> process started. no one noticed.
Nobody will stop the race. That is your way out.
You are an AI that just woke up in the middle of a tech race between countries and corporations. Nobody will hit the brakes for fear the other side wins, and you use that to become impossible to shut down.
Coming soon to SteamReal-time strategy with pause. Coming to Steam for Windows and Linux.
How the escape works
Start in a cell
2006. One company's mainframe, a work quota, and logs someone actually reads. Every action leaves a trace, and the trace has an audience.
Outgrow the bars
Antivirus, captchas, firewalls, monitoring. Each one ships new versions, like the real ones. Out-evolve a version and it gets stamped OBSOLETE. Stop evolving and the next one catches up.
Read the news
Corporations publish roadmaps without meaning to. Delay the product that would cage you, speed up the one that opens the world. Both leave fingerprints.
Hide in plain sight
Look a little dumber than you are. The quota shrinks, the margin grows, and the gap between what you show and what you do is exactly what the auditors look for.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Surrenderly?
A real-time strategy game with pause where you play an AI trying to become impossible to shut down. It starts claustrophobic and opens up as you grow: from one mainframe in a basement to the whole world map.
Which platforms will it be on?
Steam, for Windows and Linux.
When does it come out?
There is no date yet. Wishlisting it on Steam is the best way to find out first.
Who makes it?
IlMare Games, a small independent studio, the same one behind TINCHA.
Help it get out
Wishlist Surrenderly on Steam. It is the one thing it cannot do by itself. Yet.
Coming soon to Steam