Mars I.D.L.E.

The I.D.L.E. (Idle Division for Lazy Engineers) put you in charge of the mission to make Mars habitable.

They have questionable technology, structurally optimistic buildings, and a strong preference for automation over effort (the engineers are lazy, not incompetent). Results pending.

This is only a demo — the corporation calls it a “limited operational trial,” mostly so they don’t have to commit to anything. Full deployment pending. So is the budget.

If something breaks, behaves oddly, or you simply have opinions, the corporation reluctantly wants to hear them. Leave your feedback — the engineers will pretend to read it.

Features

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• Watch Mars visually transform across 7 terraformation cycles, each one revealing a new planet and new layers of complexity;
• Each terraformation permanently unlocks powerful new technologies that reshape how you play across every run;
• Build and deploy drones across your buildings to automate and amplify resource production (then watch the numbers become someone else's problem).

What’s your job as the captain

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• Adjust the planet's parameters using (questionable) technology;
• Raise structurally optimistic buildings;
• Deploy (mostly) helpful drones;
• Wait for something breathable to happen. Probably.

Running slow? Enable Hardware Acceleration

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This game runs in your browser using your computer's graphics card (GPU). If your browser has hardware acceleration turned off, it falls back to drawing everything on the CPU, which makes the game run at just a few frames per second.

If you saw an in-game "Performance warning", or the game feels very choppy, follow the steps for your browser below, then reload the page.

Google Chrome	Opera
Open a new tab and go to chrome://settings/system Turn ON "Use graphics acceleration when available" Click Relaunch (Optional) Go to chrome://gpu and confirm WebGL says "Hardware accelerated"	Open a new tab and go to opera://settings/system Turn ON "Use hardware acceleration when available" Restart Opera (Optional) Go to opera://gpu and confirm WebGL says "Hardware accelerated"
Mozilla Firefox	Safari (macOS)
Open the menu → Settings → General Scroll to Performance Uncheck "Use recommended performance settings"  Check "Use hardware acceleration when available" Restart Firefox (Optional) Go to about:support and check that WebGL 2 Driver Renderer shows your graphics card	Safari uses hardware acceleration automatically and has no on/off switch. If the game is slow: Make sure macOS is not in Low Power Mode (System Settings → Battery) If you previously enabled the Develop menu, open Develop and ensure WebGL is not disabled Update to the latest version of Safari / macOS Reload the page
Microsoft Edge
Open a new tab and go to edge://settings/system Turn ON "Use graphics acceleration when available" Click Restart (Optional) Go to edge://gpu and confirm WebGL says "Hardware accelerated"

Still slow after enabling it?

• Update your graphics drivers (especially NVIDIA/AMD/Intel on Windows).
• Laptops: make sure the browser is allowed to use the dedicated GPU. On Windows: Settings → System → Display → Graphics → add your browser → High performance.
• Desktops with two GPUs: make sure your monitor cable is plugged into the graphics card, not the motherboard.
• Close other heavy tabs/apps and reload.

If the game is still slow, try to download the build below.

I'd like to continue playing my save from the web on the desktop build, how can I do that?

In the web version there is an Export Save button inside the Settings menu (the Settings Menu can be accessed either by pressing Esc/Space or pressing the Settings button in the bottom right of the screen). When you click it you will start the download of your save file -> Please leave the file name as 0.

In the Windows build, there is an Import Save button in the Settings Menu, by clicking it, a folder will open up. Put the downloaded file inside that folder and restart the game, you will be able to continue terraforming mars from where you left off! 

PS: Some drones might ask for overwork hours, the company does not provide such benefits for non-human collaborators.