Snowballed

Snowballed is a tiny life-simulator about money. You live from 20 to 65 in about five minutes and try to retire rich AND happy.

Every year you decide what to do with your paycheck. Plant some in your money tree (it grows fast over decades), drop some in the piggy bank (safe and steady), spend some on actually living, or pay down debt before it eats you alive. Then time skips and you see what your choices did. Life happens between turns: raises, market crashes, weddings, surprise inheritances, layoffs, friends asking for loans, the occasional sketchy crypto opportunity. You can go to college, get insurance, adopt a dog, buy a house — each one changing how the rest of your life plays out.

I built it because I wanted to feel compounding instead of just being told about it. The first run you'll probably overspend or hoard. The second run something will click and your money tree will go vertical and you'll get the "oh, THAT'S why people say start early" moment. That's the whole pitch — give someone the feeling in five minutes that takes most people decades to figure out.

Play it once. Play it twice. See how much better your second life is.