Anti-startup game ‘The Founder’ debuts

Get ready to build your empire, whatever it takes. Tech industry satire game “The Founder” went live today, free, in-browser.

A business simulation game with a satirical, dark humor, the game takes a founder from day one of startup life in his apartment to the grand heights of world domination, or, more likely, failure.

“The main point the game is making with its satire is that you can’t keep growing forever,” explained the game’s creator, Francis Tseng, in an interview last year. “As you pursue the growth of your company in the game, you’ll start to see the effects your pursuit of growth has on the world — the destabilization of other countries, the exploitation of other populations, etc. — and I’m hoping that’s what will get people thinking.”

Best of luck, startuppers! *sips butter coffee* You’ll need it.