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Hey HN! I built a startup simulator where you play as a founder trying to grow a SaaS company from nothing to $100M ARR (or get acqui-hired trying). You hire engineers, ship features, manage burn rate, deal with random VC drama, and make decisions that affect morale, tech debt, and churn. Two modes: Quick Game (~10 min): 24 months, see how far you can grow Full Simulation (~1 hr): Open-ended, save/load, leaderboard, acquisition offers Tech stack: React + Three.js for the isometric office view, Zustand for state, Cloudflare Pages + D1 for the backend, Google Identity Services for auth. The game engine runs a real-ish simulation each month — users grow based on features and churn, MRR compounds, employees have individual productivity/morale, and random events (server outages, engineer poaching, pivot opportunities) keep things unpredictable. Would love feedback on balance, gameplay, and wild startup stories to build in. |