ZeroOne Terminal

About the Game

⭐ ABOUT THIS GAME

You take the role of a venture analyst working through the early 2000s to the late 2010s.
Each year you meet a new set of founders and hear their ideas. Your goal is to ask the right questions, understand what is really happening inside their companies, and decide whether to invest or pass.

The founders are optimistic, but they are not perfect. If you ask well, you will uncover the real limitations of their engineering, timing, distribution, or business model. Some ideas are brilliant, some are flawed, and some are much too early for the market.

Good decisions compound over time. A single great investment can change your entire run. A few bad calls can set you back for years. You do not run the startups yourself. You evaluate them and build a portfolio that grows (or collapses) based on your judgment.

The companies you encounter are inspired by real successes and real failures from the last two decades of tech. Part of the challenge is learning to spot the patterns that separate a future unicorn from a company that will disappear.

⭐ FEATURES

• Text based investigation focused on asking questions and reading between the lines
• A multi year investment timeline where each choice affects your long term net worth
• Scenarios inspired by real startups and real founder behavior
• A clean terminal style interface designed for fast thinking and minimal friction
• Short sessions with meaningful decisions that stack over time
• A chance to practice the mental models used by real investors

Note: An internet connection is required to play.

⭐ WHO IS THIS FOR

This game is for players who enjoy reasoning, pattern recognition, and making decisions with limited information. If you like understanding how things work, testing your judgment, and improving your intuition with each run, you will feel at home here.