By purchasing the Supporter Pack, you can help and support the project, and also enjoy additional content: ebook, artowrk and music.

If you think our restoration project is cool and want to learn more, you can support us by purchasing this package, which will give you access to additional content exclusively focused on cultural and historical aspects. We chose to release The Sumerian Game as a free-to-play model because the goal of this project is to give everyone the chance to experience one of the very first computer games, the predecessor of city-building, management, and turn-based strategy games. By purchasing the Supporter Pack, you can help and support the project, and also enjoy additional content as the recreation of the game with slides and questions Upon purchase, you will immediately receive access to: <ul class="bb_ul"><li> Alternate gameplay mode with original slides and questions from 60s </li><li> The complete ebook (PDF and EPub format) of the book &quot;Video Games: The People, Games, and Companies - Stage I: 1979 and Before.&quot; </li><li> Rebuilding The Sumerian Game (PDF and EPub format), the story of the recreation of the lost game.</li></ul> In the coming months—check the roadmap published on the forum—with your support, we aim to release additional content such as: <ul class="bb_ul"><li> Original images of The Sumerian Game </li><li> Printable artwork designed by Paul Stinson, the artist who created the cover of Ultima II and Marauder for Sierra On-Line back in the 80s </li><li> Audiobook of the chapter about The Sumerian Game </li><li> Soundtrack, Hurrian Hymn No. 6 </li><li> More to come...</li></ul>

The Sumerian Game - Supporter Pack

A game of strategy and management. The Sumerian Game is one of the earliest computer games. Developed and programmed between 1963 and 1965, it was designed to teach children math, economy and ancient history. The source code was lost but now you can play it again.

Between 1962 and 1965, some classes of students in New York were involved in an innovative research project. The goal was to create a new teaching method without teachers, using powerful computers, automatic systems such as slide projectors, and the playback of recorded audio lessons. At the conclusion of the lesson, a 300-baud modem connected a powerful mainframe, costing tens of millions of dollars at the time, to a teletype under the students' control. The teletype printed long texts on continuous paper rolls, forcing the students to make difficult decisions on how to manage scarce resources to feed the population and plant crops for the next season. It was the Sumerian Game, the ancestor of all strategy, management, and city simulation games. <img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2699250/extras/6baf1f099aeadfb89e34d4e0424f798a.avif?t=1745597162" width=610 height=222 /> The Sumerian Game, which was lost for 60 years, has been rebuilt and is now playable. Manage your grain, store it to withstand harsh seasons and natural disasters, grow your population, and expand your settlements. Find the best balance between people and food, or between arable land and cultivated fields. You have ten years to expand your city and save it from extinction. If the population drops to zero, the lesson is over. Call the teacher. <img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2699250/extras/3424007396d5f6cc3c978cecd1ffcc8c.avif?t=1745597162" width=610 height=222 />