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title: "People Against Poverty Hacakthon Game"
subtitle: "A game to experience the working poor, in space of course."
date: 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2015/11/people-against-poverty-hackathon-game
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# People Against Poverty Hacakthon Game

*A game to experience the working poor, in space of course.*

![image](people-against-poverty-hackathon-game1.png)

Aniko, Bence and rozmy worked together during a 24 hour mito hackathon. The purpose of the project was to draw attention to deep poverty all around the world. This is a serious problem and they need more selfless heroes who help them to survive.

The game takes place on a planet. When you start just the barren landscape and a single base is visible. Slowly your resources: oxygen, water, food and power are depleting.

![image](people-against-poverty-hackathon-game2.png)

You must head into Mission Control and build various units, such as a Solar power plant, then successfully land them on the planet surface before they activate. This part plays out a little like the game Lunar Lander.

See how long you can survive before you run out of money, resources or both.

[Play Game](http://rozmy.github.io/mitohackathon/)

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