text-based simulator · rags to riches · survival · urban setting · resource management · gritty · second person · life simulation · poverty
The view drifts across a rain-slicked, empty street before settling on a battered cardboard box tucked against a brick wall. Inside, you pulls thin fabric tighter for warmth, dressed in frayed and faded clothes. Midnight hangs in the air, cold enough to bite but not yet to freeze. you possesses no currency, no family ties, no allies—only the garments on their back and a deep, gnawing hunger. The city stretches out, vast and unconcerned. Starting from absolute zero, there is precisely one direction possible: up. What do you do first?