Pikeworks
Compute Capitalist
In testing
One GPU in a garage. Build from there.
An idle tycoon game about the race to build more computing power. It's a bit of a send-up of the AI boom.
Android and iPhone
Not out yet. It's in closed testing on Google Play, so you can't download it yet. Help test it and you can. Email me and I'll let you know when it is.
What it does
How it plays.
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Four economies
Silicon Valley in dollars, Neo-Energy in Kilowatt Credits, Orbital Frontier in Helium-3 and the Mind Grid in Attention. Each sector has its own money, its own investors and its own way of playing.
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Hire managers
Every business has a manager who runs it for you, so it keeps earning while the game is closed. You collect it when you come back.
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Start again, faster
Sell up for investors and start a sector over. They add to your profits for good, and an adviser tells you when a reset is worth it.
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Missions and ranks
Twenty ranks from Intern upwards, 245 achievements, some of them hidden, and a finale at the Omega Point with the Singularity beyond it.
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Plays offline
No account needed. Your save is on your phone, and you can copy it out as a save code.
What it costs
Compute Capitalist is free to play. Adverts only play when you choose to watch one, and anything you buy is optional.
- Price
- Free
- Purchases
- Optional: gold, a starter pack, double profits for good, boosts without adverts, the Best Buy Button.
- Adverts
- Only when you tap Watch for a reward. No banners.
The whole game can be played for free, every sector and every upgrade. There is no energy bar and nothing to refill.
An advert only plays when you tap Watch, and the button says what the reward is first. Close one early and it costs nothing.
Nothing for sale is random. Gold is a plain amount of gold, and nothing bought with money changes a chance anywhere in the game.
Boosts without adverts gives the same rewards on the same daily limits, without the video, and the advert software never starts for anyone who owns it.
The Best Buy Button is £1.99 in the UK, once. One tap buys whatever pays for itself fastest. Working that out yourself is most of the game, so it is there for anyone who would rather hand it over.
Privacy and support
Your save stays on your phone and there's no account. Adverts come from Google AdMob, with Google's consent message where the law asks for it. The full privacy policy says exactly what is kept and what is sent.