IDEASX TERMINAL

STARTUP.EXE v4.0 / RUST CORE

YEAR: 198X OR 202X OBJECTIVE: SHIP BEFORE RUNWAY = 0 LINK: 2400 BAUD ENGINE: RUST

START-UP: THE VENTURE BACKED ADVENTURE

BUILD THE UNICORN. PRESERVE YOUR SANITY. PICK ONE.

Founder status

AVAILABLE COMMANDS:

Try look, go north, take an item, talk to a person, inventory, stats, or help. Use the up arrow to repeat your last command.

COMMAND REFERENCE

Type naturally or choose one of the available commands.

LOOK / X
Examine a place or thing
N / S / E / W
Move in a direction
TAKE / DROP
Manage an item
USE
Use an item from inventory
TALK
Question a nearby person
I
Show inventory in the transcript
STATS
Move to the founder status line
1 / 2 / 3
Choose when the venture demands a decision
Z
Wait and let the runway shrink

ABOUT THIS MACHINE

Designed and built by James T. Ray with AI collaborators.

Inspired by Infocom, Sierra On-Line, Apple II and DOS adventures, dial-up BBS culture, the dot-com bubble, and coffee.

Any resemblance to an actual startup, living or dead, is purely coincidental and statistically inevitable.