DiscoMcDisco irresponsibly presents

Cranes that Crane CranesPreparing industrial escalation…

A needlessly serious lifting concern

Cranes that Crane Cranes

An incremental browser game where every bigger crane lifts the crane that came before it. Start with toy-scale lifting gear, automate upgrades, escalate to orbital machinery, then Collapse civilisation and begin again.

v0.2 · Presentation passLocal save · deterministic cranes

Cranes that Crane CranesIndustrial irresponsibility

Cash£0

CPS£0/s

Cores◈ 0

A needlessly serious lifting concern

Cranes that Crane Cranes

GREYSCALE ERAPreparing an irresponsibly small crane…

Cash£0£0 per completed lift

Current craneBack Garden Toy CraneTechnically a crane.

Cycle0.0s0 completed lifts

Collapse×1.000 collapses

Collapse Cores◈ 0Permanent currency

Improve the machine

Upgrades

Immediate effect next cycle

The obvious solution

Buy a larger crane

Regrettable levels of engineering achieved

Collapse: return to the tiny crane

Money is awarded only when the crane finishes the lift.

While you were away

The cranes carried on without supervision.

Settings

Mostly sensible switches

Sound effectsHaptics where supportedReduced motion

Debug controls appear on localhost or with ?debug=1.

Technology

Engineering Escalation