ABOUT THE GAME

progSim is a civilization-building simulation where you guide a society from tribal origins to the stars. Your choices in the Setup phase shape how your civilization develops.

HOW TO PLAY

1. Setup Phase: Adjust the five parameters to design your civilization. Each parameter affects others - there are always trade-offs!

2. Simulation: Watch your civilization grow. Use the controls to play, pause, or adjust speed.

3. Manage Resources: Balance population, food, materials, and technology to advance through eras.

4. Adapt: You can adjust parameters during gameplay in the sidebar to respond to challenges.

PARAMETERS

Population Growth: How quickly your population expands. Affects efficiency and cooperation.

Innovation Capacity: Rate of technological advancement. Affects cooperation and adaptation.

Resource Efficiency: How well resources are used. Affects growth rate and innovation.

Cooperation Level: Social cohesion and teamwork. Affects innovation and efficiency.

Adaptation Ability: Flexibility in crisis response. Affects efficiency and growth rate.

RESOURCES

Population: Your citizens. They consume food and produce resources based on their jobs.

Food: Keeps your population alive. Shortages cause starvation. Food spoils 2-3% per turn (better preservation in higher eras). Population growth costs 3 food per new citizen.

Materials: Required for building structures and advancing to new eras. Produced by Workers.

Technology: Required to unlock new eras. Produced by Scientists when materials > 50.

Gold: Currency earned by Merchants. Use it to purchase upgrades and buildings.

JOB SYSTEM

Each citizen has exactly one job. Allocate your workforce using the job sliders in the sidebar:

👨‍🌾 Farmers: Produce food to keep your population alive.

👷 Workers: Produce materials for buildings and era advancement.

🔬 Scientists: Generate technology when you have materials.

💰 Merchants: Earn gold that you can use to purchase upgrades and buildings.

Note: Job percentages must total 100%. Sliders are capped to enforce this limit.

VICTORY

Reach the Interstellar Era with a population of 1,000,000 or more!

Era Requirements (Population / Tech / Materials cost):

• Agricultural: 2,500 pop / 250 tech / 2,500 materials

• Industrial: 10,000 pop / 1,000 tech / 5,000 materials

• Digital: 50,000 pop / 5,000 tech / 7,500 materials

• Space: 250,000 pop / 25,000 tech / 10,000 materials

• Interstellar: 1,000,000 pop / 100,000 tech / 12,500 materials

TIPS

• Watch your food supply - population can't grow without it

• Keep materials above 50 to generate technology

• Innovation parameter directly increases tech growth rate

• Large populations face overcrowding challenges (2000+)

• Balance is key - maxing one parameter weakens others

• Random events can help or hinder - adapt accordingly