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Universal Paperclips — Accessible Edition

How to play — screen-reader controls

A screen-reader-friendly build of Frank Lantz's Universal Paperclips. The game logic is the original, unchanged; only the presentation is adapted.

Reading the game. Your live figures live in the Status region just below. Move through them with normal reading keys; each reports its current value when you land on it. They refresh silently, so nothing is announced on a loop.

Playing. Everything you can do is an ordinary button. Tab or swipe to it and activate as usual. A dimmed (disabled) button is something you cannot afford yet.

Story and milestones are announced politely as they happen, one at a time.

Desktop shortcuts. Hold Alt+Shift and press: C clips, F funds, W wire, T trust, O operations, R clips per second, S full summary, M make a paperclip, H this help. Optional — the Status region works without them.

Status

The web version of this game was
not designed to work on phones.
Grab the mobile version below.

Mobile Version: iPhone / Android
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 Universe: 0 / Sim Level: 0
total clips produced

Paperclips: 0



Manufacturing

Next Upgrade at: 0 Factories

Clips per Second: 0
Unused Clips: 0

0

0

Cost: 0 clips

Wire: 0 inches
Factories: 0

Wire Production

Next Upgrade at: 0 Drones

Available Matter: 0 g
(0 g per sec)
Acquired Matter: 0 g
(0 g per sec)
Wire: 0 inches
(0 inches per sec)

0

0

Cost: 0 clips

0

0

Cost: 0 clips

Harvester Drones: 0
Wire Drones: 0

Space Exploration
0% of universe explored


Cost: 0 clips

Launched: 0
Descendents: 0

Lost to hazards: (0)
Lost to value drift: (0)
Lost in combat: (0)
Total: 0

Drifters Killed: 0
Drifters: 0
Business
Available Funds: $ 0
Avg. Rev. per sec: $ 0
Avg. Clips Sold per sec: 0
Unsold Inventory: 0
Price per Clip: $ .25
Public Demand: 10%

Level: 1
Cost: $ 100.00

Manufacturing
Clips per Second: 0

ON
1000 inches
Cost: $ 20

0

Cost: $ 5.00

0

Cost: $ 500

Computational Resources
Trust: 2
+1 Trust at: 1000 clips

Swarm Gifts: 0
1

1


Operations: 0 / 1,000
Creativity: 0

Swarm Computing
Drones: 0
Status: x
Next gift in 17 seconds

Cost: 0 MWs

Cost: 0 MWs

Cost: 0 creat

Cost: 0 MWs

Cost: 5,000 yomi
Work
Think
Quantum Computing

 
Projects

Investments



Cash: $0
Stocks: $0
Total: $0

Stock Amt. Price Total P/L
         
         
         
         
         
Level: 0

Cost: 100 Yomi

Strategic Modeling

Pick strategy, run tournament, gain yomi

 
 
 
  Move A Move B
Move A 0,0 0,0
Move B 0,0 0,0
   
   
   
   

Yomi: 0

ON

Cost: 1,000 ops

Combat

Drifter Attack 1


VICTORY

+200 honor



Scale = 1:1

Honor: 0

Power
Factory/Drone Performance: 0%

Consumption: 0 MWs

Factories: 0 MWs
Drones: 0 MWs


Production: 0 MWs

0

0

Cost: 0 clips

Storage: 0 / 0 MW-seconds

0

0

Cost: 0 clips

Von Neumann Probe Design
Trust: 0 / 0 (0 Max)

Modifies rate of exploration Speed: 0

Rate at which probes gain access to new matter Exploration: 0

Rate at which probes generate more probes (each new probe costs 100 quadrillion clips) Self-Replication: 0

Reduces damage from dust, junk, radiation, and general entropic decay Hazard Remediation: 0

Rate at which probes build factories (each new factory costs 100 million clips) Factory Production: 0

Rate at which probes spawn Harvester Drones (each new drone costs 2 million clips) Harvester Drone Production: 0

Rate at which probes spawn Wire Drones (each new drone costs 2 million clips) Wire Drone Production: 0

Determines offensive and defensive effectiveness in battle Combat: 0


Cost: 0 yomi


Cost: 91,117.99 honor