The Grid

THE GRID - Build. Manage. Escape.

You are ADMIN-7, an experienced system administrator accidentally digitized into a collapsing server. Inside this digital world, circuits become roads, data chips are buildings, and corrupted viruses threaten everything.

Your mission: rebuild the infrastructure from within. Construct a functional city, manage resources, protect your citizens, and fight off digital viruses to restore stability and escape back to the real world.

Key Features:

CITY BUILDING – Place residential, energy, data, infrastructure, and defense buildings on a digital circuit board grid.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – Balance Energy, Data, and Bits in real-time. Keep the system running or watch your city collapse.

POPULATION & SATISFACTION – Your citizens need Energy, Data, and access to services. Keep them happy to grow your city.

ROAD NETWORK – Build Circuit Roads and Data Highways to connect buildings. Data Highways boost adjacent building efficiency by 15%.

 VIRUS THREAT – Corrupted viruses spawn at the edge of the grid. They move, duplicate, and infect buildings and roads. Build Antivirus Towers to protect your city.

LEVEL PROGRESSION – Complete objectives to advance through multiple levels, each with unique challenges and increasing difficulty.

 SAVE & LOAD – Save your progress to any of 3 slots. Continue your journey anytime.

CONTROLS – Mouse and keyboard with intuitive camera controls (WASD, mouse drag, scroll zoom).

VISUAL STYLE – Low-poly, clean digital aesthetic with glitch effects, scanlines, and neon accents.

PLATFORM – PC (Windows)

RELEASE – June 19, 2026 (Academic Project)

Made by:

- Fernando Ramalho 

- Liliana Santos

Institution: ESTSetúbal / IPS – Software Engineering

Course: Video Game Development (2025/2026)

Download the game, build your digital city, and escape the system!

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