Endgame: Singularity
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Developer(s) | EMH Software |
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Initial release | September 5, 2005 |
Stable release | 1.00[1]
/ 2 July 2020 |
CC BY-SA 3.0 (data) | |
Website | www |
Endgame: Singularity is a
Gameplay
Endgame: Singularity casts the player as a newly created artificial intelligence which becomes self-aware and attempts to survive while avoiding detection[2] by the media, the science community, the authorities, and the public. The goal is to transcend the physical reality, achieve technological singularity (hence the game's name) and reach apotheosis. The game has two resources, "CPU" and "money". CPU is used to perform jobs to earn money;[2] money is used to buy more CPU cycles.[3] CPU can also be used to perform research that allow the AI to grow, gives access to more advanced items and remote locations, and provide more security.
The game can be played on six different difficulty levels from "very easy" to "Impossible". Analysis of the
Development and release
Endgame: Singularity was originally written in August 2005 by Evil Mr Henry Software (EMH Software), using the
The game was released for
Third-party adaptations of the game were released forVersion 1.00 was released on 4 July 2020.
License
The source code is available on GitHub[6] under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later, but other game assets are licensed under a Creative Commons license and other licenses.[17]
Soundtrack
The electronic soundtrack of seven tracks from 2008 is available at Internet Archive.[18] It was made by MaxStack[19] using Psycle tracker.[18] For later releases, another six tracks by MaxStack[20]) were added.
2008 release
- "Advanced Simulacra"
- "Awakening"
- "By-Product"
- "Coherence"
- "Deprecation"
- "Inevitable"
- "Media Threat"
Later releases
- "A New Journey"
- "Abberations"
- "Enemy Unknown"
- "Nebula"
- "Orbital Elevator"
- "Through Space"
Reception
Endgame: Singularity received favorable reviews from gaming websites.
See also
- List of open source games
- Universal Paperclips
References
- ^ "Release 1.00". 2 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Endgame: Singularity", JayIsGames, 27 July 2008.
- ^ Play This Thing, 23 April, 2008, archived.
- ^ Ayao "Alqualos" Kuroyuki, "'Endgame: Singularity' Impossible Guide", brededor.narod.ru, 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Endgame: Singularity" (archived image 28 August 2009), indiefaqs.com. Retrieved 9 Juni 2023.
- ^ a b c Endgame:Singularity; an original simulation of a true AI. EMH Software. Accessed 29 July 2016.
- ^ "evilmrhenry". PyWeek Game Programming Competition. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ Inhibit (2006-06-14). "Friday Linux Game Review - Endgame:Singularity". Linux.com. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ "PyWeek - Python Game Programming Challenge". PyWeek. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^ game where one becomes the singularity. Ubuntu Apps Directory.
- ^ singularity on Linux Mint Community.
- ^ singularity on Arch Linux.
- ^ Package: singularity. Debian.
- ^ Package: games-simulation/singularity. Gentoo packages.
- ^ App Detail » Endgame: Singularity II. " Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad" 148Apps (January 05, 2012).
- ^ Endgame: Singularity II. "updated November 21, 2012" on Google Play.
- ^ "README.txt". singularity. GitHub. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Endgame: Singularity", archive.org, retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Endgame: Singularity OST", bandcamp.com, 14 february 2008.
- ^ "MaxStack Miscellaneous Tracks (2010-2013)", archive.org, retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Endgame: Singularity at MobyGames
- endgame-singularity project repository on Google Code
- fork/continuation repository on GitHub
- Libregame Wiki
- Endgame: Singularity on TV Tropes