VESTED - Survive the Dot-Com Bubble

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Survive the dot-com bubble.

A recovered startup simulation from 1999.

It's 1990. You have an idea, a business card, and the vague sense that this "internet" thing might be worth something.

You're probably right. You're also probably doomed.

Choose your product. Choose your funding. Then watch as the market, your employees, your board, and your own ambition conspire to determine which of 19 distinct endings you stumble into. Most of them aren't pretty.

48 quarters of hype, hubris, and hostile board meetings.

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VESTED gameplay in Era 1 — green terminal interface, early startup decisions

VESTED gameplay in Era 2 — Windows 3.1 interface, growth phase

VESTED gameplay in Era 3 — Geocities-style interface, dot-com hype

VESTED gameplay in Era 4 — corporate interface, bubble crash

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48 quarters of decisions from 1990 to 2001
19 endings, most of them bad, all of them shareable
6 industries, 18 products, and 3 funding paths that fundamentally change your journey
The interface evolves as the internet does. You'll know what year it is before you read a word
A stat system where the numbers you don't know matter more than the ones you do
30–45 minute runs: quick enough for "one more run," deep enough to reward strategy

History says the crash was inevitable. Hindsight says the signs were obvious.

But in the moment? Everyone thought they were the exception.

Try not to prove them right.

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