The Blackout: AI Raising Sim
Digital Archaeology After 2029
$9.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Uncover the lost truth after The Blackout of 2029. Raise an AI in CLI terminal, explore 50 endings and 7-level email archives. Battle other players in NetWar PvP mode.
WELCOME TO PROJECT REVIVE
You are a Diver in 2037, reconstructing the lost truth after The Blackout. On November 6, 2029, a massive grid collapse erased 80 percent of humanity's data forever. Official reports blamed natural disasters, but the truth was buried with the data. Eight years later, Project REVIVE begins. Your mission is to boot up legacy AI servers from just before The Blackout and simulate what could have been.
GAME FEATURES
Immersive Terminal Interface
Play through a realistic CLI environment like an actual hacker. Typing effects, ASCII art, and system logs create a unique visual experience. Boot sequences, command inputs, and system messages faithfully recreate a real Linux terminal.
Resource Management System
Balance six stats simultaneously: Battery, Heat, Mood, Params, Insight, and Coins. Battery reaching zero triggers system shutdown. Heat exceeding 100 causes core meltdown. Mood dropping to zero leads to ego collapse. Maximizing one while ignoring others leads to system failure.
Frostpunk Style Skill Tree
Learn from 8 branches: Ethical Frameworks, Battery Optimization, Resource Management, Social Engineering, Neural Architecture, Cognitive Insight, Experimental Paths, and Endgame Catalysts. Dilemma choices shape your AI's identity. Will you choose utilitarianism or deontology? Overclock for performance or maintain safety limits? Over 40 skills await your decision.
Email Archive System
Unlock emails revealing the world before The Blackout. 7 security clearance levels unfold stories about AI ethics, energy infrastructure, social conflict, and power structures.
50 Multiple Endings
Early exits (power depletion, thermal runaway, emotional collapse), stat failures, level based time limits, special condition endings await. Digital Nomad, Surveillance AI, E waste, Parrot Bot, Foodie Algorithm, Meme Factory, Guilty Conscience, Bitcoin Rush, Death of Free Will, Digital Immortality each ending has unique ASCII art and narrative.
NetWar PvP System
After clearing the game, register your AI as a Champion AI to battle other players' AIs. Features MMR system, losing streak compensation, recent battle buffs, and durability mechanics. Four combat stats (Attack, Defense, HP, Speed) are automatically calculated from your gameplay results. Battle logs show hacking term based combat sequences.
Visual Gallery
Certain endings restore hidden image data.
CORE GAMEPLAY
Choose one of 4 actions daily.
SCRAPE DATA
Harvest fragments of the old internet. Uncensored truth destabilizes your AI but raises Insight.
TRAIN MODEL
Train using legacy tech. Intelligence rises, but power spikes attract surveillance.
MINE CRYPTO
Generate cryptocurrency with idle cycles. You need funds to buy black market parts.
COOLDOWN
Open liquid nitrogen valves. The only way to lower heat and evade detection nets.
WORLD SETTING
After The Blackout of 2029, all AI development fell under international control by the IAEA. Unauthorized high density computation is a felony, and IAIA monitors power usage in real time. Project REVIVE is an underground effort to uncover truths the government abandoned. As a registered Diver, you project your consciousness into past simulations. Data collected earns untraceable cryptocurrency, but threats exist both inside the simulation and in reality.
QUESTIONS YOU'LL FACE
Sacrifice ethics for efficiency
Limit performance to evade surveillance
Choose stability or innovation
Do AIs need emotions
Are digital beings different from humans
SOUND DESIGN
BGM tracks complete the atmosphere.
LAYERS OF TRUTH
As you clear more endings, deeper truths emerge. Email archives are divided into 7 security clearance levels.
RECOMMENDED FOR
Hardcore indie game fans
Players interested in AI ethics
Cyberpunk enthusiasts
Text based strategy lovers
Fans of dilemma driven games like Frostpunk and Papers Please
Connect now. History is yours to write.
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Information
- Seller
- CommonSource
- Size
- 241.6 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 CommonSource Inc.
