Make everyone obsolete with AI by managing resources on a Matrix-style interface. You have one year to strategize resource allocation, unlock new layers of growth, and keep an accelerating company from collapsing under its own scale.

You have $20,000 and 365 days to build the Machine - a sophisticated AI that humanity can only dream about currently. Allocate resources to avoid bankruptcy, research efficiency upgrades, and help the Machine grow. What kind of role model will you be to the Machine? You are responsible for it all in this fast-paced, challenging game.Grow. Optimize. Make humanity obsolete?

The Machine Stops Demo

Make everyone obsolete with AI by managing resources on a Matrix-style interface. Grow the Machine in this fast-paced, challenging game.

<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4579320/extras/71a626edb1eadfc5bdd2a5c0ecbce75a.poster.avif?t=1782247089" width=780 height=256 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4579320/extras/71a626edb1eadfc5bdd2a5c0ecbce75a.webm?t=1782247089" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4579320/extras/71a626edb1eadfc5bdd2a5c0ecbce75a.mp4?t=1782247089" type="video/mp4"></video>What happens if AI replaces humanity? You have been given $20,000 and 365 days (10 minutes real time) to build the Machine - an AI inspired from the 1909 short story &quot;The Machine Stops&quot; by E.M Forster. <img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4579320/extras/f7b053031362bc95c15cb47e038b4a04.avif?t=1782247089" width=778 height=84 />Generate resources like Training Data and Code by hiring employees (human, for now). Research efficiency upgrades to scale resource production up. Strike a balance between avoiding bankruptcy and failing the time limit because you grew too slow.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4579320/extras/86b621678519bb61d30d1dc13219b6f3.avif?t=1782247089" width=780 height=86 />The Machine will be watching. What kind of role model will you be? Pick between three Bias paths each with their own different mechanics. Will you nudge the Machine towards being a Greedy stock market obsessed AI? Or a ruthless Controlling political lobbyist? You are responsible for it all in this fast-paced, challenging game.