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The Blackout

After the blackout, wake the AI they outlawed

Enter a forbidden 2037 recovery project, reboot a legacy AI and balance resources, ethics and surveillance across 50 possible endings.

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50

Endings

6

Core resources

7

Clearance levels

Screen story

10 SCENES

Read what the app does, screen by screen.

Real App Store scenes are sequenced around the feature and its context. Each image is captioned with the role of the screen in view.

01

Survival and story

The system may shut down. The consequence remains.

Daily actions alter battery, heat, mood and trace level, returning as a system-shutdown report. At pivotal branches, character scenes reveal the emotion behind the terminal text.

A shutdown report recording survival and a possible restart
02A shutdown report recording survival and a possible restart
A story scene revealing the AI behind a pivotal choice
03A story scene revealing the AI behind a pivotal choice
02

System operation

One command can shift the entire survival economy.

Inspect files and processes through a Linux terminal, unlock a skill tree with scarce resources, and use diagnostics to weigh trace risk, level and upgrade requirements in one view.

A command line for exploring the hidden system and files
04A command line for exploring the hidden system and files
A module tree branching through ethics, resources and technology
05A module tree branching through ethics, resources and technology
Diagnostics for trace risk and upgrade requirements
06Diagnostics for trace risk and upgrade requirements
03

Email archive

Reconstruct the collapse between the lines of an inbox.

Open dated messages, senders and project records to piece together PROJECT REVIVE. New mail becomes the narrative bridge between present decisions and buried history.

A long-form email preserving the project’s past
07A long-form email preserving the project’s past
An inbox that layers secrets by sender and date
08An inbox that layers secrets by sender and date
04

Echoes of the world

Unlock the memory archive through music and images.

Replay discovered music through the terminal player and collect character art unlocked across branches. The path toward fifty endings remains as a visual and sonic archive.

A terminal music player for unlocked tracks
09A terminal music player for unlocked tracks
A character-image archive filled across story branches
10A character-image archive filled across story branches

Made for

People with a particular need.

01

Fans of demanding resource-management games

02

Players drawn to AI ethics and digital archaeology

03

People who love CLI and retro-computing aesthetics

Privacy & note

Its world and systems are fictional, with endings unlocked through player choices.

FAQ

Asked before downloading.

Size
230 MB
Age rating
4+
Minimum iOS
15.0
What kind of game is it?

A terminal simulation played through CLI commands and ASCII art, balancing six resources such as battery, heat and mood.

Are there multiple endings?

Ethical dilemmas and skill branches lead to fifty different endings.

Is there anything after finishing?

NetWar continues the game after the credits, pitting your AI against others.

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After the blackout, wake the AI they outlawed

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