Changelog
Every update that made your fake startup feel more real.
v0.9 - SEO? Never Heard of Her
2026-06-12
- newNew /play landing page with SEO content, FAQ schema, and a skills directory. Search engines can finally understand what this game is.
- newThis changelog. It is now a real page. You are reading it. The page exists because we needed to document that we created it. This is the first entry and it is about creating itself. We have achieved maximum self awareness.
- newFooter links to /play and /changelog on the main game page. Two small characters that nobody will notice but we will know they are there.
- fixSitemap.xml now lists three pages instead of one. Growth.
v0.8 - The Brainstorming Persists
2026-06-11
- newBrainstorming skill now saves your terrible ideas to localStorage. They survive tab closes. Your bad decisions are permanent now.
- new
/ideascommand lets you revisit every pivot you considered before settling on "Uber for dogs." - fixMobile keyboard no longer pushes the terminal into another dimension.
v0.7 - Touch Support
2026-06-05
- fixSoft keyboard no longer breaks the terminal layout on iOS and Android.
- newYou can now destroy your fake startup from a phone. Equity free.
- fixScrolling works on mobile without selecting random text.
v0.6 - Share Your Imaginary Success
2026-06-01
- newShare panel with generated OG image showing your startup name and valuation. It looks professional. The startup is not.
- newTwitter/X share button with pre populated text about your $47M valuation.
- newHacker News share button for maximum peer review of your fictional company.
- newKo-fi link for people who want to financially support imaginary startup creation.
- newCopy to clipboard button with formatted startup blurb for LinkedIn.
- fixShare footer button now disappears when there is nothing to share. No false hope.
v0.5 - The 42 Release
2026-05-25
- new2 easter egg scenes. Type the right words. See what happens.
- newHidden trigger detection. The game now watches your keystrokes for secret phrases.
- newHint bar at the bottom of the screen cycles through cryptic clues that are also easter egg triggers.
- fixEaster egg detection now works on the first keystroke instead of the third. You were missing them.
v0.4 - Skill Issue
2026-05-18
- new11 skills added. Caveman, SEO, enterprise, yolo, blockchain, compliance, pirate, dad, brainstorming, optimist, buzzword.
- skillCaveman compresses all responses. Code go boom. Make startup. Fire hot.
- skillSEO adds meta tags to every function. Your variable names will now rank on Google.
- skillEnterprise wraps everything in AbstractFactoryProviderSingleton. Enterprise grade.
- skillYolo removes types and tests. Ship it. Ship it now. What could go wrong.
- skillBlockchain converts all data to NFTs. Your to-do list costs gas fees now.
- skillCompliance adds GDPR banners and cookie notices to your terminal output.
- skillPirate rewrites every error as a leaky hull. Arrr.
- skillDad injects puns into every code comment. You are not amused. Neither is your CTO.
- skillBrainstorming generates endless feature ideas. Have you considered the metaverse?
- skillOptimist reframes 127 failing tests as 127 learning opportunities.
- skillBuzzword replaces all nouns with "synergistic enterprise solutions."
- new
/skillscommand lists all available skills. - newTab completion for
/skillsbecause nobody remembers how to spell "enterprise."
v0.3 - It's Not a Bug, It's a Spiral
2026-05-10
- new27 spiral scenes. A minor auth bug can now cascade into rewriting everything in Rust.
- new6 crisis events added. AWS bill spike, AI hallucination, database fire, security breach, intern pushes to main, API key compromised.
- newCrisis countdown timer. 8 to 12 seconds to save your fake company.
- newMash threshold mechanic. Type the command or mash enough keys. Your choice.
- newCrisis cooldown system prevents back to back disasters. Mostly.
- breakCritical outcomes now trigger crises 100% of the time. Good luck.
v0.2 - Added More Ways to Fail
2026-05-03
- new22 build scenes. Your startup can now have Stripe, analytics, team invites, realtime, AI features, S3 upload, search, email, dark mode, rate limiting, job queues, webhooks, i18n, audit logs, and export.
- new13 break scenes. Those features can now fail. Authentication, payments, realtime, search, dark mode, database, security, performance, third party integrations, AI costs, intern mistakes, and going viral.
- new4 skill acceptance scenes for when you activate a skill for the first time.
- newCollapsible thinking block with tool call simulation. Click to collapse. Read at your own pace.
- new8 themed tool call sequences with staggered timing and progress bars. 30% chance of a loading bar per sequence.
- newCharacter by character streaming with syntax highlighting for code blocks.
- fixScrolling now follows the latest output instead of getting lost in the terminal.
v0.1 - It Compiles
2026-04-28
- newInitial scaffolding. You can mash keys. Words appear on screen.
- new4 init scenes. Scaffold, auth, schema, and prompt idea.
- newRandom project generation with name, tagline, stack, valuation, team size, and user count.
- newAuto submit timer. Stop mashing for 2 seconds and the prompt submits automatically.
- newState machine with phases: init, prompt, thinking, streaming, outcome, idle, crisis.
- newTitle bar with status color changes based on phase.
- breakPhilosophy established: The code isn't the problem. You're just tired.
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That is everything so far. Future releases will introduce more ways for your startup to fail. Stay tuned.