// project · /catalog · production · type=website
AI Startup Tycoon
Idle/tycoon web game — validates an AI-startup growth loop end-to-end. 10-day MVP shipped; iOS port deferred until GO/PIVOT/KILL thresholds confirm.
entity
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apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
name: ai-startup-tycoon
title: AI Startup Tycoon
tags: [react, typescript, vite, vitest, cloudflare-pages, pwa, idle-game]
spec:
type: website
lifecycle: production
owner: anil-ardic
system: anilardic-portfolio annotations
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- anilardic.com/repo
- /home/anil/projects/games/ai-startup-tycoon
- cloudflare.com/pages-project
- ai-startup-tycoon
links
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notes
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Hypothesis-testing MVP: passive income + upgrades + contract tiers; localStorage save; ring-buffer analytics; pure-reducer + tick-loop architecture. Used as the precedent for the workspace’s CF Pages deploy pattern (wrangler.toml shape, strict CSP, per-branch URL convention).