Backgame .:. Project8

Guide a civilisation across the millennia, one jump at a time.

Share nine strategy points between Health, Research and Defense, choose a year on the slider and press Jump. The screen goes black, the years roll by, and only then do you find out what happened while you were away.

How it plays

• Strategy comes first. Your points decide how your world grows, and what it can survive.
• Every jump is a bet. Leap a few decades or thousands of years: the further you go, the less you can react to.
• Threats arrive on their own. Pandemics, uprisings, solar storms, asteroids and worse. Some can be stopped in time, others only survived if you are ready.
• Discoveries open new commands. Scan, explore and send missions as your civilisation advances.
• Fill your orbits. Place satellites, stations, telescopes and cannons around the planet, one construction site at a time, and watch them appear after the jump.

The game ends in Ascension or Extinction.

Controls

• Mouse: everything is clickable. Drag the planet to rotate it.
• A / Q, S / W, D / E: lower / raise Health, Research, Defense
• Left / Right arrows: move the year slider (hold Shift for bigger steps)
• Enter or Space: jump

Your game is saved in your browser. Best played on a desktop or laptop screen.