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Sats & Survival: A Playable Bitcoin & Money Simulation (Feedback Wanted)

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I’ve been working on a small project called Sats & Survival — a playable game that simulates real-world financial decision-making with a strong Bitcoin lens.

The idea is simple:
Most people never get to feel the long-term impact of their money decisions. This game tries to compress that learning curve into something interactive, uncomfortable, and honest.

You manage income, expenses, time, and risk.
Short-term comfort often clashes with long-term resilience.
Bitcoin is treated as a tool for sovereignty — not a number-go-up mechanic.
This is early, rough around the edges, and very much a work in progress.
That’s why I’m posting here.

What I’d love feedback on:
- Does the core idea make sense?
- Does it teach something meaningful, or just feel gamey?
- What feels confusing, boring, or unnecessary?
- What would make you want to come back for another run?
If you find value in the idea or the work already done, feel free to stack some sats — it helps me justify spending more time improving it.

Playable here:
👉 https://sats-survival.lovable.app

Appreciate any thoughtful feedback — harsh is fine, honest is better.

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I’ve been working on a small project called Sats & Survival — a playable game that simulates real-world financial decision-making with a strong Bitcoin lens.

The idea is simple:
Most people never get to feel the long-term impact of their money decisions. This game tries to compress that learning curve into something interactive, uncomfortable, and honest.

You manage income, expenses, time, and risk.
Short-term comfort often clashes with long-term resilience.
Bitcoin is treated as a tool for sovereignty — not a number-go-up mechanic.

This is early, rough around the edges, and very much a work in progress.
That’s why I’m posting here.

What I’d love feedback on:
- Does the core idea make sense?
- Does it teach something meaningful, or just feel gamey?
- What feels confusing, boring, or unnecessary?
- What would make you want to come back for another run?
If you find value in the idea or the work already done, feel free to stack some sats — it helps me justify spending more time improving it.

Playable here:
👉 https://sats-survival.lovable.app

Appreciate any thoughtful feedback — harsh is fine, honest is better.

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Layer Zero Studios is a lens for stripping away the everyday lies and quiet deceptions surrounding money and its reach.

It builds systems-first simulations and tools that explore money, inflation, incentives, and survival inside broken financial environments. 
The goal isn’t entertainment for its own sake, but clarity: exposing how debt, fiat dilution, taxation, and time preference shape human behaviour — and why hard money changes the game.

Projects from Layer Zero are deliberately transparent, auditable, and often uncomfortable. There are no “win conditions,” only trade-offs. No narratives to hide behind. No abstractions to soften reality.

Built for people who want to understand how the system actually works before deciding whether to endure it, escape it, or rebuild something better.