StartupSwipe

About the game

Here’s twenty-four thousand dollars. For a garage, that’s a fortune.

With that, Augusto puts you in charge of his startup. StartupSwipe is a pixel art management game, and it starts in a garage with two people and an idea that doesn’t work yet.

You could spend your nights coding so you have something to show. Or you could go out and sell it before it exists. Selling is faster, but sooner or later somebody’s going to want what you promised them.

If things go well, you’ll outgrow the garage, and every new floor brings new people with problems you didn’t have before.

Every quarter, the board wants numbers. You can tell them the truth, but the truth hurts. You can also dress it up a little. Maybe they won’t notice.

Just remember, whatever you dress up doesn’t go away. It piles up, and the higher you climb, the more people want a look.

Everyone on your team has a first and last name. Earn their trust, and they’ll help you get to the top. But be careful. Getting too close to someone can turn into a conflict of interest, and that’s a trip to HR. Or worse, it could cost you your job.

And you’re not the only company on the block. The one across the street copies everything you do, and it’s offering your people a little more than you pay them.

On inspection day, there’s a cable nobody should see. The sensible thing would be to unplug it. Then again, sneaking it past the inspector has its charm.