Hire Vibe Coder
Ships fast. Explains later. Later is not on the roadmap.
+12 rps
Idle capitalism simulator
Start with one laptop. Build the most overhyped AI company on the internet.
Click. Hire. Pivot. Raise imaginary money. Eventually discover the spreadsheet was the product.
53
collectible cards
30
random events
3
exit endings
1
laptop, somehow still the CTO
The loop
A startup dashboard with fewer lawyers than advised.
Tap the laptop, buy hires, survive the event modal, and convert milestones into cards. The gameplay is familiar. The company behavior is unfortunately plausible.
Founder console
$4,200 / sec
Event fired
TechCrunch understood the business model.
This was not expected. Revenue multiplier unlocked for the duration of the narrative.
Card reveal
First Click
A milestone became a collectible. Finance calls this asset creation.
Characters and cards
The company has people. This was the first mistake.
Founder sprites and milestone cards are already in the build. They are not stock art wearing a vest.
Default founder
A founder discovering the only defensible moat is a louder keyboard.
Alternate founder
Same company. Different hoodie. Identical burn rate.
First Click
First Hire
YC Accepted
IPO Rumor
What compounds
The incentives are the content.
Holographic Cards
Every milestone becomes a collectible card. Your cap table finally has lore.
Hilarious Events
TechCrunch, co-founder exits, platform risk, and other weather patterns.
Multiple Endings
IPO, acquisition, or graceful shutdown. All three disappoint someone.
Shareable by design
The unfurl is part of the product meeting.
VibeCorp cards and launch links are built to preview cleanly in feeds, chats, and the places where people pretend they are not checking metrics.
The board asked for growth.
You have a laptop, a landing page, and no revenue. Historically, this has been enough.
Start the company