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We are proud to finally announce that The Sumerian Game: A Digital Resurrection in its complete edition is now available in digital format as a bonus reward for supporters who purchased the Supporter Pack. The Sumerian Game: A Digital Resurrection is divided into five major sections: the first narrates the story of one of the very first known computer games in history; the second provides a detailed analysis of the known versions of The Sumerian Game (which supporters can also play in its digital reconstruction); the third section explores in detail the successors of The Sumerian Game, explaining how they were programmed and how they functioned. This is followed by a chapter dedicated to the surviving slides, with commentary on the sources Mabel Addis used to write The Sumerian Game, and finally, a lengthy appendix containing biographies of all the individuals involved in the game's development.

This last section is my personal favorite because it has been an honor to bring back to light the names, faces, and lives of the talented teachers, programmers, and creators of The Sumerian Game. As players, we owe them a great debt, and it was truly a shame that so little was known about these peopleuntil now.

And now?

Now that the book has been released (and will soon be available in paperback format directly from Amazon), its time to start looking toward the future. I plan to dedicate some more time and energy to The Sumerian Game, as I want to finalize the bug fixes and add a new gameplay mode, a variation of King of Sumeria). I also intend to continue the project of digitally recreating lost games so that everyone can see how it all began.

If youd like to support this research, I ask you to spread the word about The Sumerian Game to your friends and acquaintances and consider purchasing the Supporter Pack. Already, 140 people have done so, but there are still hundreds who have it on their wishlist. Now is the perfect timewhat are you waiting for? :) The Supporter Pack comes with access to the revisited game modes (Suilxr, Sum9rx) and two ebooks: The Sumerian Game: A Digital Resurrection and Video Games: Stage 1: 1979 and before, epub and PDF, English and Italian versions. Thank you all so much, and enjoy discovering The Sumerian Game!

[ 2025-03-01 17:27:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Between 1962 and 1965, some classes of students in New York were involved in an innovative research project. The goal was to create a new teaching method without teachers, using powerful computers, automatic systems such as slide projectors, and the playback of recorded audio lessons.

At the conclusion of the lesson, a 300-baud modem connected a powerful mainframe, costing tens of millions of dollars at the time, to a teletype under the students' control. The teletype printed long texts on continuous paper rolls, forcing the students to make difficult decisions on how to manage scarce resources to feed the population and plant crops for the next season.

It was the Sumerian Game, the ancestor of all strategy, management, and city simulation games.

The Sumerian Game, which was lost for 60 years, has been rebuilt and is now playable. Manage your grain, store it to withstand harsh seasons and natural disasters, grow your population, and expand your settlements. Find the best balance between people and food, or between arable land and cultivated fields.

You have ten years to expand your city and save it from extinction. If the population drops to zero, the lesson is over.

Call the teacher.