret endings uhm just follow this EXACTLY:
Dang, how did my secret notes end up online?
y'all need to read scientific v.s utopian socialism
edit: and settlers.
I FINALLY GOT THE SECRET ENDINGS MWAHAH
hoooooow
true end first try!
same lol
Same
I GOT THE TRUE END SKFSDHFDSKJ
how do you get the secret endings?
Oh my god that true ending is funny as hell
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
the concerned greetings card from the gates sENT ME-
Funny :)
LMFAO the game praise XD
"'Your recent submission [...] failed during our review process due to a content policy violation.' -Amazon Appstore"
I love this game it is vary well made
This is a great game I love it a lot
For those of you who are looking for the secret endings of this game:
* They all branch out from reaching $0 early.
* The endings become unachievable if you earn any additional money. This includes using the toilet at the start of the game and talking to your niece/nephew.
* The endings also become unavailable if you end up paying for the college tuitions of the three baristas.
* You need to buy exactly 1 specific option from the first menu of items.
* You need to buy three specific items on the next page, one of which is Twitter (which appears after you've bought the other two).
* If you bought the right combination of items in the first and second menus, your available balance should precisely equal the cost of one of the third menu's items. Choosing it will start the beginning of the secret paths.
Hopefully, this will help those who are looking for the secret endings to find them without taking away all of the challenge, but also without the need to whip up a Python script to solve this particular instance of the knapsack problem (... like I did (*coughcough*) ).
Great game, too many salty libertarians in the comments though.
As oppose to hardcore authoritarians which are either nazi or socialist larpers?