The Sumerian Game
A game of strategy and management. The Sumerian Game is one of the earliest computer games. Developed and programmed between 1963 and 1965, it was designed to teach children math, economy and ancient history. The source code was lost but now you can play it again.
About
At the conclusion of the lesson, a 300-baud modem connected a powerful mainframe, costing tens of millions of dollars at the time, to a teletype under the students' control. The teletype printed long texts on continuous paper rolls, forcing the students to make difficult decisions on how to manage scarce resources to feed the population and plant crops for the next season.
It was the Sumerian Game, the ancestor of all strategy, management, and city simulation games.
The Sumerian Game, which was lost for 60 years, has been rebuilt and is now playable. Manage your grain, store it to withstand harsh seasons and natural disasters, grow your population, and expand your settlements. Find the best balance between people and food, or between arable land and cultivated fields.
You have ten years to expand your city and save it from extinction. If the population drops to zero, the lesson is over.
Call the teacher.
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Achievements
It looks like there's no one left.
Someone has to wear it.
Things aren't going the right way.
At least someone survived.
Let them eat cake.
System requirements
Minimum Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, or any x86_64 CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3 Storage: 850 MB available space Recommended Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: x86_64 CPU with SSE4.2 instructions, with 4 physical cores or more, ARMv8 CP Memory: 8 MB RAM Graphics: Vulkan 1.2 support Storage: 850 MB available space
Minimum OS: macOS 10.13 (Compatibility) or macOS 10.15 Processor: x86_64 or ARM CPU (Apple Silicon) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3 Storage: 850 MB available space Recommended OS: macOS 10.15 Processor: x86_64 or ARM CPU (Apple Silicon) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Support for Vulkan 1.2 Storage: 850 MB available space
Minimum OS: Linux distribution released after 2016 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, x86_64 CPU, ARMv7 or ARMv8 CPU Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3 Storage: 850 MB available space Recommended OS: Linux distribution released after 2020 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, x86_64 CPU, ARMv7 or ARMv8 CPU Graphics: Vulkan 1.2 support Storage: 850 MB available space